The Conscious and Subconscious Mind

The Principle of Duality states that everything in universe has two opposite poles. The mind, too, is subject to duality: consciousness and the subconscious are its two poles. Whenever someone lives either too much in the conscious or too much in the subconscious, that person is in an unbalanced state. In other words, being either too much egoist or too much spiritualist results in a mental imbalance. There is a state of being which stays in the center of this duality of the mind. This state could be called Enlightenment. Enlightenment uses the mind as a whole; the conscious and subconscious are fully integrated and used in a holistic or natural way. In this state, the mind is connected to the source of energy and infinite intelligence. In the center of duality the mind is open to all possibilities, to infinite opportunities. In this state people are open to everything and attached to nothing. Having no more expectations, people are no longer in a state of waiting for something to happen. This marks the end of the journey to freedom. When Enlightenment is achieved there are no more mental conflicts or mental conditionings. Someone in this state is no longer resisting the natural flow of life. He respects others for what they are, not for what he thinks they should be; this is because judging others is a reflection of our unconscious fear of not being respected or loved, but in a balanced mental state there is no such fear.

In the center of duality, a person does not need to change him or herself, because he or she understands that changing oneself to satisfy others is just consuming energy and willpower for nothing. Nor does he need to find the truth, because he is the truth. A person trying to find the truth is like a fish in the ocean trying to feel wetness.

It is very important to mention that stepping into the center of duality is a natural process; it comes by itself. It does not need to be forced. If one attempts to force the natural process of becoming enlightened he just postpones it. To achieve the center of duality does not require learning, reading and effort. People just have to be themselves and learn to follow their intuition. The state of freedom from mental conditioning is an evolutionary shift from human trying to human being. But, without experiencing the extremes of duality, one cannot go to the center. It is akin to balancing a perfect scale. Whenever a perfect scale is unbalanced it will balance itself, but not without swinging from one extreme to the other. The universe, like the human mind, is a perfect scale. Beyond time and space they are balanced. In the confines of time and space, the balance is just a matter of time.