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Question: Is it possible to eliminate conscious thought!?
can we do everything from the subconscious level and still function properly!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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I don't know if it's possible to eliminate the conscious thoughts altogether, because it works in conjunction with the subconscious mind, they are meant to co-exist!. Remeber the conscious acts as the filter so it has an active, vital role!. It is very possible to still the conscious mind and regulate what passes to the subconsious though!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It is possible but the consequence is you will not become the master of yourself!. To do or to act in a subsconscious level is like walking or talking while you are asleep!. You can function but not properly because in that circumtances you are in the state of lethargy!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

we need conscious thought when we have to deal with analyzing and discriminating , choosing between two equally possible activities!. For processing of information we need the intellect , which is conscious thought!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

We eliminate conscious thought temporarily when we are asleep!. We eliminate it permanently when we are dead!.

Harleigh Kyson Jr!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I don't know how you define properly functioning, but GWB has acheived that very state of mind!. Amazing!. no!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

yes!. do something over and over and you can carry on without a thought of it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes its called sleep!. (or for those who are skilled enough, meditation)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Probably, but that would make you more animal than man, wouldn't it!? Contact with the subconscious is important, but overseeing it, and not letting the Id run the show is just as important!.

Edit: I agree with you on Bush!. He hasn't done an atrocious job as president!. But on the whole, the Iraq war was less about Al Qaeda and more about Saddam's declaration to use the Euro as the new standard for trading his oil rather than the dollar!. Which would've depreciated the value of our dollar, and weakened our economy and our economic influence over the world!. On the whole!. I agree that getting him out of power, and replacing his regime with a more favorable one was an important task in our nation's interest!.
The bonus is that Al Qaeda decided to take the fight to the greatest military power in the history of man!. They're better at killing themselves than they are at killing us!.Www@QuestionHome@Com