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A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga642
Conscious plane of mentation. In this they have missed some of the most
interesting and valuable manifestations of sub-conscious mentation.
In this lesson we will take up this particular phase of mentation, and trust
to be able to point out the way to use it to the best advantage, giving some
simple instructions that have been given by the Hindu teachers to their
students for centuries past, such instructions of course, being modified by
us to conform to the requirements and necessities of the Western student
of today.
We have taken the liberty of bestowing a new title upon this phase of
mentation—we have thought it well to call it “Sub-consciousing.” The
word “Sub,” of course means “under; below;” and the word “Consciousing”
is a favorite term employed by Prof. Elmer Gates, and means receiving
impressions from the mind. In a general way, “Sub-consciousing,” as used
in this lesson, may be understood to mean “using the subconscious mind,
under orders of the conscious mind.”
By referring to our Eighth Lesson, we see mention made of the case of
the man who indulged in “unconscious rumination,” which happened to him
when he read books presenting new points of view essentially opposed
to his previous opinion. You will note that after days, weeks, or months,
he found that to his great astonishment the old opinions were entirely
rearranged, and new ones lodged there.
On the same page you will see mentioned the case of Sir William Hamilton,
who discovered an important law of mathematics while walking with his wife.
In this case he had been previously thinking of the missing link in his chain of
reasoning, and the problem was worked out for him by the sub-conscious
plane of his Intellect.
On the same page, and the one following, is found the case of Dr.
Thompson, who gives an interesting account of the workings of this part
of his mind, which caused him at times to experience a feeling of the
uselessness of all voluntary effort, coupled with a feeling that the matter
was working itself clear in his mind. He tells us that at times he seemed to be