The mysterious nature of time

[zenmaster]

This energetic hypnosis now allows me to simultaneously expand and contract in my journey into the denser depths of the subconscious ocean, as I integrate the conscious and subconscious mind. The body comes along for the ride. The frontal cortex helps put the brakes on the expansion if it gets too much.

The subconscious is indeed that which is accessed during hypnosis. But the unconscious is what becomes integrated. The subconscious could be seen as that layer of information which had already made its way to consciousness in some from, but then lost due to that form being insufficient for practical use. The subconscious is what we are eliciting when we try to find our misplaced car keys, for example.

The unconscious is, from the perspective of the ego, pretty much everything else that is not ego. So the ego may be seen as the focal point of consciousness. There is also something like a "witness" which can see the ego being conscious. We intuitively know the witness is something different because its not engaged in the same manner, but it is aware. That witnessing consciousness is also you. Since "ego" means "I", that witness is also ego, but from a more encompassing perspective.