Beyond the Beyond

the minute conscious revealed 
within the mass of the subconscious 
seeks to understand our universe

explores unceasingly 
the outer and beyond

who knows 

perhaps to understand
the inner

The human brain, as infinite perhaps as the external universe, or actually more, because what it does not or cannot know, for all practical purposes, does not exist; seeks to reach out and bring the external within its grasp, incrementally.

It has mostly misunderstood and underestimated its infinitely small place within the external universe.

The quantum of the activity of the subconscious, because of its apparent overpowering by the conscious mind, is grossly misleading, so much so that except for seekers after understanding in specialised branches such as medicine and behavioural sciences, and psychiatry, it is underrated if not altogether forgotten.

Let it be known that it is the subconscious which is the ultimate driving force for all human curiosity, action, endeavour, hope and, almost certainly, its demise.

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Charu wrote:

I am identifying, for my own convenience, the first photo, the spark as the conscious; I will name it 'fool's gold'. The disc by elimination is subconscious which is as intricate and as atomic as it shows. I will parse the second para first, when you say 'It' I believe you are referring to 'Brain', then, are you suggesting Brain knows its own existence and its size and worth in the Universe? Going to the third para, understanding voluminous intricacies residing within the subconscious the specialty branches named in your write-up not only have underrated and forgotten them, but also perhaps often misunderstood them. Coming to the first para, isn't the 'Unknowables' by the brain is what majority of populace chasing constantly with 'Fool's Gold'? And the chasee's name starts with big 'G..'. Total agreement with the fourth para. I have understood the content, but need some clarity.

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Bhashwati wrote:

Of Beyond-s

What lies beyond the beyond

can be known only on reaching the beyond

those who have attempted the journey

are flailing limbs in the shifting sands 

that comprise the road to beyond

those that resist the call of beyond 

dedicating themselves to the here and now

determined not to look beyond

are flailing their limbs too

trapped in quotidian tentacles

Is it even a choice

To go beyond or not to be... ?