The Two Consciousnesses

I have long tried to get involved in the mysteries of the human mind, to understand how it works and, above all, how it could be reproduced artificially.

According to the basic concept of modern psychology, the unconscious originates from the repression of attitudes and desires from childhood. It is, therefore, a mechanism that the human mind uses to collect garbage, delegate repetitive tasks such as walking or breathing, and give work to psychoanalysts who charge large amounts to try to explore that part of the human mind in search of those childhood traumas.

However, my thoughts go in other directions and my idea differs from that classical concept.



Let us first consider the different forms of life that populate our world and their evolutionary history.

In any case, at some point the first animal cells began to unite in colonies to form the first multicellular organisms.

At first, when it was just a few cells joined together, there were not many problems. All the cells ate whatever was floating around them, and encounters with predators were rare and unfortunate.

However, the colonies kept growing, so it was necessary to open small channels to feed the cells in the interior. Also, the outer cells strengthened to protect the colony. It was necessary for some cells to move in order to transport the entire colony to where food was found, and even began to develop ways to swallow other colonies and thus satisfy the need for food.

Little by little, the colonies grew in size and complexity of systems, now capable of protein synthesis from other substances, glucose assimilation and many mechanisms that guaranteed the survival of the living organism.

But as the complexity of these colonies increased, so did the problems. It was necessary to coordinate all mechanisms in order to ensure maximum efficiency and survival. It was then that the first synaptic systems began to develop.

Simply think about the advantage it would offer if a colony had photosensitive cells that suddenly detected the approach of a predatory colony. These cells send an electrical signal that reaches another group of cells that identify the signal and send it to motor cells that immediately move the colony and protect it.

Over time, the colonies evolved, along with the different systems that composed them. We see dinosaurs, mammals, and one day, a human being is born.

The cell colony that makes up the human being has the same purpose as its multicellular ancestors: To survive. That is why, after millions of years, it has complex mechanisms that guarantee its survival.

The human being is one of the few creatures that is born without being completely developed. It cannot walk, it cannot feed itself, its thermoregulatory system is inefficient, and it is incapable of communicating with other members of its species.

Although this may seem like a great disadvantage, it represents a great advantage compared to other species. Once the human being finishes its development outside its mother’s womb, it is capable of adapting to any environment that presents itself. Over time, the human being develops a muscular tone appropriate for the work it must perform to survive, learns to walk according to the type of ground it moves on, its eyes adapt to the prevailing light conditions, and its skin adapts to the different types of solar radiation it is exposed to. Even its organs adapt to the prevailing type of food!!!

But the most special thing about humans is that at birth they already have a primitive synaptic system that is capable of developing just like all the other systems.

This system is what I call the unconscious. This complex system maintains coordination between each of the other vital systems, just as its predecessors did. The processing capacity of this system is impressive, as it is in charge of controlling even the smallest characteristics with a deck of electrical and biochemical signals, all perfectly coordinated.

Like the rest of the human body, the unconscious must adapt to its environment, so it must quickly learn what are the appropriate reactions to each event in the external world.

Upon initial contact with other human beings, the unconscious quickly learns the importance of communication.

If it is cold… it cries, if it is hungry… it cries, if something bothers it… it cries.

Humans around it will strive to satisfy its basic needs and respond to these first attempts at communication in the best possible way.

It does not take long for the unconscious to discover that different types of crying lead to different results, thus improving its efficiency and outcomes when requesting food, company, and a diaper change.

How far can this efficiency extend? The unconscious explores possibilities and discovers that other human beings do not cry, but instead communicate through different gestures and sounds, which it begins to imitate, obtaining great results.

Saying “Papa,” “mama,” “leche” has much better results than crying and begins to replace communication. Learning words and their meanings has improved its survival expectations, and the unconscious strives to learn more words.

It is then that the great problem arises: Any human language consists of nearly 150,000 words, of which the person must learn around 25,000 to communicate efficiently. All these words must be conjugated following different rules to give them the appropriate meaning, since each word can have up to five different meanings depending on the context in which it is spoken. In addition to this, human communication must include gestures, movements, changes in the speed and tone of words…. It is a titanic processing task!!!.

But the unconscious systems are prepared to face the challenge and start to find repetitive sequences and create special links in order to improve their communication. An entirely new circuitry is created solely to maintain communication and children begin to speak using small sentences and phrases.

And the pressure increases. Human communication is not just about exchanging information. One human asks, another answers, and a conversation is created. Therefore, it is necessary that, in addition to understanding the meaning, the words be reasoned through and the correct answer be processed before it is spoken.

Something as simple as: “Do you want a lollipop?” triggers mechanisms that first seek the tone of the sentence… It is a question, therefore a response is needed… The meaning has to be sought… Reviewing all the words and their syntax, it is asking whether I desire a lollipop… What can I do with a lollipop?? Lollipops are eaten… the best thing I can do is eat it and enjoy its sweet flavor… But who says the sentence? Is it a known person or a stranger??… My mother will get angry if I eat a lollipop??… What are the advantages of accepting the lollipop and what are its disadvantages???……….. ……. …… And after much reasoning, it only delivers one of two answers. “Yes” or “No”.


If we take into account that the unconscious is in charge of coordinating breathing, heartbeats, enzyme and hormone secretion, and basically all vital functions. What does it mean to divert attention to answer whether or not one wants a lollipop?

Any repetitive task within the synaptic system becomes a new circuit that can respond at an appropriate speed. Riding a bicycle requires certain circuits that move the legs in the correct direction and speed and that coordinate the balance with the movement of the hands, visual attention, etc. Even some people, when driving a car, divert their attention to other things (talking on the phone, listening to a radio program, talking to another person, thinking about financial problems), and a circuit created by the unconscious takes care of the repetitive task. It is even possible that the circuit takes care of turning around in the necessary place, stopping in an emergency, or driving without problems to get to work as every morning, and the person suddenly regains control and asks, “How the hell did I get here??… I don’t remember anything about the way!!!!”.


Then the complexity that these neural circuits can reach is quite high. Therefore, the unconscious creates an entire new circuitry dedicated to a single task: Communicating with other human beings.

It is here that the unconscious creates the conscious.

The conscious is, therefore, a “organ” virtual created by the unconscious in order to maintain communications with the outside. But not only that. The conscious is capable of interpreting incoming communications, reasoning them, and returning an answer instantly. But there are communications that require more meditation and whose complexity extends quite a bit.

Then the conscious itself discovers a possibility: It can communicate with itself.

The conscious becomes capable of generating a phrase and, instead of reproducing it externally, reproducing it internally and reinterpreting it. It can then generate questions, answer itself, and have an entire discussion within itself before responding to the outside. It can even generate images where it simulates the external responses it expects to receive in response to its possible answers, so that it can present the appropriate response. It is here that we give rise to the thought and imagination characteristic of the human being.

Summarizing. The unconscious arises from the physical need of a living organism for a synaptic system capable of coordinating and ensuring survival. The conscious arises from the human need to communicate with other humans. Thought and imagination are added gifts jajajaj.

Why do I believe this?

How many of you remember your first months of life??? All people (except my mother) have memories from a little time after they learned to speak. No one remembers anything at the moment prior to the creation of consciousness within their minds.

There are cases of children who were lost and raised by animals. These children, once they learned to speak, claim not to remember anything from their wild life except for small lapses. In other words, when they learn human language, consciousness arises in them and they lose access to the memories that the unconscious has under its control.

In traumatic situations, the subconscious, in its desire to survive, can create more than one conscious, can create “multiple personalities” that emerge according to the situation they are in. Each with its own memory bank so that one conscious cannot remember what another conscious did.


In situations of extreme danger, the unconscious can take absolute control, turning off the conscious in order to survive a fire, earthquake, or car accident, and then return control to the conscious, who will ask: “What the hell happened?”

All forms of thought require knowledge of language. Have you ever tried to think without using words or gestures in your mind?


A wheel!!! I am a Wheel!!!!!!!!


I am the man of the silver mountain!!!