Human beings are generally convinced to be a single piece of consciousness, not realizing that our mind is divided in different parts, each one with its own meaning at least in evolutionary terms. Consciousness that may be identified with awareness represents only the ultimate common route of a long process where the information, coming from the external or internal environment (reasoning and thoughts), is elaborated and filtered by the inner Unconscious. What eventually appears to our awareness is only the final part of this long process, that gives us the feeling of control and unity.
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