Conscious and Unconscious
Conscious and Unconscious Perhaps the best way to illustrate the relationship between the conscious and unconscious minds is the story of Jason's spring. When he was a boy, Jason used to visit his grandfather's camp, deep in the woods. It was located down in a valley, with the nearest neighbor over a mile away. The camp had no telephone, electricity, or indoor plumbing. When Jason visited, one of his chores was to fetch water from the spring behind the camp. The spring was very shallow, and when he scooped up water, he was only able to fill his pail half full. The pail always scraped along the bottom of the spring and roiled up the debris that had settled there. Then he would have to wait until the water cleared. When Jason tried to fill his pail again, he lost the water he had already scooped up and was only able to fill it to the same level as before. Try as hard as he might, he was only able to fill half the pail. He finally returned to the camp, disappointed at his...