In response to: http://fractalenlightenment.com/30792/life/unlock-the-power-of-your-subconscious-mind It is clever propaganda. Repetition is the mother of hypnosis. The subconscious is responsible for balk of operations in the physical body that are happening every moment without our conscious awareness of it. The whole point of meditation is to quiet down the mind and focus it on the workings of the body in its peaceful state as it connects in and out with the micro and macro structures encompassing the whole universe around oneself. The three states of yogi are the basic (child), middle (adult), advanced (mature). The child state of yogi is when one is being effected by the surrounding environment, so that if it is nice outside one is feeling nice inside, and if it is bad outside then one is feeling bad inside. The middle stage is when, rain or shine, a yogi knows about oneself and maintains self control by means of meditation and focused effort. the advanced level is when no effort is needed to know who oneself is regardless of the weather or conditions. Then, as Osho would postulate, once the yogi ends, at a point when the ego is not the main focus anymore -- the tantra starts. Metaphorically speaking, the St. Peter's Gates of Perception, aka the pineal gland, is here to focus on the matter at hand, which is the body representing the current needs here and now and workings of the whole universe on the micro/macro scales where every one is at the centre of it, in the body (God/needs earth element), mind (Lord/wants water element), space (spirit/freedom air element), time (soul/care feelings fire element).* Hence the old saying, the universe has its centre everywhere and its circumference nowhere. now + here = nowhere. Everywhere is a centre because a centre is a point of reference, and as such any reference point is the centre of the universe. Mind WITH the body, reason WITH the emotion. The body is holy the rest is a story. _\|/_ namaste. _\|/_ Mind. A beautiful servant, a dangerous master. * http://about.me/theUniverse https://www.facebook.com/notes/alexander-braun/_subconsciousness_/10154551482115442