It is widely accepted that there are at least two levels to the mind - the conscious and the subconscious.
In actual fact, we can distinguish amongst at least five levels: the conscious, the subconscious, the sub-subconscious, the sub-superconscious and the superconscious mind.
Here, we will examine the first three levels.
They are related to the ego and can only access information confined to one's personal experiences.
(The last two levels of the mind have access to universal consciousness and all information that exists.
) As you go through life, you continue to add to your collection of experiences.
Most of them are stored in the subconscious mind and that is perfectly fine.
It allows your conscious mind to focus on the task at hand and forget about the rest.
However, the subconscious mind can become overwhelmed with negative experiences.
If that is the case, it will push them down into the sub-subconscious mind where they get bundled up into the so called "mind crystals".
Mind crystals have a hybrid structure.
They are formed from a bunch of negative experiences, all on a similar theme, with the result being a completely different vibration.
Think of them this way: when you mix eggs with flour and sugar and bake the mixture, you get a cake.
Once you have the cake, you can no longer distinguish between the flour and the egg.
The combination has resulted into something with an entirely different vibration where the original ingredients can no longer be recognized and pulled apart.
Mind crystals have the same property - once the bundle of negative experiences has crystallized, it can no longer be pulled apart and its ingredients can no longer be recognized by the conscious mind.
Mind crystals represent your deepest emotional baggage.
They reside in the sub-subconscious mind and are totally inaccessible to the conscious mind, no matter what.
They are the basis for self-sabotage for they tend to attract situations and recreate experiences on the same theme so the crystal can solidify and grow.
When you dream, especially when you are having strong, vivid dreams (sometimes even nightmares), this is very often your subconscious mind trying the break up and dissolve the crystals residing in the deep sub-subconscious mind.
When you wake up, the worst thing you can do is to try to remember your dream and analyze it (ok, writing it down is even worse than that!).
If you analyze your dream, you are engaging the conscious mind which can't understand the dream anyway.
Remember, your dream is a crystal come to the surface which your subconscious mind is trying to break down and dissolve.
If you tried analyzing it, it would be equivalent to cutting your cake and analyzing the shape of the pieces.
No matter what you conclude about the pieces of the cake, you will never be able to know anything about the structure of the original ingredients because the whole vibration has changed forever.
Analyzing strong, vivid dreams can have its place, but only when it is done under the guidance and supervision of highly skilled professionals.
Otherwise, most dreams are best left alone.
Often times if you tried analyzing your dream, the only thing your intellect can do is grab the pieces of the crystal and put them back together, thus solidifying your worst nightmares.
The result of that will be persistent self-sabotage patterns.
If you have a disturbing dream, occupy your conscious mind with something else as soon as you wake up.
Don't well on the dream! The best way to heal your deep-seated emotional traumas is to forget the dream as quickly as you possibly can.
Dreaming is by far not the only way to dissolve mind crystals.
The BodyTalk System - an integrative and holistic medical health care - offers some specific energy techniques for dissolving mind crystals.
These techniques are taught at the PaRama College (which is the postgraduate qualification in BodyTalk) and prove very effective at accelerating what your body is already trying to do in dream state, namely clear up some very stubborn negative habit patterns and deep-seated emotional traumas.