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Understanding the Influence of the Subconscient on Our Conscious Existence · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  While we tend to believe that our consciousness is centered in
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  the region of the brain, or in some cases the heart, there's
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  really a much broader framework for consciousness.
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  There are different forms that consciousness takes.
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  These forms vibrate at different frequencies and are then taken
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  up and processed by the various subtle energy centers aligned
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  along the spine, based on which vibratory pattern and frequency
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  can be picked up by these centers, or chakras as they are
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  called. Thus, vibrations that occur at a
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  level that we call mental, that is, thoughts, perceptions,
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  etcetera, are processed through centers in the brain, while
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  those that characterize various vital activities are processed
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  through the centers in the sacral, solar plexus and the
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  heart area primarily. And those that deal with pure
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  physical energies are primarily processed through the 1st chakra
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  called the Mulladhara. Just as we now recognize that
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  the electromagnetic spectrum is far broader than our senses can
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  perceive and process. That is, there are colours and
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  sounds, for example, that are in ranges both above and below
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  those that our senses capture. So also there are ranges of
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  consciousness both above and below those normally captured
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  within the subtle energy centers that process the vibrations that
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  define what we call the human consciousness.
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  The forces vibrating either above or below our level of
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  perception still impact us. For example, ultraviolet UV can
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  cause blindness even if not directly seen, and infrared
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  causes heating and burns, again without being directly seen.
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  Similarly, forces of consciousness above the
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  vibratory pattern captured by the seven primary chakras or
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  below them also impact human consciousness, which provides us
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  with an understanding of how various lower vibrational forces
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  can drag us down in our energies, feelings, emotions and
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  thoughts, or how various higher vibrational forces can uplift
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  and energize us. Srioro Bindu observes quote the
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  Mulladar is the center of the physical consciousness proper,
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  and all below in the body is the sheer physical, which as it goes
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  downward becomes increasingly subconscient.
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  But the real seat of the subconscient is below the body,
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  as the real seat of the higher consciousness, superconscient,
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  is above the body. At the same time, the
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  subconscient can be felt anywhere, felt as something
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  below the movement of the consciousness and in a way
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  supporting it from beneath, or else drawing the consciousness
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  down towards itself. The subconscient is the main
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  support of all habitual movements, especially the
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  physical and lower vital movements.
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  When something is thrown out of the vital or physical, it very
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  usually goes down into the subcontinent and remains there
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  as if in seed and comes up again when it can.
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  That is the reason why it is so difficult to get rid of habitual
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  vital movements or to change the character for supported or
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  refreshed from this source preserved in this matrix, your
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  vital movements, even when suppressed or repressed, surge
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  up again and recur. The action of the subconscious
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  is irrational, mechanical, repetitive.
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  It does not listen to reason or the mental will.
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  It is only by bringing the higher light and force into it
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  that it can change. End Quote reference Sri
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  Aurobindo Bases of Yoga Chapter 5.
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  Physical consciousness, subconscious sleep and dream
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  illness. Pages 86 to 87.