Conscious, subconscious and unconscious, and what exists without thought

Frederic asks whether these limitations are subconscious programs; the Wonders say some are conscious, some subconscious and some unconscious.

Asked what the unconscious is, they define it as that which maintains the existence of the self without applying itself to thought.

The body is partly maintained by a thought process belonging to the subconscious and conscious, while the process where thought does not exist belongs to the unconscious.

Frederic is surprised, having assumed everything in the mind involved thought.

They allow that thought may have been involved at the beginning, and in some cases may even have created what is in the unconscious, but state that part of the unconscious arose without any thought whatsoever, and leave that as something for him to explore in a future session.