II.   Mind (PSY)

InterConscious (more commonly written as “interconscious”) is a term used to define one (1) of five (5) Fundamental Systems of the Mind that is fundamental to learning, processing, emotions, messaging, retrieval and managing connections between the other three (3) systems of Mind. Interconscious is one (1) of three (3) systems of the "Lower" Mind.

Interconscious is derived from the word conscious and inter meaning "between" in Latin. Hence, Interconscious literally means "between knowledge, science or skill" reflecting the function and purpose of the Interconscious.

The Interconscious Mind is directly connected to three (3) Minds being the Subconscious, Superconscious, and Conscious Mind. All these Minds must pass through the Interconscious in order to function with one (1) or more of the other Minds.

By definition, Interconscious is "between" consciousness and lower level functional components of Mind collectively known as "subconscious" as well as the higher level functions of "superconscious". Therefore key attributes of Interconscious Mind are defined not directly but indirectly by inference such as emotion, inner voice, instinct, intuition, inspiration and imagination.

Interconscious Mind is most closely associated with the physical apparatus of the ORGO nervous system being the cerebellum, mid brain, thalmus, corpus collosum, pituitary gland, pons, medulla and autonomic nervous system of highly developed triple neural network “placental birth” life forms such as mammals.

In relation to the Knowledge Management Model of Mind, the Interconscious is equivalent to the Information Analysis / Processing Systems of Mind.

During periods of deep relaxation or meditation, the Interconscious assumes full responsibility as the dominant consciousness, performing certain critical functions, namely:

(i) Chemical resetting when the Interconscious resets and replenishes the physical chemical systems supporting the function of conscious Mind for optimum performance; and

(ii) Short term memory clearing when the Interconscious Mind flushes out unwanted scripting and short term memory considered redundant to long term memory storage and recall; and

(iii) Long term memory recording when the Interconscious Mind replays key events of the day in order to store key information of the events of the day, storing it according to preexisting beliefs and categories of information and experiences, removing redundant information; and

(iv) Mind - body synchronization when the synchronization between the physical neural systems of the body and memory and the Higher Mind.

The total amount of sleep needed by the Interconscious Mind to perform its key duties is relative to the quality of rest, the performance of the Mind of the particular life form and the cognitive events of the previous day. The optimum for Homo Sapiens is between seven (7) and nine (9) hours quality sleep each night.

Chronic sleep deprivation can cause a complete failure of the Interconscious Mind to perform its duties leading to catastrophic failures of cognitive functions equating to severe drug disfunction. A prolonged and forced absence of sleep can even lead to the collapse of the Interconscious system itself resulting in organ failure and possibly even death.

In deep dreaming or REM sleep, the role of consciousness in directing the dream as “self” is taken over by the Interconscious – hence often the lack of continuity in some dreams and the greater priority over symbols, emotions, memories, places and less emphasis on higher conscious functions such as written or printed language.