Between the poles of the conscious and the unconscious, there has the mind made a swing: Thereon hang all beings and all worlds, and that swing never ceases its sway. (pg. 16)

Kabir
About This Quote

This quote is from the book “A Game of Thrones” by George R.R. Martin. In this quote, Martin is saying that the conscious mind and the unconscious mind are like two swings on a seesaw. The conscious mind is like the seat of the seesaw, and the unconscious mind is like the rope being pulled by the swing. The conscious mind can stop a lot of things from happening – it allows us to sleep at night – but it can’t stop everything. The unconscious tries to push our consciousness, but we have a weight to hold up against it – our conscious minds – which can withstand a little more weight than most people realize.

Source: One Hundred Poems Of Kabir

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