The three parts of the mind, sleep, and meditation

The Wonders describe the mind as split into conscious, unconscious and subconscious.

The conscious part constantly interferes in its environment; the unconscious supports automatic bodily processes (heartbeat, blood, hormones, elimination) and can be dragged into conscious interference if not commanded.

Fight-or-flight begins in the unconscious but is taken up by the conscious mind as fear.

The subconscious is the repository of all information: when the conscious mind cannot handle fear it dumps it there to be processed later, for the benefit of the whole essence rather than the ego personality, though the construct of time makes this slow.

Dreams, meditation, daydreaming and conscious questioning are ways to access and process it, keeping in mind that the subconscious works in constructs, images and concepts rather than the conscious mind's forms.

Asked about intermittent sleep trouble, Frederic is told his conscious mind is interfering with sleep to prevent the resolution of issues, since the conscious mind wants to use issues rather than resolve them.

If he cannot sleep, he is advised to meditate or simply be quiet, which still allows subconscious processing; one hour of meditation is likened to four hours of sleep.

Some people train themselves to sleep two hours a day, but the Wonders do not recommend it: sleep is the most regenerative thing the body receives, which is why hospitals induce deep sleep or comas for recovery.