After all the inner game zen psych stuff I have read about pool and golf and other things, and a dose of philosophy and epistemolgy, I don't think we really know. I think the "conscious/subconscious" split is a false one. The essence of human existence is that we are beings of volitional consciousness. That said, not all of our mental functions take place in linguistic centers in our brain. Language is the way our logical minds apply reason, which is the hallmark of the human, but our minds are multi faceted and process information quickly in ways that don't use language or an easily apparent language based logical sequence. I think when people talk about the subconscious they are talking about cognitive centers that aren't language oriented. So they see and process patterns in their mind quickly with no apparent effort. However, it is just your conscious mind working in a different way I think. My ideas on this are still developing and I don't know for sure. I am comfortable in saying that you play both "consciously" and "subconsciously". It is impossible to do anything without consciousness. What consciousness means is a long involved debate in itsellf. Anyway, there is no real mind/body split IMO, and no real conscious/subconscious split IMO. We play with our minds and should get comfortable in a rational, conscious mind that can apprecite its non linguistic "automatic" aspects. I used to think zen ideas would help, but I don't think so any more. Don't trust anything that wants to empty your mind or shut it off. Learn control, or ceding control from one aspect of your mind to another, but don't distrust your mind or consciousness. To do so is to try to deny your existence. Now if I could really do this or formulate a coherent theory about this, I might be able to run 4 whole balls.
