Astral Plane = Collective Unconscious ?

[CFTraveler]

Ima put that on my book list.

But, what do u mean by a shared unconcious reality?

Like a world for our dream characters?

JS

No, the thoughtforms or reality generated by the unconscious mind. Like when you're dreaming but don't know you're dreaming, as opposed to lucidly. The background or 'matrix' would be the same, but the information is not necessarily so. Probably where symbols and archetypes are created, or how they express. I suppose this depends.

For example, the collective consciousness is the thoughtform created by people's perceptions and decision making- what most people like, etc. However the collective unconscious would be different, and probably controls the collective consciousness. Like for example why in the seventies 'big hair' was considered beautiful (an archetype) yet you look at yourself with one of those hairdos (or clothes, etc.) and go "wow, that's what I looked like?" To me that is the collective consciousness in action (having everyone dress the same way or follow fads or whatever) but driven and controlled by the collective unconscious: Like what the hairdo looked like, who was the first one to have the idea and why everyone else thought it was 'beautiful', etc.
I always wonder about stuff like that.

[JoSac]

Lol that example helped clear it up a lot.

Thnaks JS

(By the way, me typing thnaks is kind like my trademark i guess u can say. I type it so fast it always comes out this way,i need typing lessons.)