Architecture of the Mind: Supraconsciousness, the Invisible Plane of Foundational Support

Why healing the façade is not enough: a journey from the basements of trauma to the panoramic terrace of self-actualization.

By Ana Rosa Rodríguez.

HoyLunes – For decades, the field of mental health has implemented programs aimed at healing states of psycho-emotional and affective suffering. These have been sustained attempts to repair large, superficial cracks in the structure of the human mental framework—repainting the walls of the personality—while ignoring that the building has direct access to the sky. This is a sacred precinct where a celestial chest rests, filled with treasures and tools at the disposal of those who invoke them, metaphorically represented by what is known as ‘Supraconsciousness.’

The mental and functional foundation upon which the personality is structured is consolidated when the individual reaches levels of self-actualization and transcendence. This process not only satisfies basic biological needs but also gathers sufficient arguments, knowledge, and elements of self-recognition to guarantee a sense of belonging, affiliation, and physical and emotional security, achieving an overall biological and psychological equilibrium. Much like a building, if the foundational structure is not well-grounded, the entire superior design—no matter how beautiful or picturesque it may seem—will collapse.

Attempting to access elevated states of consciousness without addressing internal aspects of personal ethics and authenticity is like building a skyscraper on quicksand. It would be a futile effort, for true transcendence does not consist of escaping who we are, but of purifying the foundations from which we observe the world.

In the human mind, this structure is reflected in daily habits, the self-regulation of the nervous system, and the acceptance and interpretation of both one’s limitations and highest potentialities, all of which facilitate optimal levels of integral well-being.

Conventional therapy painstakingly deals with the origin of mental chaos, much like someone dedicated to tidying furniture and knick-knacks inside a dark room; like a prisoner dedicated to counting the bricks of their cell, inhabiting the confinement of their own crisis—a product of an internal struggle against external, destructive, violent, and negative mental conditioning.

In contrast, the “transpersonal approach” proposes going a step further. It does not intervene solely to repair the façade, the conscious levels, or visible attitudes and behaviors as if the mind were merely a basement—that dark, damp place where the origins of crisis are stored, such as childhood traumas, inherited fears, unfulfilled needs, and repressed desires.

While it is valid to repair the cracks and fix the dampness in the basement so the structure does not sink, it is also important to recognize that it is not enough to patch a gear of deteriorated pipes, relive old memories, restore rusty objects, or rummage through corners for household relics—those old legends holding worn-out scripts. It is not enough to simply air out spaces where the pressure to breathe recycled air is stifling, where stomach tension chokes, the heart rate accelerates, and an urgency persists to continue the vicious cycle of negative thought as a repetitive “solution”.

It is necessary to cross the threshold of that place governed strictly by the rational, where the kingdom of the conscious mind’s ego resides. One must address spaces higher than those where we deal with the necessary and urgent day-to-day thoughts that act as the foundation for the “I”: “I have,” “I must,” “I go.” We must clarify that mental health is not just about displaying a clean and apparently functional façade while the individual feels empty and the results of their life experiences are disastrous for themselves and their environment.

In transpersonal therapy, which accounts for ‘Supraconsciousness,’ one moves from the closed room to the panoramic terrace, liberating the body and mind from darkness and the threat of being trapped in a cage or cell. By understanding the trap of the mind and abandoning the sensation of being a victim of the space, one becomes the architect holding the blueprints. This grants the opportunity to engage in the engineering process called **disidentification**: observing the labyrinth from a higher plane and finding the exit naturally, from the calm of the summit in the sky itself—even if a storm of noise, worries, and incomprehensible judgments rages on the gr

ound floor. On the terrace of ‘Supraconsciousness,’ the sky and calm are always present.

A program to promote mental health under a vanguard approach implies ceasing to be a mere inhabitant of a crisis to become the “designer of a mental structure”. In this structure, peace is the result of an attitude in perspective, where unconscious symbols set the pace for individual acts of self-worth and actions rooted in a strictly human, vital, and positive dynamic. Here, manifestations of art, beauty, empathetic understanding, justice, kindness, and universal love become the stage upon which life reveals itself with astonishing illumination.

Mental health flourishes when the inhabitant realizes they are the Master Architect; that the light illuminating their interior is the same light that illuminates all of humanity. Contacting that light is their task if they seek a structural transformation in the palace garden of their inner space: their consciousness.

The therapeutic process transforms the individual from a frightened, fearful, and anxious tenant into a Sovereign Architect who chooses the most splendid room, coexisting with the divinity of the spirit.

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