Undifferentiated Substance or Psyche?

In biology there exists undifferentiated cells we call "stem cells" that can apparently be acted upon by many sets of instructions in order to take on many different forms. Currently science is able to use stem cells in order to generate new healthy cells, helping with regeneration and repair.

If there exists stem cells for the physical body, I wonder if there is a way to access what might be the analogous to the psyche... Is there some way to access restorative, regenerative, repair properties in a similar manner? And how many sets of fundamental instructions are there for the psyche (assuming there are instructions)?

Below The Threshold of Awareness

I'm curious to know how much actually lies below the threshold of my conscious awareness. Lately I've been noticing areas of tightness and pain throughout my body, but only because I have been actively exploring. I have recurring holding patterns in my muscles that keep returning to that state of holding if I don't continuously and actively palpate and press upon those areas.

It's only when my body is suddenly hit with very noticeable pain do I realize how much tightness exists outside of my normal awareness. It's as if I get used to certain movement patterns within a limited range of motion, without realizing prior borders have shifted.

When dealing with the body one can physically palpate and probe to find any latent tightness or active trigger points... But when it comes to the psyche, I wonder what can act in a similar manner... How can one palpate in order to reveal what is hidden? How can one be more aware of typical patterns of behavior? And like the body, how much can change? And at what rate do adaptations occur? And if there are limitations to how much adaptation can occur, how can one know where those limitations exist?

Paths

Time and time again, each branch will continually try to reach for and move towards what it considers to be The Sun. The is movement and change along that path.

The Traveler

Traveling from place to place, moment-to-moment, season-to-season...
Chasing... Seeking... Longing for a place to feel settled in...
Yearning for that elusive space of home...
Only to discover that perhaps home in is all of the places...
All of those pockets, those spaces in time...
Each interaction... Each awe inspiring moment...
Revealing some facet of totality

Your Song

Your song is the night
Ever so slowly smoldering in the darkness
Waiting and longing for the union to be
Hunger fulfilled in the melding
Of all that was
All that is
And all that will ever be

The tale that unfolds like the tides in moonlight
Coming and going
Coming and going
Always ready to meet along a sinuous border
The calm and warm surrender
The all-encompassing embrace filling each crack, each crevice
The cup overflowing with radiant abundance
Until the veils fall away to reveal the shimmering hidden light

Compulsion

Whether from conditioning, predisposition, wiring, or whatever.... it seems like we all have our areas of compulsion, where we can't help but go in a certain direction, for better or for worse. I'm wondering how much being cognizant of our compulsions can affect our actions. Is there room for change? If so, how much? Or for the most part do we just have to work with the cards that we have? Or perhaps there are some cards that we can't swap out, but some cards we can through adaptation and brain plasticity.

The Marriage of Instincts/Unconscious Drives with Conscious Awareness

A large part of the human experience is the interplay of our conscious awareness and our more unconscious side. Much of the dance we do with daily living is greatly affected by these. Finding a way to harmoniously blend the conscious and unconscious seems to be part of the path.

I find a lot of my own struggles have to do with Knowing about something, yet still being unable to create an adaptation or change that addresses that knowing. The simplest act of eating or physical exercise greatly reflects the interaction. My conscious awareness knows the long-term benefit to my physical health, yet another part of me wants to go in a different direction!

So my question continues to be... How on earth do we harmoniously blend the different parts of ourselves, honoring what often seems like opposing parts.