We can become more aware of our self-interest by activating the Social Focus.
We can activate the Aspirational Focus to create works of art.
We can use the Cultural Focus to work on our relationships of all sorts.
We can connect with our highest characteristics through our Noble Focus.
We can ignore, to some extent, our focuses in order to concentrate on problem-solving.
It seems possible that even our Subconscious can, at times of emergency, switch much of our consciousness off in order to enter survival modes, and to sleep, of course.