or how about this:
The human itself:
You have the physical body.
You have the conscious mind.
You have the subconscious mind.
They all rely on eachother.
The body can't function without the subconscious mind(hart woudln't pump & stuff)
The body can't function without the conscious mind(wouldn't eat, survive etc...)
The mind cannot function without the body(no input, no way of undertaking some action, etc...)
The mind cannot function without the subconscious (memory recalling, processing of thoughts, etc...)
The subconscious mind cannot function without the body(don't know a good one for this one, I know that there is one, but can't think of one)
The subconscious mind cannot function without the conscious mind(don't know a good one for this one, I know that there is one, but can't think of one)
hope this analogy clarifies it a bit.