Unconsciousness

Having done many hundreds of hours of PBSB, I perhaps have a better awareness than many, of just how much of our behavior is unconscious, and how much of our behavior is unconsciously controlled by our place in complex multi-generational family systems. In fact, I have become quite adapt at identifying clues in conscious behavior in myself, and in others, that indicate that a "current" behavior is not the result of some logical response to a present external stimulus, but in fact, a response to one or more historical unconscious stimulus.  One of the signs is simple, an overreaction to a stimulus.  And speaking from personal experience, awareness that I am moving into an area of "unconscious reaction" does not make the reaction go away.  As an aside, having worked in a number of different corporations over the years, I am convinced that most corporate behavior is driven by the unconscious, rather than the conscious. (There is probably not only a book here, but a whole field.)

Do we exaggerate the importance of consciousness as we exaggerate the importance of our species?  Is there some kind of deep seated species self-centeredness mechanism operating here?  Or, is there really the beginnings of a level of consciousness that is truly different, perhaps even some kind of evolutionary consciousness that transcends at least our species, and perhaps even our biological roots?