Dictionary - Four States Of Consciousness: Parapsychology Dictionary On Four States Of Consciousness
Four states of consciousness: Ordinary consciousness is characterized by three states:    1. The waking state   &nbs...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Altered State Of Consciousness: Magic Shamanism Dictionary On Altered State Of Consciousness
A nonordinary state of consciousness that can range from states of light meditation and hypnosis to states of trance.   (See al...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Four States Of Consciousness: Parapsychology Dictionary On Four States Of Consciousness
Four states of consciousness: Ordinary consciousness is characterized by three states:    1. The waking state   &nbs...   » Read the article

Article - Consciousness: The Fourth State Of Consciousness  
Indian philosophy’s focus is to determine the nature of that spirit or self which is the centre of everything, the animating for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Altered State Of Consciousness: Encyclopedia - Altered State Of Consciousness
The phrase "altered state of consciousness" was coined in the 1970s and describes induced changes in one's mental state, almost always te...   » Read the article

Article - What Is Consciousness?: The Universe, Part Iv � What Is Consciousness?
Thus, in order to understand the nature of consciousness, I must here and now in this present moment be searching for a better state of...   » Read the article

Article - Out Of Body Experience: Methods Based On Movement Imagination For Out Of Body Experiences
Practicing this method for many years, I have gotten the impression that "stepping out of the body by will" can be performed in...   » Read the article

Article - Mayan Calendar: Evolving Towards Enlightenment - Iv
In the series, Evolving Towards Enlightenment I-V, Carl Johan Calleman explains the links between the Mayan Calendar Enlightenment and th...   » Read the article

Article - Consciousness: The Universe, Part I � The Universe As A Teaching
Western science has operated for centuries on the assumption that we can understand the universe without understanding ourselves. Jacob N...   » Read the article

Article - Consciousness: The Universe, Part Ii � Pragmatism And Desire
We are trying to entertain the idea that the universe is like a great teaching so that we will be less afraid to question the picture o...   » Read the article

Article - Consciousness: The Universe, Part Iii � A Conscious Universe
We have misunderstood these cosmological schemes of the past. What we call "geocentrism" was never meant to establish the earth merely ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trika: Encyclopedia - Trika
Trika (a concept of Kashmir Shaivism) in Sanskrit means trinity. On the other hand, Trika has been the name by which Kashmir Shaivism has...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hypnosis: Encyclopedia - Hypnosis
Hypnosis is popularly understood to be a psychological condition in which an individual may be induced to exhibit apparent changes in beh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isolation Tank: Encyclopedia - Isolation Tank
An isolation tank (also commonly known as a sensory deprivation tank) is (ideally) a lightless, soundproof tank in which subjects float i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dissociation: Encyclopedia - Dissociation
Dissociation is a psychological state or condition in which certain thoughts, emotions, sensations, or memories are separated from the re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turya: Encyclopedia - Turya
Turya, a concept in Kashmir Shaivism, meaning the fourth state of consciousness. The fourth fundamental state of consciousness (vritti) i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sensory Deprivation: Encyclopedia - Sensory Deprivation
This article is about a method of interrogation. For therapeutic uses, see Isolation tank Sensory deprivation is the deliberate reducti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turiya: Encyclopedia - Turiya
In early Hindu philosophy, turiya (also called caturtha) is a state of pure consciousness, or the experience of ultimate reality and trut...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Tart: Encyclopedia - Charles Tart
Charles T. Tart, Ph.D. (1937– ) is internationally known for his psychological work on the nature of consciousness (particularly altere...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unconsciousness: Encyclopedia - Unconsciousness
Unconsciousness, more appropriately referred to as loss of consciousness or lack of consciousness, is a dramatic alteration of mental sta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian De Quincey: Encyclopedia - Christian De Quincey
Philosopher and author Christian de Quincey, Ph.D. is a speaker on consciousness, spirituality and science at conferences and workshops i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Savikalpa: Encyclopedia - Savikalpa
Savikalpa samādhi is one of the highest form of minor state of samadhi meditation. In Savikalpa samadhi, the human consciousness is diss...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trance: Encyclopedia - Trance
Trance. Trance is an altered state of consciousness. For more information, see hypnosis and ecstasy. Trance is also a type of Electroni...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Altered States Of Consciousness: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Altered States Of Consciousness
altered states of consciousness A generic term used for sleep, dreams, trances, hallucinogenic experiences   (See also: Alter...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Altered States Of Consciousness: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Altered States Of Consciousness
Altered States of Consciousness Trances entered through hypnosis, meditation, drugs (including hallucinogenics), visualization, etc. S...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Altered States Of Consciousness: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Altered States Of Consciousness
Altered States of Consciousness Trances entered through hypnosis, meditation, drugs (including hallucinogenics), visualization, etc. S...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Consciousness: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Consciousness
consciousness: Chitta or chaitanya.   1)    A synonym for mind-stuff, chitta; or 2)    the condit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consciousness: Encyclopedia Ii - Consciousness - Spiritual Approaches
Spiritual approaches to consciousness involve the idea of altered states of consciousness or religious experience. Changes in the state o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Korean Nationalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Korean Nationalism - Old Nationalism
Nationalism in Korea may be seen as third world nationalism. Third world nationalisms are fundamentally at odds with the first world nati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consciousness: Encyclopedia Ii - Consciousness - Cognitive Neuroscience Approaches
Modern investigations into and discoveries about consciousness are based on psychological statistical studies and case studies of conscio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hypnosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Hypnosis - Theories
The exact psychological state of a subject in hypnosis is unclear, and its very existence and effects are strongly debated. The following...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artificial Consciousness: Encyclopedia Ii - Artificial Consciousness - Schools Of Thought
There are several commonly stated views regarding the plausibility and capability of AC, and the likelihood that AC will ever be real con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artificial Consciousness: Encyclopedia Ii - Artificial Consciousness - Schools Of Thought
There are several commonly stated views regarding the plausibility and capability of AC, and the likelihood that AC will ever be real con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artificial Consciousness: Encyclopedia Ii - Artificial Consciousness - The Nature Of Consciousness
Main article: Consciousness According to naïve and direct realism, humans perceive directly while brains perform processing. According t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artificial Consciousness: Encyclopedia Ii - Artificial Consciousness - The Nature Of Consciousness
Main article: Consciousness According to naïve and direct realism, humans perceive directly while brains perform processing. According t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artificial Consciousness: Encyclopedia Ii - Artificial Consciousness - Information Processing And Consciousness
Information processing consists of encoding a state, such as the geometry of an image, on a carrier such as a stream of electrons, and th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artificial Consciousness: Encyclopedia Ii - Artificial Consciousness - Information Processing And Consciousness
Information processing consists of encoding a state, such as the geometry of an image, on a carrier such as a stream of electrons, and th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychology Of Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychology Of Religion - Religion And Drugs
Psychology of religion - Karl Marx: Religion as opium of the people. Karl Marx famously asserted religion to be "the opium of people" (...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Divided Consciousness: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Divided Consciousness
divided consciousness Ability or state of performing two or more tasks simultaneously   (See also: Divided consciousness , Bo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trika: Encyclopedia Ii - Trika - Siva, Sakti And Anu
According to the Kashmir Shaivism there are three essential realities: The Supreme Transcendent - Siva The Supreme Creative Energy, imma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trika: Encyclopedia Ii - Trika - Siva Sakti And Anu
According to the Kashmir Shaivism there are three essential realities: The Supreme Transcendent - Siva The Supreme Creative Energy, imma...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chaitanya: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Chaitanya
chaitanya: (Sanskrit) "Spirit, consciousness, especially higher consciousness; Supreme Being."   A widely used term, of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jagrat: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary On Jagrat
jagrat: waking state of consciousness.   (See also: jagrat , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cosmic Consciousness: Parapsychology Dictionary On Cosmic Consciousness
Cosmic Consciousness: A blissful experience in which the person becomes aware of the whole universe as a living being.   See al...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Consciousness: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Consciousness
consciousness 1.    State of the mind, the senses and physical awareness allowing a person to know of his existence, s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Divided Consciousness: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Divided Consciousness
DIVIDED CONSCIOUSNESS - ability or state of performing two or more tasks simultaneously. (NAD)   (See also: DIVIDED CONSCIOUSN...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sensory Deprivation: Encyclopedia Ii - Sensory Deprivation - The Five Sensory Deprivation Techniques
In 1978 in the European Court of Human Rights trial "Ireland v. the United Kingdom" the facts were not in dispute and the court published...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Consciousness: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Consciousness
Consciousness (from Latin conscio knowing with, knowing together)   The active state of spirit or the supreme fundamental in mani...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theory Of Mind: Encyclopedia Ii - Theory Of Mind - Theory Of Mind - Interpersonal Understanding Of Mental States
This theory of mind covers two separate concepts: Gaining the understanding that others also have minds, with different and separate bel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Korean Nationalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Korean Nationalism - The New South Korean Nationalism
Korean nationalism - The Third Republic and State Nationalism. Korean nationalism - Impact of the Fourth Republic and the Police Stat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black Consciousness Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - Black Consciousness Movement - Black Consciousness In Literature
Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. In c...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dharma:: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Dharma:
Dharma: (Sansksrit) 1) religion, religious doctrines, a code of life, way of good living, duty. 2) The continuous refinement of cons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of South Africa In The Apartheid Era: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of South Africa In The Apartheid Era - State Security
Towards the end of the 1970s, the government became increasingly preoccupied with security. The South African media had always been suppo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jagrat: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Jagrat
A Theosophical definition of Jagrat :   Jagrat (Sanskrit) The state of consciousness when awake, as opposed to  svapna, th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sivaness: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Sivaness
Sivaness: Quality of being Siva or like Siva, especially sharing in His divine state of consciousness. See: samarasa, Siva consciousne...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sama: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary On Sama
sama: Equipoise consciousness. a state in which all is viewed equally. Balance. The same. Equal.   (See also: sama , Hinduis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of South Africa In The Apartheid Era: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of South Africa In The Apartheid Era - Internal Resistance
History of South Africa in the apartheid era - The ANC and the PAC. These developments pushed the hitherto relatively conservative Afri...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Citta: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Citta
citta (citta): Mind; heart; state of consciousness.    (See also: Citta , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Conscious Mind: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Conscious Mind
conscious mind: The external, everyday state of consciousness. See: mind. (See also: Conscious mind , Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Level-off: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Level-off
level-off To reach a state of consciousness during a biofeedback session   (See also: Level-off , Body Mind and Soul)  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Transition: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Transition
transition Death process; to move from one state of consciousness to another   (See also: Transition , Body Mind and Soul) &...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Total Recall: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Total Recall
total recall To remember what one experienced in an altered state of consciousness   (See also: Total recall , Body Mind and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of South Africa In The Apartheid Era: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of South Africa In The Apartheid Era - Conservatism
The National Party government implemented, alongside apartheid, a program of social conservatism. Certain edgy movies, gambling and other...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of South Africa In The Apartheid Era: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of South Africa In The Apartheid Era - Hiv/aids Epidemic
Amidst this turmoil, an even darker shadow began to move across South Africa. In 1982, the first recorded death from HIV occurred in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Chalmers: Encyclopedia Ii - David Chalmers - Work
He is best known for his articulation of the hard problem of consciousness in both his book and in the paper "Facing Up to the Problem of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of South Africa In The Apartheid Era: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of South Africa In The Apartheid Era - Winds Of Change
The most violent time of the 1980s were 1985–88, when the P.W. Botha government embarked on a savage campaign to eliminate opposition. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of South Africa In The Apartheid Era: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of South Africa In The Apartheid Era - International Relations
South Africa officially took possession of South-West Africa after it was conquered from the Germans during World War I. Following the wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of South Africa In The Apartheid Era: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of South Africa In The Apartheid Era - Creation Of Apartheid
History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Background. For a discussion of the period of history leading up to apartheid, see Hist...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consciousness-only: Encyclopedia Ii - Consciousness-only - Doctrine
According to the Vijñānavādins, embedded at the heart of Buddhism lies a seeming paradox. In contrast to the Brahmanic teachings of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of South Africa In The Apartheid Era: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of South Africa In The Apartheid Era - The Apartheid System
History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Apartheid from day to day. Apartheid was implemented by the law. The following restricti...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Soul Travel: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Soul Travel
Soul Travel (Eckankar) Movement of the inner consciousness through the lower states through ascent into the ecstatic state   (...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ring-pass-not: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Ring-pass-not
A Theosophical definition of Ring-Pass-Not :   Ring-Pass-Not A profoundly mystical and suggestive term signifying the circle or...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Superconscious Mind: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Superconscious Mind
superconscious mind: Karana chitta.   The mind of light, the all-knowing intelligence of the soul. The psychological term is tur...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bahishprajna: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Bahishprajna
Bahishprajna bahisprajna (Sanskrit) (from bahish out, outside + prajna intuitive consciousness)   Also bahir-prajna. The present ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of South Africa In The Apartheid Era: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of South Africa In The Apartheid Era - State Security
Towards the end of the 1970s, the government became increasingly preoccupied with security. The South African media had always been suppo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Alpha State: Magic Shamanism Dictionary On Alpha State
A state of consciousness characterized by longer, slower brain waves, called alpha waves. Associated with a state of relaxation &nbs...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Conscious Mind: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Conscious Mind
conscious mind: Jagrat chitta ("wakeful consciousness").   The ordinary, waking, thinking state of mind in which the m...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Alpha Waves: Magic Shamanism Dictionary On Alpha Waves
Longer, slower brain waves that are associated with an alpha state of consciousness   (See also: alpha waves , Magic, Shamanis...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Asc: Magic Shamanism Dictionary On Asc
Abbreviation for Altered State of Consciousness.   (See also: ASC , Magic, Shamanism, Pagan Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Theta Waves: Magic Shamanism Dictionary On Theta Waves
The long, slow waves that are associated with the theta state of consciousness.   (See also: theta waves , Magic, Shamanism, P...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Swapna: Tantra Tantric Dictionary On Swapna
Swapna: Swapna. Dream state consciousness.   (See also: Swapna , Tantra, Tantra Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Jagrat: Tantra Tantric Dictionary On Jagrat
Jagrat: Jagrat. Waking state of consciousness.   (See also: Jagrat , Tantra, Tantra Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Avadhuta: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iii On Avadhuta
Avadhuta: An enlightened being who lives in a state beyond body-consciousness.   (See also: Avadhuta ,Yoga, Yoga Dictionary) ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Om: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary V On Om
Om: the universal mantra; cosmic vibration of the universe; represents the four states of consciousness   (See also: Om ,Yoga...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adwaita: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary V On Adwaita
Adwaita: a philosophy according to which there is no duality - only a singular state of consciousness   (See also: Adwaita ,Y...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Trance: Health And Healing Dictionary On Trance
Trance: One of the most common altered states of consciousness. It is characterized by extreme disassociation often to the point of ap...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Consciousness: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Consciousness
CONSCIOUSNESS – The created changing image and vibrational exchange moving between the poles of one infinity and the infinites...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hypnosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Hypnosis - Research On Hypnosis
Much research has been conducted into the nature and effects of hypnosis and suggestion, and hypnosis continues to be a popular (if somew...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hypnosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Hypnosis - Hypnosis Methodologies And Effects
Hypnosis - General methods. The act of inducing a hypnotic state is referred to as an induction procedure. There is no current consensu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Beta Waves: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Beta Waves
Beta Waves Brain waves indicating normal waking state with consciousness directed to the external environment.   (See also: B...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Beta Waves: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Beta Waves
beta waves Brain waves indicating normal waking state with consciousness directed to the external environment   (See also: Bet...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kama-loka: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Kama-loka
kama-loka (Sanskrit) Desire-world, after-life, or a state of mind or consciousness marked by desire or attachment   (See also:...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Light Trance: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Light Trance
light trance State of consciousness in which an etheric world intelligence is allowed to interpenetrate one's body and use it for phy...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Semitrance: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Semitrance
semitrance A neutral, dreamy, relaxed state of consciousness acquired by the synchronization of the medium and the etheric world inte...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Holotropic Breathwork: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Holotropic Breathwork
Holotropic Breathwork Non-drug journey into non-ordinary states of consciousness developed by Stanislav Grof   (See also: Hol...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hypnosis: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Hypnosis
hypnosis State of physical and mental relaxation, utilizing a subject's receptive mode of consciousness for heightened suggestibility...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spontaneous Projection: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Spontaneous Projection
spontaneous projection To move one's astral body out of the physical body, unexpectedly, when in a highly emotional state of consciou...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Heaven: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Heaven
heaven State of consciousness: Utopia. Also a religious belief that Heaven is a place: God's Kingdom   (See also: Heaven , Bo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hell: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Hell
hell State of consciousness: Evil and Wickedness. Also a religious belief that Hell is a place: Satan's Domain   (See also: H...   » Read the article

Article - Philosophy Of Dreams Ii: Dream � What Is A Dream?
Svapna is the dreaming state in which man enjoys the five objects of senses and all the senses are at rest and the mind alone works. Mind...   » Read the article