Philosopher and author Christian de Quincey, Ph.D. is a speaker on consciousness, spirituality and science at conferences and workshops in the United States and Europe. His primary work is the "Radical Consciousness" trilogy, Radical Nature: Rediscovering the Soul of Matter, Radical Knowing: Exploring Consciousness through Relationship, and Radical Science: Exploring Consciousness the Final Frontier. He also wrote the ebook Deep Spirit: In Search of the Noetic Code, and, with Willis Harman, The Sc ...

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Savikalpa samādhi is one of the highest form of minor state of samadhi meditation. In Savikalpa samadhi, the human consciousness is dissolved and lost for a short period of time. Beyond the state of Savikalpa Samadhi, there is other stages of Samadhi like Nirvikalpa Samadhi and Sahaja Samadhi. See also. Religious ecstasy Religious ecstasy Savikalpa - External link. The Height of Divine Consciousness ...

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Trance. Trance is an altered state of consciousness. For more information, see hypnosis and ecstasy. Trance is also a type of Electronic dance music. Trance The MorphOS JIT compiler for running 68k applications. Trance (band) is also a progressive rock ensemble from San Francisco. Other related archives68k, Electronic dance music, JIT, MorphOS, San Francisco, Trance, altered state of consciousness,

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altered states of consciousness

A generic term used for sleep, dreams, trances, hallucinogenic experiences

(See also: Altered states of consciousness, Body Mind and Soul)

Altered States of Consciousness

Trances entered through hypnosis, meditation, drugs (including hallucinogenics), visualization, etc. State of being in which one allows the subconscious to take control and guide. May heighten one’s vulnerability to suggestion or susceptibility to deception.

(See also: Altered States of Consciousness, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Altered States of Consciousness

Trances entered through hypnosis, meditation, drugs (including hallucinogenics), visualization, etc. State of being in which one allows the subconscious to take control and guide. May heighten one�s vulnerability to suggestion or susceptibility to deception.

(See also: Altered States of Consciousness, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

consciousness: Chitta or chaitanya.

1)    A synonym for mind-stuff, chitta; or

2)    the condition or power of perception, awareness, apprehension.

There are myriad gradations of consciousness, from the simple sentience of inanimate matter to the consciousness of basic life forms, to the higher consciousness of human embodiment, to omniscient states of superconsciousness, leading to immersion in the One universal consciousness, Parashakti. Chaitanya and chitta can name both individual consciousness and universal consciousness.

Modifiers indicate the level of awareness, e.g.,

-       vyashti chaitanya, "individual consciousness;"

-       buddhi chitta, "intellectual consciousness;"

-       Sivachaitanya, "God consciousness."

Five classical "states" of awareness are discussed in scripture:

1)    wakefulness (jagrat),

2)    "dream" (svapna) or astral consciousness,

3)    "deep sleep" (sushupti) or subsuperconsciousness,

4)    the superconscious state beyond (turiya "fourth") and

5)    the utterly transcendent state called turiyatita ("beyond the fourth").

See: awareness, chitta, chaitanya, mind (all entries).

(See also: Consciousness, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

Spiritual approaches to consciousness involve the idea of altered states of consciousness or religious experience. Changes in the state of consciousness or a religious experience can occur spontaneously or as a result of religious observance. It is also maintained by some religions and religious factions that the universe itself is consciousness. In shamanic practices, changes in states of consciousness are induced by activities that create trance states, such as drumming, dancing, fasting, sensory deprivation, exposure to extremes of ...

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Consciousness, Consciousness - Etymology, Consciousness - Consciousness and language, Consciousness - Cognitive neuroscience approaches, Consciousness - Philosophical approaches, Consciousness - Phenomenal and access consciousness, Consciousness - The description and location of phenomenal consciousness, Consciousness - Access consciousness, Consciousness - Physical approaches, Consciousness - Spiritual approaches, Consciousness - Functions of consciousness, Consciousness - Tests of consciousness, Consciousness - Turing Test, Consciousness - Mirror test, Consciousness - Cognitive Neuroscience, Consciousness - Philosophy, Consciousness - Physical Theories of Consciousness, Consciousness - People, Consciousness - Miscellaneous

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Nationalism in Korea may be seen as third world nationalism. Third world nationalisms are fundamentally at odds with the first world nationalisms seen in nations such as the United States, Britain, Germany, and other former colonial powers. First world nationalism, by its definition, assumes privilege and entitlement, and often is imperialist. Third world nationalisms, by contrast, occur in those nations that have been colonized and exploited. The nationalisms of these nations were forged in a furnace that required resistance to (neo)colonial dominat ...

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Korean nationalism, Korean nationalism - Old Nationalism, Korean nationalism - Development of National Consciousness, Korean nationalism - The National Liberation Movement, Korean nationalism - A Divided Nation, Korean nationalism - Nationalism During the Military Dictatorships, Korean nationalism - Nationalism During the Sixth Republic, 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 State, Korean nationalism - Case Studies, Korean nationalism - Emotional aspects, Korean nationalism - Relevant articles

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Modern investigations into and discoveries about consciousness are based on psychological statistical studies and case studies of consciousness states and the deficits caused by lesions, stroke, injury, or surgery that disrupt the normal functioning of human senses and cognition. These discoveries suggest that the mind is a complex structure derived from various localized functions that are bound together with a unitary awareness. Several studies point to common mechanisms in different clinical conditions that lead to loss of consciou ...

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The exact psychological state of a subject in hypnosis is unclear, and its very existence and effects are strongly debated. The following are some of the more popular theories on the phenomena of hypnosis: Hypnosis - Hypnosis as a state of hysteria. Charcot postulated that hypnosis was a symptom of hysteria and that only those people experiencing hysteria were believed to be hypnotizable.[3] Although those exhibiting hysteria seem to be more suggestible, normal individuals are, indeed, hypnotizable w ...

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Hypnosis, Hypnosis - Definitions, Hypnosis - American Psychological Association, Hypnosis - Dave Elman, Hypnosis - Physiological: Alpha and Theta State-based Definitions, Hypnosis - Michael Yapko, Hypnosis - History, Hypnosis - Theories, Hypnosis - Hypnosis as a state of hysteria, Hypnosis - Hypnosis as a conditioned process leading to sleep, Hypnosis - Dissociation and neodissociation theories, Hypnosis - Altered state of consciousness theory, Hypnosis - State theory, Hypnosis - Non-state theory, Hypnosis - Role-playing theory, Hypnosis - Hypersuggestibility theory, Hypnosis - Informational theory, Hypnosis - Hypnotism as a social construct, Hypnosis - Research on Hypnosis, Hypnosis - Hypnosis Methodologies and Effects, Hypnosis - General methods, Hypnosis - General effects, Hypnosis - Hypnosis Applications, Hypnosis - Hypnotherapy, Hypnosis - Clinical Hypnosis, Hypnosis - Self-hypnosis, Hypnosis - Dental Application, Hypnosis - Obstetric Application Painless Childbirth, Hypnosis - Forensic Application, Hypnosis - Mass Application, Hypnosis - Stage Application, Hypnosis - Indirect Application, Hypnosis - Objective Signs of the Hypnotic State: Breuer's Absent Pupillary Reflex Sign, Hypnosis - Professional associations and governmental authorities, Hypnosis - Professional associations, Hypnosis - Governmental authorities, Hypnosis - Historical sites, Hypnosis - Popular culture, Hypnosis - Fictional treatments

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There are several commonly stated views regarding the plausibility and capability of AC, and the likelihood that AC will ever be real consciousness. Some say the thermostat is really conscious, but they do not claim the thermostat is capable of an appreciation of music. In an interview [6] Chalmers called his statement that thermostat is conscious "very speculative" and he is not a keen proponent of pan psychism (see page 298 of Chalmers (1996) whither panpsychism). Interpretations like that are possible because of deliberately loose definitions, but tend to ...

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Artificial consciousness, Artificial consciousness - The nature of consciousness, Artificial consciousness - Information processing and consciousness, Artificial consciousness - Consciousness in digital computers, Artificial consciousness - Schools of thought, Artificial consciousness - Artificial consciousness as a field of study, Artificial consciousness - Practical approaches, Artificial consciousness - Franklin’s Intelligent Distribution Agent, Artificial consciousness - Haikonen’s Cognitive architecture, Artificial consciousness - Testing for artificial consciousness, Artificial consciousness - The ethics of artificial consciousness, Artificial consciousness - Artificial consciousness in literature and movies

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There are several commonly stated views regarding the plausibility and capability of AC, and the likelihood that AC will ever be real consciousness. Some say the thermostat is really conscious, but they do not claim the thermostat is capable of an appreciation of music. In an interview [6] Chalmers called his statement that thermostat is conscious "very speculative" and he is not a keen proponent of pan psychism (see page 298 of Chalmers (1996) whither panpsychism). Interpretations like that are possible because of deliberately loose definitions, but tend to ...

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Artificial consciousness, Artificial consciousness - The nature of consciousness, Artificial consciousness - Information processing and consciousness, Artificial consciousness - Consciousness in digital computers, Artificial consciousness - Schools of thought, Artificial consciousness - Artificial consciousness as a field of study, Artificial consciousness - Practical approaches, Artificial consciousness - Franklin’s Intelligent Distribution Agent, Artificial consciousness - Haikonen’s cognitive architecture, Artificial consciousness - Testing for artificial consciousness, Artificial consciousness - The ethics of artificial consciousness, Artificial consciousness - Artificial consciousness in literature and movies

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Main article: Consciousness According to naïve and direct realism, humans perceive directly while brains perform processing. According to indirect realism and dualism, brains contain data obtained by processing but what people perceive is a mental model or state appearing to overlay physical things as a result of projective geometry (such as the point observation in Rene Descartes' dualism). Wh ...

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Main article: Consciousness According to naïve and direct realism, humans perceive directly while brains perform processing. According to indirect realism and dualism, brains contain data obtained by processing but what people perceive is a mental model or state appearing to overlay physical things as a result of projective geometry (such as the point observation in Rene Descartes' dualism). Wh ...

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Information processing consists of encoding a state, such as the geometry of an image, on a carrier such as a stream of electrons, and then submitting this encoded state to a series of transformations specified by a set of instructions called a program. In principle the carrier could be anything, even steel balls or onions, and the machine that implements the instructions need not be electronic, it could be mechanical or fluidic. Digital computers implement information processing. From the earliest days of digital computers people have suggested that these devices may one day be co ...

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Information processing consists of encoding a state, such as the geometry of an image, on a carrier such as a stream of electrons, and then submitting this encoded state to a series of transformations specified by a set of instructions called a program. In principle the carrier could be anything, even steel balls or onions, and the machine that implements the instructions need not be electronic, it could be mechanical or fluidic. Digital computers implement information processing. From the earliest days of digital computers people have suggested that these devices may one day be co ...

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Psychology of religion - Karl Marx: Religion as opium of the people. Karl Marx famously asserted religion to be "the opium of people" (sometimes quoted in English as "the opiate of the masses"). He stated that "Morals, religion, metaphysics and other forms of ideology and the forms of consciousness corresponding to them no longer retain their apparent independence. It is not consciousness t ...

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Psychology of religion, Psychology of religion - Psychoanalytical studies, Psychology of religion - Sigmund Freud: Oedipus complex illusion, Psychology of religion - Carl Jung: Universal archetypes, Psychology of religion - Erich Fromm: Desire need for stable frame, Psychology of religion - Other studies, Psychology of religion - William James: Personal religious experience pragmatism, Psychology of religion - Alfred Adler: Feeling of inferiority perfection, Psychology of religion - Ludwig Feuerbach: Imagination wishes fear of death, Psychology of religion - Gordon Allport: Mature and immature religion, Psychology of religion - Erik H. Erikson: Influence on personality development, Psychology of religion - Rudolf Otto: Non-rational experience, Psychology of religion - Psychometric approaches to religion, Psychology of religion - Developmental approaches to religion, Psychology of religion - Religion and coping with stress, Psychology of religion - Evolutionary psychology of religion, Psychology of religion - Religion and drugs, Psychology of religion - Karl Marx: Religion as opium of the people, Psychology of religion - James H. Leuba: Mystical experience and drugs, Psychology of religion - Drug-induced religious experiences, Psychology of religion - The effects of meditation, Psychology of religion - Links

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divided consciousness

Ability or state of performing two or more tasks simultaneously

(See also: Divided consciousness, Body Mind and Soul)

According to the Kashmir Shaivism there are three essential realities: The Supreme Transcendent - Siva The Supreme Creative Energy, immanent in creation - Sakti The Spiritual Atom, the limited atom or individual - Anu Anu is a microcosm, a complete image, on a reduced scale, of the macrocosm, and in permanent resonance on multiple levels with the macrocosm (universe). The resonance (link) between the microcosm and the macrocosm is Sakti, the ...

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Trika, Trika - Siva, Sakti and Anu, Trika - The Sakti trinity, Trika - The trinity of energies of will, knowledge and power, Trika - The trinity of knowledge, Trika - The three fundamental states of consciousness, Trika - The three-fold spiritual path

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According to the Kashmir Shaivism there are three essential realities: The Supreme Transcendent - Siva The Supreme Creative Energy, immanent in creation - Sakti The Spiritual Atom, the limited atom or individual - Anu Anu is a microcosm, a complete image, on a reduced scale, of the macrocosm, and in permanent resonance on multiple levels with the macrocosm (universe). The resonance (link) between the microcosm and the macrocosm is Sakti, the ...

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Trika, Trika - Siva Sakti and Anu, Trika - The Sakti trinity, Trika - The trinity of energies of will knowledge and power, Trika - The trinity of knowledge, Trika - The three fundamental states of consciousness, Trika - The three-fold spiritual path

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