Changing consciousness, expanding its facets with a conclusion to a completely new, higher level of perception, is the basis of the religion of a country like India. Even a special direction of self-knowledge, yoga, which originated in this mysterious country, is based on the theses related to the knowledge of the unknown through special forms of meditation.
Instruction manual
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Today, such concepts as chakras, karma, nirvana are probably known to every educated person, but not everyone knows that this terminology is directly related to revealing one’s own consciousness through long and persistent exercises that inevitably lead to some kind of enlightenment.
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Enlightenment according to ancient Indian concepts can be achieved only through samadhi, which is expressed in the confidence and tranquility of the human spirit, which does not reveal a single contradiction between the inner world of a person and his outer shell, living in the real world. Samadhi is achieved through concentration of consciousness, loss of connection with the body, which should bring the subject closer to nirvana or absolute bliss.
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The human consciousness itself, according to Indian philosophy, is divided into four levels, among them the usual state of wakefulness, restful sleep, a dream with dreams and an altered state of human consciousness. From the very beginning of creation, priests and magicians tried to find out the secret to achieving such a state; meditation was always considered the main means by which a person learned to go through all the life cycles laid down in him, from birth to repose.
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The altered consciousness in Hinduism is associated with a special ability of a person to abstract from everything external, to see a waking dream so that it turns from an illusion into reality and is not destroyed by the brain through an awareness of the unreality of events. It is believed that if at least in one such dream a person managed to completely abstract from worldly vanities, he will be able to do such things again and again.
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Theoretically, the achievement of a state of altered consciousness can allow a person to look at the world around him with completely different eyes, find some harmony with himself, suppress the emotions that destroy you, move to a completely new level of perception of your past, present and future, stop the ongoing internal dialogue and doubts present in everyone.
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An altered state is a certain form of the fourth dimension, the ability to get the desired visions, manipulate your own brain, and open up all sorts of evolutionary paths for your everyday consciousness.
