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Hello dear blog readers! We constantly experience completely different feelings, depending on which we are in different states. For example, when sadness prevails, we have little energy and inspiration to act, to achieve success, right? And when there is joy, they are ready to move mountains.
But feelings have the properties of «fixing», accompanying a person, even being in the background, for a long time. And if they are not particularly pleasant, then life is somehow not very pleasing.
Therefore, today I want to talk about ways that will help correct the situation, namely, to make a change in consciousness so that you can enjoy every day you live, releasing sorrows, fears and sorrows.
Why is it necessary to do this?
As already mentioned, states have a strong influence on our lives. They literally define it. And by the way, our memory depends on them. You will remember even the smallest details of any joyful event when you experience joy again.
If you have read about Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), then you know about the anchoring technique. It represents the creation of a strong conditioned reflex connection.
That is, with the help of this technique, you can create an experience that will arise as a reaction to a stimulus. For example, having “anchored” a partner to a feeling of tenderness by touching his shoulder, he will experience it every time, as soon as you repeat the movements.
In the same way, you can independently replace a negative experience with a positive one. Agree, when thoughts in your head are only about how bad everything is and that others are more fortunate, it is unlikely that something good will happen to such a person. And even if it does, he runs the risk of simply not noticing it.
That is why it is so important to make adjustments in consciousness, thinking and ways of behaving. So that they not only help, but also do not create additional obstacles to the realization of needs and desires.
Only then is it possible to change the attitude to life and its quality. Saturating directly with those emotions and events that you want.
Evidence
At the time of living in a state of altered consciousness, later on ASC, a person experiences violations:
- in a sense of time and chronology of events
He simply loses his orientation in space, when a minute may seem like an hour, and an hour will fly by like a second. For example, many people who have become participants in a disaster, being in shock, cannot even roughly indicate how much time they spent at the scene. Or in the process of childbirth, a woman loses count of the hours spent in contractions and attempts.
- in thinking
Archaic thinking, which was characteristic of our ancestors, becomes the leader. It is devoid of specifics, the ability to adequately perceive reality, sometimes confusing it with its own images and ideas.
- the ability to control oneself and one’s behavior
There is a fear of impotence and helplessness. A person feels that he is no longer subject to his own will, he is weak and vulnerable. Some people experience the opposite feeling of losing control.
- in body image
Depersonalization can make itself felt, that is, the loss of one’s own «I», the person seems to merge with space, being in a single process. Sometimes there is a separation of the soul and the body, or it seems that, for example, the arms or legs have increased in size, separated, and so on.
- in the senses
They experience such feelings that cannot be expressed, denoted by some words. They are so subjective and unique that they have no name.
- in perception
Hallucinations appear, sometimes there is synesthesia, that is, changes in sensory sensations, when a person not only sees a color, but also hears it, tastes it. There are also such powerful changes in the processing of information that it seems as if he knew the meaning of being or was reborn into the world.
ISS classification
Types and types of ways through which it is possible to achieve ASC:
Trance
It arises due to sensory deprivation, that is, partial or complete restriction of the flow of information coming from outside. For example, if a person’s vision and hearing are «turned off» by a bandage and headphones and left for several hours in complete solitude, he will enter a trance.
The brain will feel such a strong hunger, a lack of information from the outside, that by turning on the unconscious, it will begin to supply it on its own.
Simply put, such a person will begin to remember events that were repressed many years ago, realize the root causes and motives of any actions, and so on.
Also, trance is achieved with the help of any rituals, usually they are of a mystical or religious nature.
A person in a trance feels a certain detachment from what is happening in the world around him, what worried him before is of no interest at the moment. The intensity of feelings is so reduced that it seems as if he is not capable of anything but indifference.
This happens due to the narrowing of consciousness, it becomes a tunnel. That is, it covers only the area that caused these changes.
When a person comes out of a trance, he may not remember what happened to him, this is something like amnesia. Sometimes there are somatic ailments in the form of dizziness, nausea, weakness in the body, and so on.
It is achieved through the following methods:
Meditation
Meditation is a kind of “turning off” sensory systems and internal dialogue. A person is in the position of an observer, only attention is directed deep into himself.
Constant practice strengthens health, increases the level of awareness, develops various cognitive abilities, such as memory, the ability to concentrate for a long time on one activity, subject, and so on. You can learn more about the benefits of meditation in this article.
Hypnosis
During hypnosis, the individual loses the ability to subjectively think, make decisions and evaluate what is happening. He perceives everything that is suggested to him, becomes executive.
After the end of the session, he also may not remember what the conversation was about. But subconsciously, he will begin to perform the actions that the specialist ordered to be done. It is mainly used for medicinal purposes, for example, to overcome addiction to smoking, alcohol, drugs.
Or to change your life, doing self-hypnosis and setting yourself up to be happy, successful, stop being afraid … Often, scammers use it for selfish purposes, to take possession of other people’s property, inspire the idea of committing a crime, and so on.
Dance
Even primitive civilizations used dance as a way to achieve ASC. Until now, many tribes turn to their gods with the help of chaotic movements. The monotony, the monotony of the rhythm really puts you in a trance.
If you watch people who have completely given themselves to dancing, you will notice that they lose the ability to perceive the surrounding reality as before, as if they were somewhere very far away.
Grave therapy
This shocking technology is that a person is placed in a coffin and buried. Not deep, for several hours. Sensory deprivation is certainly provided.
Feeling buried, he stops worrying, for example, about an unfinished work project, that a neighbor has a better car and a prettier wife. Urgent problems begin to seem insignificant and so petty that after digging out, he literally becomes a different person.
Minutes spent in a coffin underground, cause a keen desire to reconsider their value system. There comes an understanding of how much you want to live, which is especially important for people who planned to commit suicide on the basis of unrequited love, and so on.
But this is all on the condition that a person managed to control himself and achieve ASC, otherwise nothing of the above will be achieved, except for a panic attack or a heart attack.
Expanded States of Consciousness (ECC)
With RSS, the person is aware of what she feels, moreover, she controls the process and, if necessary, can stop it at any time. Achieved with:
Holotropic Breathwork
The Czech psychiatrist Stanislav Grof studied the effects of LSD, psychoactive substances on the body and the behavior of the individual as a whole.
But in 1960, LSD became a banned drug, as a result of which he had to look for new methods to achieve ASC. It was then that he came up with holotropic breathing.
The essence of this technique is deep and frequent breathing for a long time. About an hour and a half.
It is ideal to do this in a group format under the supervision of an instructor, a specialist. But it is quite possible to try at home, although it is quite dangerous. And now you will understand why.
There are two types of holotropic state experiences:
Perinatal
The personality literally returns to the intrauterine period and again lives the sensations that it experienced at that time. Thanks to this, she has a chance to realize some of the root causes of her difficulties and limitations.
This gives a powerful psychotherapeutic effect. And who does not want to be in bliss, weightlessness and carelessness again. But some «return» at the time of childbirth, sometimes difficult and traumatic.
Accordingly, “hellish torments” live, suffocating while moving along the birth canal and being afraid that the uterus squeezes and pushes them out. And if you live like this on your own, you can later do yourself more harm than good.
Transpersonal
Going beyond the body and in general, your ego. At such a moment, you can access the memory of the genus. That is, to information that has been accumulated over the centuries by your ancestors, passed down from generation to generation.
Carl Jung called this state the collective unconscious. The individual is able to fully identify with other people, animals, plants, and even processes.
Dream
During sleep, we not only rest and fill up with energy, restore resources, but also process the information received during the day. Accordingly, our brain never stops working.
Dreams that visit us are called windows to parallel worlds. Since the control of consciousness is weakening, accordingly, fantasy has no boundaries.
There are so-called lucid dreams. This is when a person realizes that he is currently sleeping, respectively, he can do anything, interrupting sleep if necessary. To achieve this level is possible only with the help of certain training.
Completion
And that’s all for today, dear readers! Choose the most suitable method for yourself and start implementing it. Just take care of your own safety. As you can understand, the ISS process does not always go smoothly.
Good luck on your way to a new life!
Also, we recommend that you read an article about a person’s superpowers and the ability to realize them.
The material was prepared by a psychologist, Gestalt therapist, Zhuravina Alina