![]() Thus, ASC is a state wherein citta is still active beyond this active citta is manas and buddhi, the last being in close proximity to purusha. A thoughtless stillness could be experienced from time to time that could take us beyond ASC. The mind is still wandering (such as in a dream) or concentrated and focused as in meditation. ASC is a relative state of mental functioning. Dream state, hypnosis, and meditation are also considered as ASC. There are also many common experiences that create altered states of consciousness (ASC), such as sleeping or daydreaming, sleep deprivation, euphoria or panic. It is not reflective awareness, self-awareness or any other psychological correlates that are discussed in literature.Īn altered state of consciousness is a change in one's normal mental state as a result of trauma or accident or induced through meditation, drugs, some foods, etc. Consciousness we are dealing with is not the one that we are interested while a patient is in coma is he/she consciousness or not. It is the self or soul in many traditions it is the ultimate reality. We have not really defined consciousness it is only mentioned that consciousness is something that continues after the death of the body. Thus, healing and consciousness are intimately inter-related. But beyond this relative reality is an ultimate reality, one that needs to be defined and if possible, experienced. The ultimate destiny of the body-mind is to decay and die. An informed start of this search alone will constitute a beginning toward total healing. Once the body-mind has been put in order, so to say, once the person realizes that body-mind is an instrument needed for a purpose, then the search for reality could be initiated. In other words, the role of the therapist is more complex and suggestive than that of a clergy (of any religion). Thus, the role of the therapist is to lead the person to inquire into the nature of this reality, this consciousness without making a commitment to the type of reality that the person could be looking for. When we can go beyond the instruments we use to experience the world, we come in contact with Reality. Senses and the mind limit and focus our attention and experience. In fact, we need to go beyond the sensory experience to become one with the world. It is one of the total and transcendental identification of all that we see and hear, touch, feel and taste. It is not just a feeling and knowing we are all one in an intellectual way. And what is that goal? Spiritual leaders have spoken of that goal as to realize or experience oneness of all life, including even the inanimate world around us. The role of a therapist is not just to look at the body not simply address the distress of the mind but to bring into balance the triad so that a positive progression toward our goal is possible. Wholeness and health are related to all three elements that make up life – namely, body, mind and consciousness (or spirit, reality) all these should function in unison for health.
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