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Sei and Her Soul Are Separated: The Colonization of Consciousness and Reclaiming the Visionary State

The Emerald

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Normal and Affected Consciousness

Western thought puts normal waking consciousness at the top of the hierarchy and altered states of consciousness at the bottom. The substances that are most common in the modern day regimen of normalcy, alcohol, caffeine, antidepressants, anti-anxiety meds, all share the common trait of detaching us from empathetic experience. Depression, anxiety, cynicism, these have become the new normal state of consciousness. Within these parameters, revelatory spiritual experience seems far off for many of us.

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