Sleep Is the Basis of the Dreaming State

As you might expect, Thom is never short of a few words to say on the subject of God, gods and goddesses. He held a ten-day retreat on the subject several years ago and, more recently, published Part One of a three-part podcast series on the subject. If you haven’t listened to that episode yet, we invite you to start there as it lays the foundation for this episode, Part Two of the series.

In this episode Thom explores the seven states of consciousness and how they impact our experience and perception of God, gods and goddesses. He explains how shared experience evolves through the different levels, culminating in the ultimate shared experience of all, Unity Consciousness.

Thom reminds us that our experience of God is a personal experience having nothing to do with faith or belief and everything to do with our perception.

As with Part One, you’ll probably want to listen to this several times over to really let the message sink in. 

Episode Highlights: 

[00:54] Your Experience is Your Own Consciousness State 

[02:01] Celestial Layers of Creation 

[03:31] Seeing the World in Animate Terms 

[05:38] Sleep State of Consciousness 

[06:29] Dreaming State of Consciousness 

[07:42] The Advantage of Paralysis While Dreaming 

[08:50] Nil Shared Experience 

[10:29] Waking State of Consciousness

[12:17] Relative States of Consciousness 

[13:37] Deprivation of Consciousness 

[14:56] Sleep Deprivation 

[16:57] Sleep Training 

[19:27] Turiya - The Fourth State of Consciousness

[21:01] The Absolute 

[22:19] Samadhi 

[23:17] A Decrease in Suffering 

[24:59] Nitya Samadhi 

[26:34] AKA Cosmic Consciousness (26:34)

[27:36] God Consciousness, Unity Consciousness 

[29:26] Ishwara – Supreme Being Personalized 

[29:45] There is Only One Thing 

[31:50] Different Worlds From Different Consciousness States 

[33:28] No-thing-ness  

[35:37] What is the Action? 

[36:13] Creation, Maintenance, and Destruction 

[37:43] Knowledge of the Laws of Nature 

[38:38] A Mindless Wild Goose Chase 

[39:43] Awakening a Field of Bliss 

[40:35] Subjective Means of Gaining Knowledge

[42:11] Knowledge of the Knower 

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