Higher States of Consciousness, Spiritual Enlightenment, Nirvana & Self-Realization (#15)
Ancient Wisdom for Modern Health
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The Fourth State of Consciousness
Many people today talk about using hallucinogenic drugs. Ayahuasca is a very famous one today from Peru. People report having taking these drugs and having these glimpses of higher states of consciousness, we could think of them as these wonderful sort of expansive, unbounded experiences. But what often happens is that the drugs themselves impair the functioning of the nervous system over time. So from the Vedic tradition, they're not seen as a good thing because these higher states are totally natural states of consciousness. It's our intrinsic ability of our nervous system to have these states of consciousness but we need to experience them in a proper way.
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