The Emerald Sei and Her Soul Are Separated: The Colonization of Consciousness and Reclaiming the Visionary State
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Aug 20, 2019 AI Snips
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Many Traditions Privilege Altered States
- Yogic and shamanic traditions consider ordinary waking mind to be limited or 'sleepwalking.'
- Many systems aim to dissolve ordinary consciousness toward expansive, non-dual awareness.
Global Traditions Map Trance Stages
- The podcast cites global trance practices from Tibet to the Sami, describing graded trance experiences.
- These traditions documented precise stages, sounds, and luminosities of meditative travel.
William James On Multiple Consciousnesses
- William James argued that normal waking consciousness is only one form among many.
- The host uses this to claim we cannot finalize universe accounts while ignoring other consciousness forms.