The ordinary human state—appearing awake but actually in a hypnotic state of unawareness, functioning automatically with no real self-consciousness.
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Fourth Way (Gurdjieff)
Waking Sleep
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unconscious living
The Moon
sleepwalking
automatic life
hypnotic state
unaware
going through motions
asleep while awake
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