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    States of Consciousness

    Avasthā Traya — Three states

    Map your current state of consciousness and what is possible.

    Positions

    1. 1

      Sleep

      Question: Where am I mechanical?

      Your current state of identification and waking sleep. Where attention is captured.

    2. 2

      Self-Remembering

      Question: What moment of presence is possible?

      The glimpse of divided attention. Aware of both self and world simultaneously.

    3. 3

      Objective Consciousness

      Question: What quality of higher state is available?

      Not a permanent attainment, but a taste of higher consciousness reaching down.

    Jungian

    Unconscious-Conscious-Transcendent

    Fourth Way

    States of consciousness

    Sanskrit

    Jāgrat-Svapna-Suṣupti-Turīya

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