3 cards
consciousness
States of Consciousness
Avasthā Traya — Three states
Map your current state of consciousness and what is possible.
Positions
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1
Sleep
Question: Where am I mechanical?
Your current state of identification and waking sleep. Where attention is captured.
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2
Self-Remembering
Question: What moment of presence is possible?
The glimpse of divided attention. Aware of both self and world simultaneously.
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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