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tude is caused by a temporary social trend that unspokenly demands that no one is to rise from the mass of people who might not have these kind of experiences.
But this subtle programming and the resulting attitude that we are not supposed to really reach higher states of consciousness, does not take away our innate ability to experience them. It is only this erroneous bias that prevents us from fully exploring our very own experiences. It should be discarded once and for all. As soon as this programming is removed, the entirė range of our peripheral experiences will be at our disposal without restriction.
EXAMPLE: We read the respective descriptions. We discover that the brief moments of clear awakening we experience are insights into the fourth stage of development (gunasthana), where our consciousness ceases to be mesmerized by the daydream-like cocoon that usually surrounds it. We come to know that one feature of this stage of development is that we perceive our path towards expansion (samyag darshana) in great clarity.
We accept that for these (brief) moments we really experience the fourth stage of development, - and that we really have clear, impartial understanding of our situation. We become interested in how to consciously trigger this state so that our intuitive insight into the mechanics of inner growth will be less fleeting.
- Becoming aware of the mechanisms and features of Total Perception (sadhana). - The intensity and range of Total Perception expands in the same degree we become familiar with it.
To expand the range of what we recognize through Total Perception, we first need to get rid of distorting beliefs, concepts and expectations that have nothing to do with the experience itself. This means e.g. to discard the expectation that the rising of higher states of consciousness should always be accompanied by visions
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