For many years the notion of expanding our consciousness, adding experiences or even controlling brain response has been discussed and tested. Nature has given you a mind that works in a certain way – we don’t know so much about that really – but many wish to have deeper experiences or explore the unknown.
Hallucinogenic, intoxicating, alert-sharpening effects are sought to let us see light, lead to sensations or even ecstacy, make us easy or quiet, lead to relaxation or go into a haze, or sharpen our senses or lead to better abilities.
This seems to be done on an individual basis, there is no sharing possible, except that many doing the same thing may experience the same. But men being different it may be that we all would experience different things!
It seems the desired results can be higher mental concentration, being more clever, more intelligent, feel raptures or excitement, loosen up, creation of mental or kaleidoscopic images, intense colors …..
There has been speculation that there may be a world that we can not ordinarily see – that we can achieve a deeper understanding of our existence. We therefore ask if changes can become lasting or even permanent: intellectually, physically, mental ease, concentration, higher creativity, better communication…..
Many people have sought a personal paradise where you can have an optimal life far away from daily trivialities and concerns, which may be a form of escapism.
The grand question is if these matters can be systematized or utilized as part of your normal life – that you can change the state of your mental condition at will? Can you turn it on or off, change your soul so to say? It can be taken further and maybe we can regulate what we see – intensify or change the colors – what we do or eat, enable a high state of thinking, change our feelings or morals to suit the environment. A controlled dream state could be conceived which is state of wishful thinking where your dreams are fulfilled, where all is bright and shiny.
The question of the other side – before and after life – can also be a dimension – a reality – that can be entertained. The question of hell is also there – the torment, pain, fire – that we have been told about, but never wish to experience.
The ultimate is to maintain an optimal consciousness whereby we can reach the the level of consciousness that we wish, so that we can have a better understanding of ourselves and people we communicate with. Ultimately we could change our personality or reach layers of personality that we have not yet seen. Today we mostly communicate by language – the higher levels of communication of the unsaid are not available yet.
So how do we move forward now? Not easy to tell, but experimenting with substances, meditating, training, dieting, choosing environments etc. can all be part of it. Start by giving your perception a thought now and then?
Careful – although that is not for everybody if progress shall be made.