Interesting blog by @TheTempleMom
"Are we ecstasy deprived?"

https://lauraidaeja.substack.com/p/are-we-ecstasy-deprived/

#ecstasy #alteredstates #spirituality

Decreased CO2 during breathwork: emergence of altered states of consciousness

https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-025-00247-0

#HackerNews #DecreasedCO2 #Breathwork #AlteredStates #Consciousness #HealthScience

https://youtu.be/65yjqIDghEk by Curt Jaimungal, at https://curtjaimungal.substack.com/.

#TheoriesOfEverything #TOE #YouTube #CurtJaimungal

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Layer 2: (THIS VIDEO) #HardProblemOfConsciousness #Qualia #Nonduality #Nontwoness #JohnVervaeke #CarlJung

**Main video begins at Timestamp 13:18**.

I will be adding comments/responses/questions/thoughts in future replies.

The Altered State of Meditation According to Maharshi Mehi and Sant Tulsi Sahib (Light and Sound on The Path - Sant Mat Blog): https://SantMatRadhasoami.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-altered-state-of-meditation.html

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#time #AlteredStates

"The sudden shock of an accident may disrupt our normal psychological processes, causing an abrupt shift in consciousness. In sport, intense altered states occur due to what I call 'super-absorption.'

Absorption normally makes time pass faster — as in flow, when we are absorbed in a task. But when absorption becomes especially intense, over a long period of sustained concentration, the opposite occurs, and time slows down radically.

Altered states of consciousness can also affect our sense of identity, and our normal sense of separation between us and the world. As the psychologist Marc Wittmann has pointed out, our sense of time is closely bound up with our sense of self.

We usually have a sense of living inside our mental space, with the world 'out there' on the other side. One of the main features of intense altered states is that sense of separation fades. We no longer feel enclosed inside our minds, but feel connected to our surroundings.

This means the boundary between us and the world softens. And in the process, our sense of time expands. We slip outside our normal consciousness, and into a different time-world."

https://www.livescience.com/health/mind/why-time-slows-down-in-altered-states-of-consciousness