Sentences with phrase «for altering their consciousness»

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Raised in L.A. and educated at Harvard, Janah, 33, has worked for the World Bank and danced the samba in the Carnaval San Francisco; as a high school senior, she spent a semester working at a school for the blind in Ghana, an experience that was consciousness - altering.

But if we look closely at Whitehead's own statement, we see that his denial of knowledge is also a denial of consciousness: «No actual entity can be conscious of its own satisfaction; for such knowledge would be a component in the process, and would thereby alter the satisfaction» (PR 130; italics mine).

Fundamentally, Christian spirituality is not about attaining an altered state of consciousness but about widening the range of genuine caring about others, so that we act for their interest not out of duty but out of love.

For example, what has come about in the shift of imagery exemplified in the new physics and in emergent thinking generally represents not so much a reaction as a radical reconception of fundamental notions, altering the modern consciousness itself.

This is not to say that practices ascetics engage in can not be entered into as tactics or methods: fasting, silence, vegetarianism, chanting, formal meditations, and celibacy, if freely entered into as methods (never as «good works» — for they are not such), may prove helpful for some people bent on self - purification or the unleashing of altered states of consciousness.

It is obvious to me that I altered my brain significantly after years of intense / deep prayer and meditation and that as a result of these contributory experiences I was a high - functioning schizophrenic for a good portion of my life — there were things going on in my biology which predisposed me to being a depressive and a high - functioning schizophrenic but engaging in intense / deep prayer and meditation was only exacerbating this problem by altering my state of consciousness which precipitated the psychotic symptoms and psychic phenomena which I experienced.

but fortunately there are psychologists, mental health practitioners and others who do and I have benefitted greatly from their work, personal testimonies and the various articles / publications which they have produced --(for example, The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology; The Religious & Spiritual Problems category in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM - IV) published by the American Psychiatric Association; The US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health PubMed.gov database of healthcare and scientific literature)-- about the adverse psychological effects which can arise when persons engage in intense / deep spiritual practices such as intense / deep prayer, fasting and meditation which alter their state of consciousness.

So for example, in my case and that of other persons whose minds dissociate when we engage in intense / deep spiritual practices like intense / deep prayer, meditation, fasting etc and we hear voices, hallucinate, see visions, experience thought insertions, automatic channelling just like a spirit medium as well as other psychic phenomena (clairvoyance etc), and the mind dissociation makes some persons mentally and emotionally unstable; our minds enter an altered state of consciousness just like those of the Buddhist monks but in our case the altered state of our brains results in psychotic and psychic symptoms being induced (interestingly, some persons who are ignorant of how the human brain functions chalk up these experiences to demonic attack)......... are these psychotic, psychic experiences which persons like myself experience a gift from God as well?

It certainly is good to have finally found out that Christianity is nothing more than just tradition, ritual and culture and that all the things which the Bible says about God and prayer are not true — God does not speak to or lead or guide or direct anyone or put thoughts in anyone's mind or show them signs or speak to their heart or mind or tells them what to do or calls people or chooses people or has a plan for people's lives whether they are in an altered state of consciousness / transcendent state or whether they are in an unaltered cognitive state.

Through a shift in consciousness, conditions can be altered — for the individual, and thus for the collective.

(24) As a tool for exploring the healing - growth potentials of various self - altered states of consciousness, biofeedback may help us develop resources for enriching our spiritual lives.

Therefore, when it comes to the question of the most valid means for acquiring knowledge of the world, Humanists reject arbitrary faith, authority, revelation, and altered states of consciousness.»

Unlike any other training that has come before, this revolutionary, ground - breaking program offers life - changing, consciousness - altering, information for the healing of our species...

These drugs may be used recreationally to purposefully alter one's consciousness (such as coffee, alcohol or cannabis), as entheogens for spiritual purposes (such as the mescaline - containing peyote cactus or psilocybin - containing mushrooms), and also as medication (such as the use of narcotics in controlling pain, stimulants to treat narcolepsy and attention disorders, as well as anti-depressants and anti-psychotics for treating neurological and psychiatric illnesses).

New studies — prompted by a renewed interest in potential applications of psychedelic drugs for understanding the brain or even treating some psychiatric diseases — suggest that far - reaching changes in brain connectivity contribute to the altered states of consciousness and other effects of an acid trip.

Psychedelic drugs do precisely this and so are powerful tools for exploring what happens in the brain when consciousness is profoundly altered.

Marijuana abusers were excluded if they had a history of substance abuse or dependence (other than marijuana and nicotine), history of other psychiatric or neurological diseases, medical conditions that might alter cerebral function (i.e., cardiovascular, endocrinological, oncological, autoimmune diseases), current use of prescribed or over-the-counter medications, and / or head trauma with loss of consciousness for more than 30 min.

«Altered states of consciousness are viewed by governments as negative if achieved through drugs,» says Richard Glen Boire, a lawyer and founder of the California - based Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics.

This is why yoga is such a gift; the breath is a bridge for consciousness and helps us get to altered states naturally.

For those of you who desire to harness the medicinal benefits of cannabis but, like me, are not wanting to alter your state of consciousness, CBD is a beautiful, extremely effective alternative.

Philadelphia, PA About Blog I started this blog in 2007 to fill a need on the web for reliable and expert information about dream science, especially lucid dreaming, nightmares, and related altered states of consciousness.

With only a handful of X-Men remaining, Kitty Pryde (Ellen Page) uses her powers to send Logan's (Hugh Jackman) consciousness back in time to his younger body circa 1973 in order to reunite Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) and Magneto (Michael Fassbender) for a single purpose: stopping Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) from murdering the creator of the Sentinel program, Dr. Boliver Trask (Peter Dinklage), in the hope that it will alter the course of history.

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Philadelphia, PA About Blog I started this blog in 2007 to fill a need on the web for reliable and expert information about dream science, especially lucid dreaming, nightmares, and related altered states of consciousness.

In Shamanism, for instance, the practitioner «reaches altered states of consciousness in order to perceive and interact with a spirit world and channel these transcendental energies into this world.»

The exhibition draws upon Charles Baudelaire's 1860 epoch, Artificial Paradise, which discusses that for more than a century and a half, artists and writers have explored altered states of consciousness, finding creativity in delirium and the derangement of the senses.

Barbara Rose states: «The essential act for Tàpies is not depiction or representation but the transformation of matter into spirit... This metaphysical transformation characterizes the duality and tension in Tàpies» art... The purpose of art, then, is to alter and heighten consciousness, bringing us into contact in the most powerful way with reality, not as it is pictured but as it literally exists in time and space... In this series of recent paintings, one sees Tàpies in full possession of his powers.»

The resulting four works respond to or otherwise intervene in visitors» experiences of the building and the artworks within it; one of them, a sensory deprivation chamber, aims to create an altered state of consciousness for participants.

The only condition I'd put on the law school's ability to grant law degrees would be that the failure to pronounce, properly, the second «t» in Toronto after second warning (except when one's consciousness is appropriately altered or after too long exposure to Buck Martinez)(1) disqualifies one from admission or (2) is grounds for rustification.

Philadelphia, PA About Blog I started this blog in 2007 to fill a need on the web for reliable and expert information about dream science, especially lucid dreaming, nightmares, and related altered states of consciousness.

Acting out sexually for a sex addict alters consciousness and feelings.