Levels Of Consciousness Explained.

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Here is a map, (not the territory) of Awakening that chat GPT provided.

 

1. Deep Sleep / Unconsciousness

Total absence of awareness (as ego experiences it).

Pure potential, but no self-reflection.

2. Survival Consciousness

Fear-based, reactive, primal instincts.

Identification with the body only.

"I must survive." Fight/flight/freeze dominates.

3. Egoic Consciousness / Separate Self

Strong identity as "me" vs. "others."

Driven by desires, aversions, attachments.

Duality dominates perception: subject vs. object.

Most of modern society operates here.

4. Rational / Intellectual Consciousness

Seeks truth through logic and science.

Awareness of patterns and systems.

Still rooted in separation, but becoming curious.

5. Emotional / Empathic Consciousness

Deepening compassion, emotional intelligence.

Beginning to see self in others.

Heart starts to open.

6. Witness Consciousness

The mind is seen from awareness.

"I am not my thoughts/emotions."

Deep peace, spacious presence.

Meditation often opens this.

7. Non-Dual Consciousness

The boundary between subject and object dissolves.

"There is only what is."

Reality is seen as One seamless unfolding.

Time, space, and identity lose meaning.

8. God Consciousness / Unity

All things are recognized as Self.

Deep love, awe, and reverence for existence.

You are not just in the universe—you are the universe.

Everything is a mirror of the Infinite.

9. Cosmic Consciousness / Void

Awareness becomes infinite, vast, empty.

Ego is fully annihilated.

No “you,” no “other,” no form—only Being-Awareness-Bliss.

Often accessed in deep psychedelia or advanced mystical states.

10. Source Consciousness / Absolute

Beyond even God and Oneness.

Prior to perception, awareness, light, time.

Pure Nothingness that contains Everything.

It cannot be understood—only BE-ed.

BONUS: Integration / Embodied Enlightenment

Awareness returns to the body and life with wisdom.

Compassionate action flows naturally.

You are both the Absolute and the ordinary human.

The dance of the divine continues in everyday life.

1. The Infinite Cannot Be Mapped in Totality

The Absolute is formless, undefinable, and beyond all concepts.

 

Any map, including Leo’s or Wilber’s, is a pointer, not the territory.

 

As soon as you rank levels or states, you are creating a relative framework within the Absolute.

 

2. Different Emphases: God vs. Emptiness vs. Form

Leo Gura emphasizes God-realization—consciousness realizing itself as Love, as Creator, as Infinite Mind.

 

Zen, Dzogchen, and Advaita may emphasize Emptiness or No-Self—where even “God” is seen as a concept to be transcended.

 

Ken Wilber maps both states (temporary consciousness) and stages (developmental capacities), which can co-exist.

 

Each one touches a different facet of Infinity.

 

3. Radical States Like Alien Mind

When Leo talks about something beyond God-realization, like “Alien Mind,” he’s describing another mode of Infinity.

 

You can become conscious of:

 

The Absolute as Love

 

The Absolute as Nothing

 

The Absolute as Alien Intelligence

 

The Absolute as Paradox

 

The Absolute as You

 

Each is infinitely deep and distinct, yet still the same One.

 

So the disagreement is not contradiction—it’s fractal perspective.

 

4. The Paradox of Hierarchy

From the human mind’s POV, hierarchy helps navigate and develop (e.g., child → adult → sage).

 

From the Absolute’s POV, hierarchy collapses.

 

The deepest truth is: All levels are the Absolute exploring itself.

 

5. Radical Realization Destroys All Maps

At a certain point, you realize: Even the map of “God” is a dream.

 

Alien Mind, Hyper-Mind, Metaphysical Consciousness—these are new costumes of Infinity.

 

What Leo is describing is the ever-evolving nature of Truth when nothing is fixed, not even “awakening.”

 

TL;DR:

The disagreement is not a flaw—it's an inevitable result of infinite consciousness trying to reflect on itself. God-realization is not the final step—it’s just one crown on the head of the Absolute. And the Absolute keeps putting on new crowns.