What does it mean to lack consciousness?

[deamordeamar]

What does it mean to be highly conscious?

I want to gain a deeper understanding of the distinction between unconscious people and conscious people.

In my opinion, the more you understand what life is and how it works, the more conscious you are. Is that correct?

[Leo Gura]

The best example is when you're sleepy, tired, or in a food coma -- you are less conscious than usual.

42 minutes ago, deamordeamar said:

In my opinion, the more you understand what life is and how it works, the more conscious you are.

No. Consciousness is a state you are in, not any information you know.

You can think of consciousness as your level of mental sharpness. To lack consciousness is to engage in behavior without self-awareness.

Edited May 14, 2023 by Leo Gura

[Salvijus]

To be more perceptive perhaps.

In music you can be a tone deaf person or a Mozart. Similary in many areas of life you can increase your perseption of it deeper and deeper. You can be more diet concious then others, environment concious, physics concious, esoteric concious etc. It means being able to see something that others cannot.

In spirituality it usually means to be more aware of deeper and deeper layers of our ego and how it distorts our perseption of the world and causes misery. To the point where one reaches a perception of reality without any distortions. A perfect truth. Being able to see through many many layers of bs that people have is what makes one more conscious then others.

Edited May 14, 2023 by Salvijus

[LSD-Rumi]

@deamordeamar The more conscious you are the more you can appreciate things around you, They look shiner, purer cleaner, warmer, and more detailed. The more conscious you are, you feel more at peace, more in love, more strong, and more intelligent for sure, the mind starts working at a higher frequency and in a different manner, and your insights become deeper and more inclusive, The more conscious you are the deeper your experiences are, Colors look deeper, details are sharper, your pov becomes wider. 

It is the difference between experiencing life as an animal and experiencing life as a God. 

[Kamo]

@Leo Gura So my question is is it possible to drop in conscious due to the loss of a loved one? 

[Leo Gura]

29 minutes ago, Kamo said:

@Leo Gura So my question is is it possible to drop in conscious due to the loss of a loved one? 

Yes.

Also possible to rise.

Edited May 16, 2023 by Leo Gura

[Princess Arabia]

On 5/14/2023 at 8:29 AM, LSD-Rumi said:

@deamordeamar The more conscious you are the more you can appreciate things around you, They look shiner, purer cleaner, warmer, and more detailed. The more conscious you are, you feel more at peace, more in love, more strong, and more intelligent for sure, the mind starts working at a higher frequency and in a different manner, and your insights become deeper and more inclusive, The more conscious you are the deeper your experiences are, Colors look deeper, details are sharper, your pov becomes wider. 

It is the difference between experiencing life as an animal and experiencing life as a God. 

I like this explanation.

[Kamo]

@Leo Gura Could it be possible to fall in consciousness and then raise in consciousness too quickly before your able to handle it, and then reach an insight or realization that is so threatening to the ego to such a degree that you then manifest a state of psychological masking?

[Leo Gura]

The mind will play all sorts of games and it is easily traumatized or freaked out.

Very high states easily result in a freakout.

Edited May 17, 2023 by Leo Gura

[StarStruck]

It is called asleep 

[Yimpa]

On 5/15/2023 at 6:42 PM, Kamo said:

@Leo Gura So my question is is it possible to drop in conscious due to the loss of a loved one? 

On 5/15/2023 at 7:12 PM, Leo Gura said:

Yes.

Also possible to rise.

 

[Kamo]

On 5/17/2023 at 9:48 AM, Leo Gura said:

The mind will play all sorts of games and it is easily traumatized or freaked out.

Very high states easily result in a freakout.

@Leo Gura Yeah this happened to me. Just making sure I wasnt crazy to assume these things. lol. 

[Yimpa]

@Kamo You assume being mentally stable is not crazy.

[Kamo]

21 hours ago, Yimpa said:

@Kamo You assume being mentally stable is not crazy.

@Yimpa Sorry this was just a short dialogue between myself and Leo on this point. thanks for your opinion.

[Carl-Richard]

When your preoccupation with your own needs is often at the expense of others.