I had a look through the different conciousness threads but couldn’t find one suitable to ask this.
I read earlier some ideas that there are four levels of conciousness.
You can liken it to a four story house.
The ground floor is ‘asleep’ or unconcious.
The first floor is likened to awake but not concious, vigil conciousness he calls it and says it’s another dream state, ie on auto pilot I presume.
The third being self aware ( self conciousness)
The fourth being totally aware. (objective conciousness)
The text is written by Samael Aun Weor, called Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology
The author claims that most humans only ever achieve the first two, that of being asleep and vigil conciousness.
Ignoring the fact that it may be a questionable scientific document (I am not saying that it is questionable, I have no knowledge to make that judgement)
What do the rest of you think?
Is it the norm to experience only the first two?
Are people who achieve the third and fourth, enlightened?
Is this what seperates intelectuals from non-intelectuals?
I am interested, becuase for most of my first 20 years (looking back) I did indeed only experience the first two levels.
Since that time I feel I have progressed through level three and Im now on level four.
I don’t claim to be super concious or anything, just that what he has written makes sense to me.
When my ‘Dawning of conciousness’ arose, it felt like someone had turned a light on. For the first time in my life I could see.
I always thought that I had been missing out and had an awful lot of catching up to do, compared to ‘normal’ folks, eg most people. and that most people already pocessed my new found level of conciousness.
It seems now that maybe I am wrong.
Some help please. Thanks.