Many people in their lives have faced an altered state of consciousness when they performed some actions that were even impossible to think about, or bought some thing under the influence of advertisements and skilled sellers. Perhaps someone gave away their last savings, as if under hypnosis.
Where does this state of ASC come from and what are its positive and negative sides?
Brief description of ISS
An altered state of consciousness is accompanied by sensations, memories, feelings that overwhelm a person at a given moment in time and force him to perform actions that are not characteristic of him.
It can occur:
- under the influence of special substances with hallucinogenic properties, alcohol, drugs, nicotine;
- when in a certain environment where there are no irritants;
- when practicing holotropic breathing or when using special practices and psychotechnics, which include: autogenous training, lucid dreaming, hypnosis, various rituals, meditation practices;
- when a person gets into unusual, extreme conditions, when pain sensations disappear and superpowers are activated.
Sometimes ASC occurs in people who are at a concert, while listening to their favorite pieces of music, while practicing dancing or sports, being in a new, unusual place where peace and satisfaction are felt.
What happens to a person with ASC
First of all, these are unusual emotions that a person does not experience in everyday life. Unexpectedly, tears may appear or, on the contrary, laughter, which cannot be restrained. In a meditative state, people have a feeling of "universal love and peace" when they do not want to think, move, talk. And if negative experiences have appeared, then meditation can be stopped, thus returning to reality.
A completely different state of hypnosis. During a hypnotic session, a person ceases to control himself and his actions. He plunges into another reality, where he recalls past events, while he cannot make movements and stop the process on his own. His will is controlled by the person conducting the hypnosis session.
During ASC, a person lacks critical thinking, and he can be subjected to suggestion from the outside, which directly affects the subconscious.
Pros of an altered state of consciousness
ASC can have a positive effect on the human body and help it improve health, and sometimes get rid of a number of diseases.
With tiring work, without long rest, the nervous system and many internal organs are disrupted. ISS practices help a person to relax, restore energy and rest in a short period of time.
ISS is used by specialists who work with the correction of human behavior, his psychological problems. Also, this state can be used to unleash creativity and abilities, and in medical practice - for pain relief.
Cons of an altered state of consciousness
There are cases when ISS is used by various agents and recruiters to draw a person into destructive sects, clubs, communities, pyramids, where he is promised everything from untold riches to “universal love”. Instead of receiving what was promised, people most often become the next victims of fraudsters, losing all their savings, health, and sometimes even their lives.
You should know that it is quite easy to enter almost any person into the ASC state. This is used by gypsies, using the so-called "gypsy hypnosis", obsessive sellers of services and goods who can manipulate the mind, and sometimes have practical experience of NLP and hypnosis.
Another disadvantage can be a departure from reality and an unwillingness to solve problems and life situations. When using, for example, drugs, a person gets into an ASC or another reality, where everything is fine, bright, easy and simple, and he is not going to get out of there. If ASC is used for these purposes, then it has a negative effect on a person.
