Altered+State+of+Consciousness

= = = Definition: = Altered State of Consciousness Change in awareness produced by sleep, meditation, hypnosis, or drugs. Gen Psych Chapter 4, pp. 109-110

= Examples: = When you drive home from school and cannot remember the drive home when you arrive, that means that you were in an altered state of consciousness. Successful hypnosis can lead to an altered state of consciousness.



Interesting video and article submitted by an SJR State student f12-3154: media type="youtube" key="lHJPxvbg0iU" height="315" width="560"

The Whirling Dervishes ceremony, also known as Sema, is the inspiration of Mevlana Celadeddin-I Rumi as well as part of the Turkish culture, belief, and history in Konya. The Sema is a ceremony where a man twirls in circles while he goes through a spiritual journey with God. The process of the ceremony is to go through a spiritual journey to find love and perfection within one's self. It is every night for one hour without any stopping. By the time the ceremony is over, the performer has reached maturity and perfection. When doing the ceremony, the man's arms are open, with his right hand directed to the sky to receive Gods answers and his left hand turned toward Earth to return it to the people. "This is his way of conveying God's spiritual gift to the people upon whom God 'looks with divine' watchfulness." (1) This ceremony is a perfect example of altered state of consciousness. The people who do this get into deep thought while performing, almost like they are meditating, and surprisingly do not lose balance, get sick, or dizzy. They are in a complete zone while performing this ceremony where they spiritually connect with God. As you can see in my demonstration, she was off balance. She did not spin at the same place she started at, and she was very dizzy at the end to where it was hard for her to walk in a straight line. This ceremony takes a lot of time and practice to get to perfection.

1) http://www.goreme.com/whirling-dervishes-ceremony.php

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=‍‍In the News:= [|"Joker-Man" Shooter in Colorado] James Holmes, the alleged "Joker" gunman, described his fascination with altered states of mind in a lecture to other students, and dosed up on prescription medication before the atrocity, it emerged on Sunday. ‍‍

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