CONSCIOUSNESS
Stability of State vs. Alteration of Mood
A true change of consciousness or transformation is not a fleeting mood alteration but a stable, habitual state of consciousness. This stability is achieved…
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Changing The Feeling Of I
A little alteration of mood is not a transformation; it's not a real change of consciousness. Because as I change my mood for the moment it can quickly and rapidly be I would say, replaced by another mood in the reverse direction. When I say that I was changed, as that gentleman changed his mood, his basic mood, his state of consciousness, it means that having assumed that I am what the moment denied, what my reason denied, that I remain in that state long enough to make that state stable. So that all of my energies are flowing from that state. I am no longer thinking of that state. I am thinking from that state. So that wherever a state grows so stable as to definitely expel all of its rivals, then that central, habitual state of consciousness from which I think defines my character and is really a true transformation or change of consciousness.
A true change of consciousness or transformation is not a fleeting mood alteration but a stable, habitual state of consciousness. This stability is achieved by persisting in the assumption of the desired state until all one's energies flow 'from' that state, rather than merely 'of' it, thereby expelling rival states and defining one's character.