Surely you had to deal with the problem of "narrow specialization", when a person is not able to reflect on something that goes beyond his professional activities. Of course, one can refer to the shortcomings of the educational system, but not one thing in it, the trouble is in unwillingness to develop, expand the boundaries of one's outlook, ignoring the variety of available methods. So in most cases the problem lies in the elementary laziness and reluctance to leave your comfort zone.
Expansion of the boundaries of consciousness and activation of energy
The term "expanded consciousness" is often associated with all sorts of extrasensory abilities, which fortune tellers and clairvoyants boast. Therefore, one of the ways to expand consciousness is the activation of energy through various spiritual practices. At the heart of all of them lies the doctrine of the existence of an intangible world - without awareness of the presence of something different from physical sensations, there is no possibility to influence one's state. If this is present, then the most effective method of expanding consciousness is meditation. There are many kinds of it, first you can try the simplest.
Take a comfortable pose, relax, fixing attention on the breath, gradually slowing down in your thoughts. Focus on your mind, try to see its location in your body (someone represents it in the navel, chest or head region). Fill your mind with light, feel it and imagine how it gradually increases in size, first filling the whole body, then going beyond it. Try to expand it as far as possible - up to the size of the room, city, solar system, other galatics. Try to feel the flexibility of your consciousness and its infinity, stay a little in this state. Then go through all the steps in the reverse order, gradually squeezing it to the original size of the glowing ball.
Self-education as an extension of consciousness
If you look at the expansion of consciousness from the point of view of psychology, then the need for self-development becomes clear, as a result of which an unconscious becomes accessible to a person. That is, such a state will allow using the information available in the subconscious without using hypnosis or psychotropic drugs.
To learn how to enter the state of expanded consciousness, many people start using various psychotropic substances. Such an approach can work, but harm from it will be much more than good. In addition to obvious harm to health, the method will make it impossible to enter a special state without the use of artificial pathogens. Therefore, it is better to consider the expansion of consciousness as self-education. We are talking about striving for maximum awareness of any of our actions, as very often we do actions, focusing on some impulses, we make judgments that are not the fruit of our thinking, but those that have arisen under someone's influence. To achieve this, you need not only to control your actions during work and everyday communication, but also to learn to spend leisurely, for example, watching movies or reading books. Of course, you can expand the boundaries of your horizons without reading specialized publications, but often progress only comes with their help. Here is a small selection of books for the expansion of consciousness.
- Compositions of K. Castaneda are widely known. If you are not already familiar with them, start with the book "Conversations with Don Juan". This is the first product of the series, so it's logical to start with it, but these books are interesting to read in any order.
- "The Seven Languages of God" Timothy Leary makes us think about the most complex problems of human evolution. Can progress go hand in hand with morality? Try to find your answer.
- Stanislav Grof , known for his holotropic breathing technique, in his next book "Space game" offers to see the possibilities of human consciousness, neglected in everyday life.
- The teaching of Osho raises many controversies among researchers,
but who prevents you from composing your own opinion by reading at least his essay "On Children" . - The book "Doors of perception. Paradise and Hell "of the famous Aldous Huxley is written for anyone who is looking for the ideal way to expand consciousness.
- Neal Donal Walsh in his book "Tomorrow's God . " The Greatest Spiritual Challenge "made an attempt to give practical guidance to all those wishing to expand consciousness . How much it has turned out, to judge you.
Whichever way you choose, you will have to work seriously, as changing the way of thinking and stopping acting not by inertia is not so easy.