A cross-tradition term for clear recognition of reality marked by reduced selfing, nonduality, and ethical transformation; framed by training and culture and studied via phenomenology, psychometrics, and neuroscience.
Category: Consciousness States And Realization
Various levels of awareness, awakening, and spiritual realization.
Astral Projection
Reported experience of awareness seeming to leave the physical body to perceive from another location. Covers phenomenology, traditional subtle-body frameworks, methods of induction, and current neuroscience linking OBEs to multisensory integration at the TPJ.
Ascension
Ascension is a modern spirituality term describing perceived rises in consciousness, often framed as self-transcendence. It blends New Age and esoteric ideas with practices like meditation, energy work, and ethics, while research debates metaphysical claims.