Cognitive disconnection: Difference between revisions
>Phencyclidine It is not possible to EXPERIENCE ego death as the ego is a functional necessity of experience. Experiences don't float around in a void. Experiences are experienced by something (an ego). |
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*Feeling as though one's conscious thought stream is not one's own, allowing it to be analysed from an unbiased third person perspective. | *Feeling as though one's conscious thought stream is not one's own, allowing it to be analysed from an unbiased third person perspective. | ||
At higher dosages, the disconnection from consciousness eventually makes the transition from partial to all-encompassing. This results in the complete failure of a person's conscious thought stream, sense of self and [[memory suppression|long-term memory]]. It can be experientially described as a state that is functionally identical to [[Ego suppression, loss and death| | At higher dosages, the disconnection from consciousness eventually makes the transition from partial to all-encompassing. This results in the complete failure of a person's conscious thought stream, sense of self and [[memory suppression|long-term memory]]. It can be experientially described as a state that is functionally identical to [[Ego suppression, loss and death|long-term memory suppression]] and the feeling that there is no longer an "I" experiencing the trip; there is just the experience, as it is and by itself. | ||
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