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===Ego death===

The most significant aspect of complete long-term memory suppression (level 4) is the way in which it suppresses the ability to recall and comprehend conceptual information associated with one's sense of self-hood and identity. The experience of this is colloquially known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego_death ego death] and its occurrence is well documented throughout the modern [[psychonaut]] subculture. However, it is worth noting that this informal term of "ego death" or "ego dissolution" is also commonly used to refer to states of high level [[unity and interconnectedness]].<ref name="LebedevLövdén2015" /><ref name="NourEvans2016">{{cite journal|last1=Nour|first1=Matthew M.|last2=Evans|first2=Lisa|last3=Nutt|first3=David|last4=Carhart-Harris|first4=Robin L.|title=Ego-Dissolution and Psychedelics: Validation of the Ego-Dissolution Inventory (EDI)|journal=Frontiers in Human Neuroscience|volume=10|year=2016|issn=1662-5161|doi=10.3389/fnhum.2016.00269}}~~</ref><ref>Harrison, J. (2010). Ego death and psychedelics. MAPS Bull, 20, 40-41.~~

The most significant aspect of complete long-term memory suppression (level 4) is the way in which it suppresses the ability to recall and comprehend conceptual information associated with one's sense of self-hood and identity. The experience of this is colloquially known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego_death ego death] and its occurrence is well documented throughout the modern [[psychonaut]] subculture. However, it is worth noting that this informal term of "ego death" or "ego dissolution" is also commonly used to refer to states of high level [[unity and interconnectedness]].<ref name="LebedevLövdén2015" /><ref name="NourEvans2016">{{cite journal|last1=Nour|first1=Matthew M.|last2=Evans|first2=Lisa|last3=Nutt|first3=David|last4=Carhart-Harris|first4=Robin L.|title=Ego-Dissolution and Psychedelics: Validation of the Ego-Dissolution Inventory (EDI)|journal=Frontiers in Human Neuroscience|volume=10|year=2016|issn=1662-5161|doi=10.3389/fnhum.2016.00269}}</ref>

~~https://www.maps.org/news-letters/v20n1/v20n1-40to41.pdf~~</ref>

Complete memory suppression can result in the profound experience that despite remaining fully conscious, there is no longer an “I” experiencing one's sensory input; there is just the sensory input as it is and by itself. This suppresses the otherwise nearly constant sensation in waking life of being a separate observer interacting with an external world. Although ego death does not necessarily shut down awareness of all mental processes, it does remove the feeling of being the thinker or cause of one's mental processes. It often results in the feeling of processing concepts from a neutral perspective completely untainted by past memories, prior experiences, contexts, and biases.

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 ===Ego death===
-The most significant aspect of complete long-term memory suppression (level 4) is the way in which it suppresses the ability to recall and comprehend conceptual information associated with one's sense of self-hood and identity. The experience of this is colloquially known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego_death ego death] and its occurrence is well documented throughout the modern [[psychonaut]] subculture. However, it is worth noting that this informal term of "ego death" or "ego dissolution" is also commonly used to refer to states of high level [[unity and interconnectedness]].<ref name="LebedevLövdén2015" /><ref name="NourEvans2016">{{cite journal|last1=Nour|first1=Matthew M.|last2=Evans|first2=Lisa|last3=Nutt|first3=David|last4=Carhart-Harris|first4=Robin L.|title=Ego-Dissolution and Psychedelics: Validation of the Ego-Dissolution Inventory (EDI)|journal=Frontiers in Human Neuroscience|volume=10|year=2016|issn=1662-5161|doi=10.3389/fnhum.2016.00269}}</ref><ref>Harrison, J. (2010). Ego death and psychedelics. MAPS Bull, 20, 40-41.
+The most significant aspect of complete long-term memory suppression (level 4) is the way in which it suppresses the ability to recall and comprehend conceptual information associated with one's sense of self-hood and identity. The experience of this is colloquially known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego_death ego death] and its occurrence is well documented throughout the modern [[psychonaut]] subculture. However, it is worth noting that this informal term of "ego death" or "ego dissolution" is also commonly used to refer to states of high level [[unity and interconnectedness]].<ref name="LebedevLövdén2015" /><ref name="NourEvans2016">{{cite journal|last1=Nour|first1=Matthew M.|last2=Evans|first2=Lisa|last3=Nutt|first3=David|last4=Carhart-Harris|first4=Robin L.|title=Ego-Dissolution and Psychedelics: Validation of the Ego-Dissolution Inventory (EDI)|journal=Frontiers in Human Neuroscience|volume=10|year=2016|issn=1662-5161|doi=10.3389/fnhum.2016.00269}}</ref>
- https://www.maps.org/news-letters/v20n1/v20n1-40to41.pdf</ref>
 Complete memory suppression can result in the profound experience that despite remaining fully conscious, there is no longer an “I” experiencing one's sensory input; there is just the sensory input as it is and by itself. This suppresses the otherwise nearly constant sensation in waking life of being a separate observer interacting with an external world. Although ego death does not necessarily shut down awareness of all mental processes, it does remove the feeling of being the thinker or cause of one's mental processes. It often results in the feeling of processing concepts from a neutral perspective completely untainted by past memories, prior experiences, contexts, and biases.