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'''States of unity and interconnectedness''' can be described as an alteration in the fundamental everyday rules regarding that which one's sense of self or identity is attributed to and separate from. The first of these rules is that the self is inherently separate from the external environment and could not possibly extend into it. The second of these rules is that the self is specifically limited to not even the physical body as a whole, but exclusively a person’s internal narrative or thought stream and the image of their own personality as built up through social interactions with other people.

This subjective effect alters those rules by directly changing that which the self is currently attributed to so that it becomes capable of including systems which were previously perceived as exclusively external to ~~ones~~ identity or being. The experience of this alteration results in feelings of profoundly intense and inextricable senses of unity or interconnectedness between oneself and specific or multiple external systems.

This subjective effect alters those rules by directly changing that which the self is currently attributed to so that it becomes capable of including systems which were previously perceived as exclusively external to one's identity or being. The experience of this alteration results in feelings of profoundly intense and inextricable senses of unity or interconnectedness between oneself and specific or multiple external systems.

Many people who undergo this experience consistently interpret it as the removal of a deeply embedded illusion, the destruction of which is often described as some sort of profound “awakening” or “enlightenment”.

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 '''States of unity and interconnectedness''' can be described as an alteration in the fundamental everyday rules regarding that which one's sense of self or identity is attributed to and separate from. The first of these rules is that the self is inherently separate from the external environment and could not possibly extend into it. The second of these rules is that the self is specifically limited to not even the physical body as a whole, but exclusively a person’s internal narrative or thought stream and the image of their own personality as built up through social interactions with other people.
-This subjective effect alters those rules by directly changing that which the self is currently attributed to so that it becomes capable of including systems which were previously perceived as exclusively external to ones identity or being. The experience of this alteration results in feelings of profoundly intense and inextricable senses of unity or interconnectedness between oneself and specific or multiple external systems.
+This subjective effect alters those rules by directly changing that which the self is currently attributed to so that it becomes capable of including systems which were previously perceived as exclusively external to one's identity or being. The experience of this alteration results in feelings of profoundly intense and inextricable senses of unity or interconnectedness between oneself and specific or multiple external systems.
 Many people who undergo this experience consistently interpret it as the removal of a deeply embedded illusion, the destruction of which is often described as some sort of profound “awakening” or “enlightenment”.