Identity alteration: Difference between revisions
>Josikins No edit summary |
>Josikins No edit summary |
||
Line 24: | Line 24: | ||
It is by far the most common form of identity and usually assumed by most people to be the only possible state of being. | It is by far the most common form of identity and usually assumed by most people to be the only possible state of being. | ||
====4. | ====4. Identifying with specific "external" systems==== | ||
The fourth of these differing levels can be referred to as a state of “''unity between the self and specific external systems''.” It can be defined as the experience of a loss of perceived boundaries between a person’s identity and the specific physical systems or concepts within the perceivable external environment which are currently comprising their central point of cognitive focus. | The fourth of these differing levels can be referred to as a state of “''unity between the self and specific external systems''.” It can be defined as the experience of a loss of perceived boundaries between a person’s identity and the specific physical systems or concepts within the perceivable external environment which are currently comprising their central point of cognitive focus. | ||