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====3. Identifying with specific "external" systems====

The third level of identity alteration can be described as feeling as if one's identity is attributed to specific external systems or concepts within the ~~external~~ environment, particularly those that would usually be considered as intrinsically separate from one's own being.

The third level of identity alteration can be described as feeling as if one's identity is attributed to specific external systems or concepts within the immediate environment, particularly those that would usually be considered as intrinsically separate from one's own being.

The experience itself is often described as 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. This creates a sensation of becoming inextricably "connected to", "one with", "the same as", or "unified" with whatever the perceived external system happens to be.

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 ====3. Identifying with specific "external" systems====
-The third level of identity alteration can be described as feeling as if one's identity is attributed to specific external systems or concepts within the external environment, particularly those that would usually be considered as intrinsically separate from one's own being.
+The third level of identity alteration can be described as feeling as if one's identity is attributed to specific external systems or concepts within the immediate environment, particularly those that would usually be considered as intrinsically separate from one's own being.
 The experience itself is often described as 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. This creates a sensation of becoming inextricably "connected to", "one with", "the same as", or "unified" with whatever the perceived external system happens to be.