Notes On Four Levels Of Consciousness
In 1968, Alan Watts, a British writer, speaker, and Zen master, appeared on CBS with a group of students to teach a unique zen philosophy.
He asked the students three questions:
- Who am I?
- What do I desire?
- What do I know?
The three questions sound simple enough, but they go very deep.
According to Alan, if you ponder these questions long enough, they will unlock many new meanings in your life.
Your answers to these questions depend on what state of consciousness you are in.
Vishan Lakhiani, a writer and CEO of Mindvalley, explains in his book “Code of Evolution” four levels of consciousness.
At each level of consciousness, you react and shape the world in different ways. — Vishan Lakniani
Level 1 — Culturescape
Culturescape is the tangled web of rituals and beliefs, and ideas that come from the culture. Whether we live in a tribe in a developing part of the world or in modern tribes such as a corporation, all of us are part of Culturescape.
We believe in what our parents, teachers, priests, politicians, media, advertisements, authors, books, and thought leaders tell us. But we don’t see…
