Your favourite God

One other question, what do you mean by a higher state of consciousness, do you simply mean to 'focus' your mind, to blank out or remove certain thoughts ?

I am not too clear on what is often meant by the phrase.

I suspect my goal is to achieve a lower state of consciousness, I kind of like lots of thoughts all fighting each other, it's a fucking war in here sometimes - I tell ya' !

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Yes exactly for example ZEN buddism teaches detachment from thought through the practice of meditation...this is how the Samuari could detatch from feeling fear in combat ...on a more mundane level if your life is full of fear or full of regrets or full of both ... you can find yourself in a place where you are full of negativity ... detachment from thought allows for the transmutation of negative to positive energy...