Lucid Sleep! I have newly coined this term to describe an Altered State of Consciousness.
There are many different types of Altered States of Consciousness. Most familiar ones are the Wakeful,Dream,and Deep sleep states. Lucid Dream state is a dream state in which one experiences a Dream,while fully conscious that dreamer is Dreaming. The common Dream state is experienced without this consciousness. So Lucid dream is a different Altered State of Consciousness compared to ordinary Dream state.
The question now is, "Does a Lucid Deep Sleep state exist?"
I think the answer is YES. Then what is that?
In Yoga, Samadhi state is also known as the TURIYA--the Fourth--State, indicating it is different from the three familiar states, Wakeful, Dream, and Deep sleep.
What will it be like? In Bhagavath Geetha Lord Krishna describes it, as experienced by a Yogi who is Awake when the world sleeps.
" Ya nisa sarvabhoothanam thasyam jagarthy samyami " (chapter 2,sloka 69.)
This gives us a clue that the Yogi's fourth state of Altered Consciousness, is a state in which, the Deep sleep state, (normally in which consciousness that one is in Deep sleep is missing) is experienced with full consciousness that one is experiencing a Deep Sleep State.
Thus I conclude that the TURYA or the Fourth state is just like Lucid dream state, another Altered State of Consciousness of the Deep Sleep state, in which the ful consciousness exists, unlike the normal Deep Sleep State.
So, I suggest that we can call this LUCID DEEP SLEEP STATE.
I am not aware of anyone else already coined this word.If so my apologies for my ignorance,and credit for that person.
I hope a new wave of research will be triggered with this observation.
There are many different types of Altered States of Consciousness. Most familiar ones are the Wakeful,Dream,and Deep sleep states. Lucid Dream state is a dream state in which one experiences a Dream,while fully conscious that dreamer is Dreaming. The common Dream state is experienced without this consciousness. So Lucid dream is a different Altered State of Consciousness compared to ordinary Dream state.
The question now is, "Does a Lucid Deep Sleep state exist?"
I think the answer is YES. Then what is that?
In Yoga, Samadhi state is also known as the TURIYA--the Fourth--State, indicating it is different from the three familiar states, Wakeful, Dream, and Deep sleep.
What will it be like? In Bhagavath Geetha Lord Krishna describes it, as experienced by a Yogi who is Awake when the world sleeps.
" Ya nisa sarvabhoothanam thasyam jagarthy samyami " (chapter 2,sloka 69.)
This gives us a clue that the Yogi's fourth state of Altered Consciousness, is a state in which, the Deep sleep state, (normally in which consciousness that one is in Deep sleep is missing) is experienced with full consciousness that one is experiencing a Deep Sleep State.
Thus I conclude that the TURYA or the Fourth state is just like Lucid dream state, another Altered State of Consciousness of the Deep Sleep state, in which the ful consciousness exists, unlike the normal Deep Sleep State.
So, I suggest that we can call this LUCID DEEP SLEEP STATE.
I am not aware of anyone else already coined this word.If so my apologies for my ignorance,and credit for that person.
I hope a new wave of research will be triggered with this observation.
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