Mindfulness can be described as a psychological concept which is well established within the scientific literature and commonly discussed in association with meditation. It is often broken down into two separate components both of which comprise the experience of mindfulness itself.

Personal bias suppression (also called cultural filter suppression) can be described as the inhibition of the personal and culturally taught biases, preferences, and associations which a person knowingly or unknowingly filters and interprets their perception of the world through during everyday life.

Unity and interconnectedness can be described as an alteration in the cognitive rules which define both what one's sense of self or identity is attributed to and what it is felt as separate from. For example, most people feel that the self is inherently separate from their external environment and could not possibly extend into it. On top of this, many people feel that the self is specifically limited to not even the physical body as a whole, but exclusively one's internal narrative or thought stream and the image of their own personality as built up through social interactions with other p...

Spirituality enhancement can be described as the experience of a gradual or sudden shift of personal beliefs and interests into something which holds notions of certain key concepts with higher regard than that which it did previously. These concepts and notions are not limited to but generally include:

Ego inflation can be described as an effect that magnifies and enhances one's own ego in a manner which results in feeling an increased sense of confidence, superiority, and general arrogance. During this state, it can often feel that one is considerably more intelligent, significant, and capable in comparison to those around them.

Increased music appreciation can be described as an increased enjoyment of music. When music is listened to within this state, the perceived music and lyrical content may have a profound impact upon its listener.

Psychonautics (from the Greek ψυχή (psychē "soul/spirit/mind") and ναύτης (naútēs "sailor/navigator")[1] refers both to a methodology for mapping the subjectively experienced effects of "altered" or non-ordinary states of consciousness as well as to a research paradigm in which the user voluntarily immerses themselves in such states. This is typically done with the intention of exploring the boundaries and depths of human conscious and subconscious experience.[2]

A lucid dream is any dream in which one is aware that they are dreaming. This is a well-established phenomenon[1] that can occur during normal sleep. Various techniques can be learned to consistently induce lucid dreams at will. These techniques can be utilized as a powerful method of consciousness exploration, making lucid dreaming an important field of psychonautics. This article serves as a descriptive and comprehensive breakdown, analysis, and instructional guide regarding dreams and the behavior of their general content, their inherent limitations, and the skill sets necessary to consc...

Meditation is a practice in which an individual trains the mind or induces a mode of consciousness, either to realize some benefit, allow the mind to simply acknowledge its content without becoming identified with that content,[1] or as an end in itself.[2]