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| {{Refimprove|date=August 2007}}'''Ego death''' or '''Ego disintegration''' is an experience sometimes undergone by ]s ]s, ]s, ]s, ]s, and all other exploring the depths of the ego. | {{Refimprove|date=August 2007}}'''Ego death''' or '''Ego disintegration''' is an experience sometimes undergone by ]s ]s, ]s, ]s, ]s, and all other exploring the depths of the ego. | ||
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| It is characterized by the perceived loss of boundaries between the self encased in skin and possessing a physical body and environment as a whole{{Fact|date=August 2007}}, a sense of loss of control{{Fact|date=August 2007}}, and the loss of the accustomed feeling of existing as a personal agent{{Fact|date=August 2007}}. | It is characterized by the perceived loss of boundaries between the self encased in skin and possessing a physical body and environment as a whole{{Fact|date=August 2007}}, a sense of loss of control{{Fact|date=August 2007}}, and the loss of the accustomed feeling of existing as a personal agent{{Fact|date=August 2007}}. | ||
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Ego death or Ego disintegration is an experience sometimes undergone by psychonauts mystics, shamans, monks, psychologists, and all other exploring the depths of the ego.
It can be brought on by the ingestion of psychedelics such as dimethyltryptamine, psilocybin/psilocin, mescaline, salvinorin A or LSD. Days of sleep deprivation, weeks of fasting, or decades of meditation can also lead to ego death during a mystical experience.
It is characterized by the perceived loss of boundaries between the self encased in skin and possessing a physical body and environment as a whole, a sense of loss of control, and the loss of the accustomed feeling of existing as a personal agent.
This concept of disintegration and Oneness with the universe is part of the spiritual aspiration called Nirvana in eastern religions.
References
- Grof, S: "LSD Psychotherapy", page 35. Hunter House, 1980
See also
- Collective Unconscious
- Cosmic consciousness
- Higher Consciousness
- Stanislav Grof
- Ego (spirituality)
- Self (spirituality)
- Near-death experience
- Entheogen
- Nirvana
- Alan Watts
- Kensho
External links
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