1-05. Misinterpreting States and Stages

9:21 - quadrant absolutism

18:39 - structures are structures of first person consciousness

18:49 - bodies hold up the structures

21:21 - technically, gross, subtle and causal do not apply to consciousness - they apply to matter/energy bodies in the upper right quadrant

24:35 - but, yes, occasionally gross, subtle and causal are used to refer to the states of consciousness supported by those bodies

26:12 - you can't move to a different stage by permanently acquiring an altered state - the most you can achieve is a plateau experience

26:31 - you can extend certain understandings that come with states and make that understanding permanently available

27:37 - states can be trained and trained states unfold in stages

28:08 - here's why structures is the better term to use than stages - both structures and states have stages

28:34 - states are mostly random, and tend to not unfold in stages unless trained

28:42 - for the stages of unfolding of trained states, see Underhill, Brown, etc.