Starting Note ***
Consciousness Alone is. Individual Mind is a particular state of conditioning of this One Consciousness.
So what we have is, One consciousness (I AM) hallucinating as innumerable distinct possibilities.
Each current state of hallucinating, i.e Mind, may be categorized in similar lines to what we have with States of Matter .
Solid State (Ego State)
1. Mind crystallized as a separate entity (Ego). Mind is hard bounded by all the accumulated beliefs and ideas.
2. Default nature is further solidification y gathering more and more experiences.
3. Persistent effort to seek sensory pleasure
4. Constant movement to solidify the illusory entity created.
5. Constant Mind chattering about past events or future pleasurable goals.
6. Attention seeking behavior.Liquid State. (Fluid State.. Loosening up phase)
1. If it happens the Mind seeks to understand what is going on. The process of heating or evaporation starts.
2. Mind begins inquiry and starts to loose interest in it's default ego solidification process.
3. Dispassion, disinterestedness, loosing of accumulated beliefs.
4. New information about Unity of things, nature of Mind, true nature of Self begins to seek in. This starts loosening up the hard wired condensed ego structure.
5. Mind begins understanding it's nature and also the reason behind constant mind chattering. And through this Observation, mind chattering slows down.Vapor State (Ego less state)
1. Mind in this state has ego structure very loosely held together.
2. Difficult to get habituated with these changes as one move from one state to another.
3. Sense of separateness is at minimal. Ideally totally cleared up.
4. Mind supposedly merge with Universal consciousness.
5. More of witnessing state than the participant behavior.
All of spiritual practices, yoga, religious teachings are guidelines for helping Mind transition from illusory duality conditioning to state of singularity. Constant inquiry process ensures constant heat supplied to the egoistic Mind state and makes it easier to move to the higher frequency state (i.e liquid–> vapor).
As an Individual Mind transitions from one state to another, behavior changes are noticed. Traces of previous state lingers. Attention helps to discard and getting pulled up by these.
Cheers.