Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness

EXPERIENCES OF NON-ORDINARY STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Non-ordinary states of consciousness can vary widely and be induced in different ways.

Here are some characteristics of non-ordinary states of consciousness, some of which you may experience during your ketamine journey:

  • Ineffable, hard to put into words

  • Expansiveness, feelings of connectedness and peace

  • Unitive quality, sense of being one with the universe

  • Feelings of awe, wonder, sacredness

  • Perceptual changes / transcendence of time and space

  • Heightened sensory awareness

  • Synesthesia

  • Altered proprioception

  • Change in sense of self / loss of normal ego boundaries

  • Expansive thinking

  • Noetic quality

  • Euphoric

  • Spirtitual, mystical or transcendent experiences

  • Opening to the numinous

HEALING POTENTIAL OF NON-ORDINARY STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

  • Slows down the default mode network (DMN)

  • Breaking out out of rigid thinking

  • Ability to re-evaluate sense of self, other, etc.

  • Greater expression of emotion

  • Feelings of connectedness and compassion

  • Increased sense of belonging and of purpose

  • Access to unconscious material and symbols

  • Access to inner wisdom

  • New meaning-making