Levels of Consciousness

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https://www.quora.com/Cultural-Evolution-Do-all-humans-have-the-same-level-of-consciousness

Cultural Evolution: Do all humans have the same level of consciousness?

Aiden Thornton, Director, People & ChangeAnswered Jul 12, 2012

This is a great question to explore. You may have already come across this literature - but is a large body of evidence on this topic. Although its often referred to as " stages of adult development" rather than " levels of consciousness". There are many people who have written on this topic including: Kegan at Harvard University, Bill Torbet, Cook-Greuter, Jenny Wade, Spiral Dynamics, Loevinger, Ken Wilber - and lots of others. We have got some solid evidence that adult humans can go through 6 to 10 stages of development ( depending on how you look at things ) which are characterised by overarching worldview, values, cognitive complexity, socio-emotional intelligence, psycho-spiritual intelligence etc.... The sum of all of this is often called "ego development". There are a number of ways to measure these levels of development including The Sentence Completion Test, Subject-Object Interviews, and a few other surveys and tools. Lots of great work being done in this space in a few pockets around the world. So that was a long way to say - yes there definitely are stages of development / levels of consciousness.

https://www.quora.com/What-are-different-levels-of-consciousness-and-thinking

What are different levels of consciousness and thinking?

Siddharth Nayak, Pursuing PhD in NeuroscienceAnswered May 16, 2016

There are 3 main levels of consciousness as explained by Sigmund Freud’s Psychology. The sublevels which each of these main levels cover are shown in the image above.

I hope I have answered your question. If not, please feel free to drop a comment below. I’ll try to answer them in my leisure. Thank you !

Niranjan Pandya, Doctor(M.D)

Answered May 16, 2016

Originally Answered: What is the multiple levels of consciousness?

Friends
In human context,there are four levels of consciousness.They are:
1.First level of consciousness,dwell with sleep.(routinary physiological sleep)(<10%conscious)
2.Second level of consciousness,dwell with routinary day waking,this level is known as psychological sleep.(10 % conscious)(gifted by nature)
3.Third level of consciousness(>10% and <100% conscious),attained by conscious scientific efforts.It is known as relative state of consciousness.
4.Fourth level of consciousness(100%conscious),attained by conscious and scientific efforts.It is known as an absolute state of consciousness.
As we all humans,during day waking,we have second state of consciousness,known as psychological sleep,is featured by our routinary experience that "I AM BODY"(thus we identify with all bodily functions,and believe :I am thinking,I am eating,I am walking etc)
Wherase,third level of consciousness is featured by experience that "I AM HERE,and THIS IS BODY"(thus,person with this state is witness to bodily functions and realized :this body is walking,this body is eating etc and person as consciousness is stood separated from body,at distance.)
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Mahesh Thombre, studied Physics and Psychology at Maharashtra, India

Answered Jan 28, 2017

The levels of consciousness

Altered Levels of Consciousness


Level	Summary (Kruse)^[2]	Description
Metaconscious	Preternatural	People who possess the ability to monitor and control their own cognitive processes in addition to meeting all the criteria indicative of a normal level of consciousness. In the field of cognitive neuroscience, metacognitive monitoring and control have been viewed as functions of the prefrontal cortex, which receives sensory input signals from divergent cortical regions and implements control through feedback loops which are established utilizing the underlying mechanisms of neuroplasticity (see chapters by Schwartz & Bacon and Shimamura, in Dunlosky & Bjork, 2008).^[7]
Conscious	Normal	Assessment of LOC involves checking orientation: people who are able promptly and spontaneously to state their name, location, and the date or time are said to be oriented to self, place, and time, or "oriented X3".^[8] A normal sleep stage from which a person is easily awakened is also considered a normal level of consciousness.^[9] "Clouding of consciousness" is a term for a mild alteration of consciousness with alterations in attention and wakefulness.^[9]
Confused	Disoriented; impaired thinking and responses	People who do not respond quickly with information about their name, location, and the time are considered "obtuse" or "confused".^[8] A confused person may be bewildered, disoriented, and have difficulty following instructions.^[9] The person may have slow thinking and possible memory time loss. This could be caused by sleep deprivation, malnutrition, allergies, environmental pollution, drugs (prescription and nonprescription), and infection.
Delirious	Disoriented; restlessness, hallucinations, sometimes delusions	Some scales have "delirious" below this level, in which a person may be restless or agitated and exhibit a marked deficit in attention.^[2]
Somnolent	Sleepy	A somnolent person shows excessive drowsiness and responds to stimuli only with incoherent mumbles or disorganized movements.^[8]
Obtunded	Decreased alertness; slowed psychomotor responses	In obtundation, a person has a decreased interest in their surroundings, slowed responses, and sleepiness.^[9]
Stuporous	Sleep-like state (not unconscious); little/no spontaneous activity	People with an even lower level of consciousness, stupor, only respond by grimacing or drawing away from painful stimuli.^[8]
Comatose	Cannot be aroused; no response to stimuli	Comatose people do not even make this response to stimuli, have no corneal or gag reflex, and they may have no pupillary response to light.^[8]

https://www.valuescentre.com/mapping-values/barrett-model

The Barrett Model

The Seven Levels Model describes the evolutionary development of human consciousness.

The Seven Levels Model was developed in 1996–1997. There are two aspects to the model—the Seven Levels of Consciousness® Model and the Seven Stages of Psychological Development Model. We operate at levels of consciousness and we grow in stages (of psychological development).

The Seven Levels of Consciousness Model applies to all individuals and human group structures—organisations, communities, nations. The Seven Levels of Psychological Development Model applies to all individuals.

The following diagram shows the correspondence between the Seven Levels of Consciousness and the Seven Stages of Psychological Development.

Levels of Consciousness		Stages of Development
Service	7	Serving
Making a Difference	6	Integrating
Internal Cohesion	5	Self-Actualising
Transformation	4	Individuating
Self-Esteem	3	Differentiating
Relationsship	2	Confirming
Survival	1	Surviving

Under normal circumstances, the level of consciousness we operate from is the same as the stage of psychological development we have reached. However, no matter what stage of psychological development we are at, when we are faced with what we consider to be a potentially negative change in our circumstances or a situation that we believe could threaten our internal stability or external equilibrium—anything that brings up fear—we may temporarily shift to one of the three lower levels of consciousness.

Alternatively, if we have a “peak” experience—an experience of euphoria, harmony or connectedness of a mystical or spiritual nature— we may temporarily “jump” to a higher level of consciousness.

When the threat or peak experience has passed, we will normally return to the level of consciousness that corresponds to the stage of psychological development we were at before the experience occurred. In rare situations, a peak experience may have a lasting impact, causing us to shift to a higher stage of psychological development and operate from a higher level of consciousness.

Similarly, a “negative” experience, if it is traumatic enough, and particularly if it occurs in our childhood and teenage years, can impede our future psychological development by causing us to be anchored, through frequent triggering of the traumatic memory, into in one of the three lower levels of consciousness.

ORIGINS OF THE MODEL

I created the Seven Levels Model to provide a clear understanding of human motivations. The model is based on Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. It was apparent to me that Maslow’s research and thinking was ahead of his time. Abraham Maslow died in 1970 at age 62, well before the consciousness movement had taken root. I saw that, with some minor changes, his hierarchy of needs could be transposed into a framework of consciousness. In 1996, I set about making these changes. -Richard Barrett