“To become aware of the subtlety of nature you need to be alert. The moment you become alert you become still... thinking subsides. That is actually a higher state of consciousness than thinking.” ThinkingNeedsStillsStatesMomentsConsciousnessHigherSubtletyStates Of Consciousness Author:Eckhart Tolle
“Obviously there is pain in childbirth. But giving birth is also a moment of awe and wonder, a moment when the true miracle of aliveness, and of a woman's amazing part in that miracle, is suddenly experienced in every cell of one's body. It is in that sense truly an altered state of consciousness.” GivingStatesMomentsBodyPainConsciousnessWonderBirthMiracleCellsAweAlteredChildbirthGiving BirthStates Of ConsciousnessAwe And WonderAltered StatesAltered States Of Consciousness Author:Riane Eisler