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 eristoddle rated 50 months agocognitive-science - From the page: "In "normal" states of consciousness, an individual is able to perceive, interpret, and react to events occurring in the "real" world. As experience accrues, a person constructs a "personal universe" to explain the "general universe" and provide a framework for activity. The idiosyncratic nature of this framework, however, means that the personal universe will always be inadequate for explaining the general universe. The conflicts between the various behaviors and attitudes expected of a person as a member of a group will also produce tensions within the personal universe. In "altered" states of consciousness, the cognitive models which make up the personal universe may be stripped of the possibility of verification, and the affective charges attached to these models can be loosened. In such states, the components of the personal universe become more tractable to an innate process which can reduce the tension within the personal universe and the discrepancies between it and the world. Thus, altering consciousness can be a constructive activity. In contrast to other methods of voluntarily inducing alterations in consciousness, psychedelic substances are capable of rapidly producing "desemanticized" states; when used in an appropriate manner, they thus represent powerful tools for restoring individual and group equilibrium. "
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