ALTERED AND EXPANDED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN HIGHLY CREATIVE HUMAN BEINGS. THE CALL OF VOCATION IN MEDICINE AND SCIENCE.
Medical Research Archives January 1, 2025 Salvador Harguindey
The article argues that the current crisis in science, medicine, and society stems from a stagnation in the level of human consciousness, specifically modern rationality as the dominant mode of thinking. This rational level cannot grasp the multifactorial roots of psychological, medical, and sociopolitical problems. To find real solutions, a shift to a supra-paradoxical, non-dualistic, Taoist-like thinking is needed—a quantum jump in human evolution that integrates diverse perspectives. The author proposes a new vocational, non-dual creative process based on the psychospiritual experiences of great creative individuals across fields, highlighting how altered states of consciousness and deep psychological crises enable them to overcome paradoxes and blockades.