"No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it"
                                                                           - Albert Einstien

Stage One
Physical
*    Simple awareness of physical body
*    Concerned with life basics: food, shelter, family
*    Lack deep involvement in anything beyond the physical
Stage Two
Etheric
*    Awareness of physical energy body within
*    Emotional, yet non-meditative, state
*    Limited assesment beyond obvious - most live in this state
Stage Three
Astral
*    First state of meditation, low energy
*    Fluctuation of consciousness / greater use of brain functions
*    Perception of enlightenment
Stage Four
Mental  Body
*    Stronger mental state, greater mental energy and light
*    Instrument of mental clarity, vivid dreams, great imagination
*    Sophomoric state - many  think they are in a higher state
Stage Five
Total Awareness
*    First level of enlightenment
*    Experiences beyond thought & mind
*    Last layer of personal being
Stage Six
Cosmic
*    Unitement with outside energy fields
*    Possess powers of telepathy and direct energy transmission
*    Great wisdom created from energy outside the human experience
Stage Seven
Nirvana
*    Boundlessness, limitless void - oneness
*    Quantum physical ability to synthesise all energy fields
*    Total unification with all physical and metaphysical energy