Synthesis:Phenomenology of Consciousness Inventory

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Dimensions and sub-dimensions

  1. Altered state of awareness
  2. Altered experience
    1. Altered body image
    2. Altered time sense
    3. Altered perception
    4. Altered meaning
  3. Volitional control
  4. Self-awareness
  5. Rationality
  6. Internal dialogue
  7. Positive affect
    1. Joy
    2. Sexual excitement
    3. Love
  8. Negative affect
    1. Anger
    2. Sadness
    3. Fear
  9. Imagery
    1. Amount
    2. Vividness
  10. Attention
    1. Direction
    2. Absorption
  11. Memory
  12. Arousal

Items

  1. I was forever distracted and unable to concentrate on anything. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I was able to concentrate quite well and was not distracted.
  2. My thinking was clear and understandable. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 My thinking was unclear and not easy to understand.
  3. The thoughts and images I had were under my control; I decided what I thought or imagined. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Images and thoughts popped into my mind without my control.
  4. I had an experience which I would label as very religious, spiritual, or transcendental. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I did not have any experience which I would label as religious, spiritual, or transcendental.
  5. I became aware of very intense sexual feelings. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I experienced no sexual feelings.
  6. I was silently talking to myself a great deal. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I did not engage in any silent talking to myself.
  7. I felt very, very sad. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I felt no feelings of sadness whatsoever.
  8. My attention was completely directed toward my own internal subjective experience. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 My attention was completely directed toward the world around me.
  9. I felt ecstatic and joyful. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I felt no feelings of being ecstatic or joyful.
  10. I cannot remember what I experienced. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I can remember just about everything that I experienced.
  11. My body ended at the boundary between my skin and the world. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I felt my body greatly expanded beyond the boundaries of my skin.
  12. I experienced a great deal of visual imagery. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I experienced no visual imagery at all.
  13. I was not aware of being aware of myself at all; I had no self-awareness. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I was very aware of being aware of myself; my self-awareness was intense.
  14. I felt no emotions of rage whatsoever. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I felt enraged.
  15. My perception of the flow of time changed drastically. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I noticed no changes in my perception of the flow of time.
  16. I felt very frightened. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I felt no emotions of being frightened.
  17. My perception of the world changed drastically. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I noticed no changes in my perception of the world.
  18. My visual imagery was so vivid and three-dimensional, it seemed real. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 My visual imagery was so vague and diffuse, it was hard to get an image of anything.
  19. The muscles of my body felt very tense and tight. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 The muscles of my body felt very loose and relaxed.
  20. I experienced no feelings of love. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I experienced very strong feelings of love.
  21. My state of consciousness was not any different or unusual from what it ordinarily is. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I felt in an extremely different and unusual state of consciousness.
  22. I can recall nothing that happened to me. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I can recall everything that happened to me.
  23. I had an experience of awe and reverence toward the world. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I had no experience of awe and reverence toward the world.
  24. Conceptually, my thinking was clear and distinct. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Conceptually, my thinking was confused and muddled.
  25. I had complete control over what I was paying attention to. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I had no control over what I was paying attention to.
  26. My bodily feelings seemed to expand into the world around me. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 My bodily feelings were confined to the area within my skin.
  27. I was continually conscious and well aware of myself. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I lost consciousness of myself.
  28. My attention was totally directed toward the environment around me. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 My attention was totally directed toward my own internal, subjective experience.
  29. The world around me became extremely different in color or form. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I noticed no changes in the color or form of the world around me.
  30. Time seemed to greatly speed up or slow down. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Time was experienced with no changes in its rate of passage.
  31. I felt no feelings of unhappiness or dejection. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I felt unhappy and dejected.
  32. I experienced no profound insights besides my usual cognitive understanding of things. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I experienced very profound and enlightening insights of certain ideas or issues.
  33. I felt very angry and upset. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I felt no feelings of being angry or upset.
  34. I was not distracted, but was able to be completely absorbed in what I was experiencing. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I was continually distracted by extraneous impressions or events.
  35. I was not aware of any sexual feelings. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I experienced very strong sexual feelings.
  36. My thought processes were non-rational and very hard to comprehend. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 My thought processes were rational and easy to comprehend.
  37. I felt no feelings of tension or tightness at all. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I felt tense and tight.
  38. My memory of the events I experienced is extremely clear and vivid. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 My memory of the events I experienced is extremely blurred and hazy.
  39. I noticed no changes in the size, shape, or perspective of the objects in the world around me. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Objects in the world around me changed in size, shape, or perspective.
  40. My state of awareness was very different from what I usually experience. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 My state of awareness was no different than usual.
  41. I relinquished control and became receptive and passive to what I was experiencing. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I was willfully controlling what I was experiencing.
  42. I felt no feelings of being scared or afraid. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I felt very scared and afraid.
  43. I felt no sense of timelessness; time flowed as I usually experienced it. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Time stood still; there was no movement of time at all.
  44. I experienced no or very few images. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 My experience was made up almost completely of images.
  45. I did not engage in any silent talking to myself. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I was silently talking to myself a great deal.
  46. I experienced no feelings of ecstasy or extreme happiness beyond my usual feelings. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I felt feelings of ecstasy and extreme happiness.
  47. I experienced no sense of sacredness or deep meaning in existence beyond my usual feelings. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Existence became deeply sacred or meaningful.
  48. My imagery was very vague and dim. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 My imagery was as clear and vivid as objects in the real world.
  49. I felt intense feelings of loving-kindness. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I felt no feelings of loving-kindness.
  50. I maintained a very strong sense of self-awareness the whole time. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I did not maintain a very strong sense of self-awareness at all.
  51. I continually maintained a very strong sense of separation between myself and the environment. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I experienced intense unity with the world; the boundaries between me and the environment dissolved away.
  52. My attention was completely inner-directed. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 My attention was completely outer-directed.
  53. My state of awareness was not unusual or different from what it ordinarily is. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I felt in an extraordinarily unusual and nonordinary state of awareness.
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