Four Levels of Consciousness

EPA Elevation - Purification - Activation

Knowing = Intuition

Thinking = logic

"The process of Elevation- Purification-Activation (EPA) cultivates four basic levels of human consciousness: feeling or emotion, speaking or communication, thinking or logic, and knowing or intuitive awareness. According to this approach, if you allow yourself to be controlled by emotions, unchecked by introspection, inappropriate speech is the likely result. Feeling unsettled, disturbed, panicky, or anxious may cause you to say the wrong thing to the wrong person at the wrong time. The remedy is the elevate and purify personal feelings. When you attain the Hermit's objective, impersonal standpoint, you can articulate a higher vision that is effective in bringing about constructive change. Your emotions are tamed and transmuted into the foundation of a productive and cooperative understanding, which enables you to act with the Warrior's effortless creativity.         The goal of the EPA is to resolve conflict and tension by means of a Zen encounter. The Encounter reveals that power comes from the understanding that all parties benefit from a steady focus on productivity and good will." - an excerpt taken from White Collar Zen. Back to Raw Tofu Home Page

Speaking= communication

Feeling= Emotion

"Feeling is like the wheels of a chariot, which constantly comes in contact with the outside world. Speaking is the horses, which propel us forward, and thinking is the reins that guide the horses. But it is the charioteer, who is continually making decisions about speed and direction by keeping in MInd the goal of reaching the final destination, who controls all these factors." - an excerpt from White Collar Zen