This is the state that most of us committing our lives to spiritual practice seek to achieve. All of these overlap with symptoms of Enlightenment, although the enlightened being has conscious control over all internal processes, so they are not only able to feel joy and love, they've reached the source of those emotions.
* Detachment from self, feeling as though one is watching a movie about oneself.
* A sense that one is not in control of one’s thoughts and actions.
* Reality may seem dream-like or unreal.
* Distorted sense of time.
* Perceptual alterations like visual snow, halo around lights.
* Emotional numbness, unable to feel joy or love.
* Detachment from self, feeling as though one is watching a movie about oneself.
* A sense that one is not in control of one’s thoughts and actions.
* Reality may seem dream-like or unreal.
* Distorted sense of time.
* Perceptual alterations like visual snow, halo around lights.
* Emotional numbness, unable to feel joy or love.