Towards a New/old Humanism: Transitional States of Consciousness as a Clue

It is pointed out (in the framework of the author's biophysical relativistic model of altered states of consciousness) that transitional states of consciousness represent an excellent framework for understanding and mental control of transpersonal mystical states of consciousness described in various religious and esoteric traditions of East and West during the history of civilization, implying their real biophysical nature. Transitional character of these states also demonstrates why these phenomena are short-lasting and poorly reproducible, and also why they are most easily mentally controlled shortly before a waking/sleeping transitional state. This might be also an explanation for extraordinary efficiency of prayer accomplished shortly before sleeping, which is recommended by all religious traditions, and its significance in mutual reprogramming of psychic conflicts (as a germ of the future interpersonal fights, as well as of potential psychosomatic and psychological disorders of the persons in conflict) during transpersonal interactions of the persons in conflict in transitional states of the praying person (with direct mental addressing to the person conflicted with, or energetically more efficient indirect mental addressing via ionically abundant disembodied archetype structures from religious traditions). All this suggests that deeper biophysical understanding of the nature of consciousness and transpersonal phenomena might soon give rise to scientific understanding and empirical verification of even fundamental philosophical/religious questions (like practical/spiritual significance of imperative moral behavior of every individual, extremely important for accelerated integration and spiritual evolution of personality) and appearance of a new humanism, without meaningless and painful interpersonal, interethnical, and interreligious conflicts.