Obviously this is not the physical body is changing, man physically resembling Buddha who is not. The change that takes place is a purely mental change, using the latter term in its broadest sense. It is the consciousness that develops. We could say that therein lies the big difference between the higher evolution of one hand and the lower evolution of the other. What we call the Lower Evolution is the process of development from the amide and leading to the common man, is to tell the man not awake. It is an essentially biological process, which becomes emotional towards the end. Superior Evolution is the process exclusively psychological and spiritual process that part of man not awake and ends in man awake and it's only a psychological and spiritual process, a process that can ultimately account become completely divorced from the physical body.
Traditional Buddhism speaks in terms of four stages or levels of consciousness, each higher than the previous one. There is first the consciousness associated with the "world" or the level of sensory experience. Second, there is the consciousness associated with the "world" or in forms of mental and spiritual - or at the world of archetypes. Then there is the consciousness associated with the "world" or at the formless. And finally, there is the consciousness associated with the transcendental path, that is to say, the path that leads directly to Nirvana, to enlightenment, to Buddhahood, to Nirvana and also associated with the Enlightenment and Buddhahood themselves.
There is another classification that we use often and which may be more convenient. There are also four stages or levels of consciousness, although they differ slightly from those we have already listed. We start with what we call sensory awareness, that is to say consciousness associated with objects such as we are experiencing through the physical senses. It is sometimes known as the conscience of simple or animal consciousness. It is the consciousness that we share with members of the animal kingdom. Second, there is self-awareness: not self-consciousness in the familiar sense of the term, but the self-consciousness in the sense of being aware that we are aware, in the sense that we know. This is sometimes called reflexive consciousness, because here in a sense, consciousness folds back on itself, knows, is the experience itself becomes aware of itself. We could perhaps say that this self-awareness or reflexive consciousness, human consciousness is in the full sense of the word. Third is what we call transcendental consciousness, that is to say that the consciousness of the Reality - the Ultimate Reality - or direct personal contact with Reality, seen as an object that is "out there". Finally there is the absolute consciousness in which the subject-object relationship is fully dissolved, and in which the Ultimate Reality is fully realized and completely transcends the duality of subject and object.
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