When developing an evolutionary model of the psychodynamics of some eight billion humans, it is useful to distinguish the various stages of development that we go through, both as individuals and as a species, collectively influencing each other.
One such example is the ‘seven states of consciousness’, which Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who famously introduced Transcendental Meditation (TM) in the West, identified. This ranges from ‘Dreamless Sleep’, as a relative state, to ‘Unity’, where the ‘Absolute-relative paradox’ is resolved.