Forms of Manifestation of Consciousness

	1st Form	2nd Form	3rd Form	4th Form
Sense of Space & Time	One-dimensional space. The world on the line. The line as space; everything else as time. All except things lying on this line as in motion.	Two-dimensional space. The world on the plane. The plane as space; everything else as time. Angles and curves as motions.	Three-dimensional space. The world in an infinite sphere. The sphere as space; everything else as time. Phenomena as motions. A becoming and changing Universe.	The sense of four-dimensional space. Spatial sensation of time.
Psychology	Appearance of the first sensation. Sensation a unit - no division into two. Gradual evolution of sensation and the accumulation of remembrances concerning them	Perception. Expression of sensations by cries, sounds, motions. Were there speech, it would consist of substantives only.	Concept. Words. Judgment. Syllogism. Reasoning. Speech. Written language. Allegory. Emotions.	Self-consciousness. New sensations. Higher emotions. Expansion of concepts. Direct knowledge. Symbolism. Cosmic consciousness.
Logic	Absence of thinking or a confused thinking of the 2nd form.	This is this. That is that. This is not that. The logic of the uniqueness of each separate thing.	A is A. A is not Not-A. Everything is either A or Not-A. Dualistic logic. A logic of antithesis. Syllogism.	A is both A and Not-A. Tat twam asi. "Tertium Organum". Logic of the unity of all.
Mathematics	Absence of numeration or a confused numeration of the 2nd form.	Comparison of separate visible objects or separate perceptions. Direct numeration of quantity. Comparison within the limits of this numeration.	Every magnitude is equal to itself. The part is less than the whole, etc. Finite and constant numbers. The geometry of Euclid.	A magnitude can be not equal to itself. The part can be equal to the whole, etc. Metageometry. Mathematics of variable and infinite magnitudes.
Forms of Actions	Reflex, unconscious, response to external irritation.	Instinct. "Emotional" and expedient action without consciousness of results. Seeming consciousness. Inability to manipulate a lever.	Consciousness of the purpose of action performed. Possibility of consciousness of results. Cause of actions in the outer world in impressions received from the outer world. Impossibility of independent actions unless impulse comes from outside.	Beginning of conscious actions. Starting of actions with the understanding of their cosmical meaning and purpose. Commencement of independent actions proceeding from oneself. Magic.
Morals	Unconscious actions (like those of a man asleep).	Beginnings of maternal, family, and tribal instincts. Love of the life of the species as a condition of evolution. Unconscious submission to the "group soul" of the species manifesting through instincts	Logical and conventional division into good and evil. Submission to the group consciousness of family, clan, tribe, humanity, class, party, culture, fashion, etc.	Return to the law inside oneself. A new conscience. Emancipation from submission to the "group consciousness". Realisation of oneself as an independent unit.
Forms of Consciousness	Potential consciousness. Consciousness in a latent state - asleep. Consciousness as in sleep without dreams.	Simple consciousness. "It pains me", but the impossibility of saying, "I am conscious that it pains me". A reflected state of consciousness. Vision as in dreams. Passive state of consciousness.	Ability to think of one's state of consciousness. Division of I and Not-I. Active consciousness. The point after which further evolution must be conscious.	Commencement of self-consciousness. Ecstatic states. Transition to cosmic consciousness.
Forms of Knowledge	Unconscious receptivity of the environment and unconscious reaction to it. "Adaptability".	Beginnings of attention. Observation. The accommodation of instincts. Recognition of everything sensed as real. Failure to discriminate between the real and the illusory.	Experience. Experimental knowledge. Complete and deep division and mutual misunderstanding between four forms of knowledge - religion, philosophy, science, and art.	Beginning of the development of forms of knowledge. Mystic knowledge. A new senstation of time. The sensation of infinity. Sensation of the unreality of the phenomenal visible world. Knowledge of the hidden substance of things by their outer signs. Unfoldment of the "world of the wondrous". Co-ordination of a complete whole of religion, philosophy, science, and art.
Forms of Science	An accumulation of "traces" from the produced reflexes. Appearance of instinct and accumulation of simple instincts.	Personal knowledge. Impotence to communicate experience. Beginning of accumulation of experience in the training of the young.	Positive science. Positive philosophy. Materialism. Spiritualistic philosophy. Dogmatic religions. Spiritism and pseudo-occultism. Sectarianism. Dualism. Matter and spirit. Separation of different forms of science.	Idealistic philosophy. Mathematics of the infinite. Tertium Organum. Mystical religion. God and the Cosmos are One. Sensation of a living and conscious Universe. Union of all sciences into one. Occultism. Understanding of "Dharma", i.e., of laws of relativity.
Different Beings	The lower animal. Cells of the tissues and organs of the body. One-dimensional being. Vegetative or semi-vegetative life.	The higher animal. The body of man. The two-dimensional being. Absence of duality, divisibility, and disharmony. Animal life.	Man. Outwardly three-dimensional but inwardly two-dimensional. Inner warfare. Impossibility of attaining inner harmony. The "soul" as the battlefield for the "spirit" and the "flesh". The kingdom of the personal. Unconscious automatism. Absence of personal immortality.	Beginnings of transition to a new type and a new sensation of space. Victory of consciousness. "Men of cosmical consciousness". Triumph of the super-personal principle. Conscious automatism. Attainment of inner unity and harmony. The "soul" as the centre of independent motion. Beginning of personal immortality.