On Disintegrative States

...Disintegrative states of being occur when we are asleep, fatigued, confused, ill, or in contemplation; when we are feeling strong emotions such as passion, ecstasy, confusion, and rage; when we are flushed with creative inspiration, improvising, or in a state of flow--to name just a few. A disintegrative state, then, need not be looked upon as dysfunctional. It can occur when we become temporarily a new or different person, when our sense of self in the world--or our sense of self to our own selves-- changes or becomes suspended. A disintegrative state is a time of great potential change in a human life.