The goal of "higher consciousness" is sometimes pursued by meditation in Yoga, the Buddhist Jhanas, in the practices of Christian monks and in Sufism.
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635 King Oswald introduced Columban monks to the island of Lindisfarne, opposite his fortress of Bebbanburg, in order to Christianise his mainly pagan peoples.
An oblate in Christian monasticism (especially Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican) is a person who is specifically dedicated to God or to God's service.