It is not always perfectly achieved, but even without conscious effort, the consciousness within and in various parts spreads out and perceives the surroundings. This can be described as consciousness itself expanding, or as the consciousness within perceiving the surroundings.
The sensations vary in different parts of the body. The consciousness in the area of the dantian dimly perceives the surroundings, while the consciousness in the heart chakra (anahata) spreads more towards the inner self. The consciousness in the ajna (third eye chakra) seems to be connected to one's conscious mind and properly perceives the surroundings when one intends to do so.
The solar plexus (manipura) unconsciously perceives the surroundings, and seems to recognize the surroundings even without engaging the conscious mind. This is an automatic function, and even when the conscious mind is engaged in other tasks, it perceives the surroundings, which can be used for vigilance. It is inconvenient when one cannot understand what is happening around them if they are not consciously aware of it. In that regard, the power of the manipura works unconsciously, constantly perceiving the surroundings and alerting one to any potential issues.
In addition to this, there is also intuition from the sahasrara, and there is also the perception of the surroundings through the ajna.
Each part is used to create a radar around oneself. There is the manipura, which provides all-around, thin, and comprehensive recognition, the ajna, which is directional and observes the target together with the conscious mind, and the sahasrara, which receives instructions from the higher self and other intelligent beings or guides, transcending time and space.
The time that this state of consciousness can be maintained was quite short until recently, but now, while the observation itself has not changed much from before, the stability has increased, and the time that can be spent in the observational state has increased dramatically.
When I trace my past life memories, I see that this is still a basic state. In that past life, in addition to this basic form, I would always see what would happen up to about 10 seconds in advance to prevent accidents, so the state is still very basic.
With my past life memories, a clear path has emerged that leads to "consciousness transcending time and space," so it seems that there is still more to go, although it is not far off.
To put it in a simple example, it's like the "Circle" arc in the manga Hunter x Hunter. It's not about fighting, but there are strange thoughts, traumas, or strange consciousness entities that are "floating" and drifting everywhere, sometimes forming networks. It's best to be careful. Basically, you won't be affected if your own vibration is high, but sometimes, there are troublesome things.