FW: Does the mind work hard during sleep?

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sunderh [sunderh]

Sunday, November 04, 2001 6:46 PM

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Re: Does the mind work hard during sleep?

 

 

Namaste,

 

The advaitic paradigm is in the metaphor of the two birds,

in Mundaka Upanishad [iII:i:1]:

 

dvaa suparNaa sayujaa sakhaayaa

samana.n vR^ikshaM parishhasvajaate .

tayoranyaH pippala.n svaadvatti

anashnananyo.abhichaakasiiti ..

 

"Two birds, companions always united, cling to the self-same tree. Of

these two, the one eats the sweet fruit, and the other looks on

without eating."

 

Whenever the triad of "experiencer, experienced, and experience"

is taken up for discussion, duality is exposed; this can be resolved

only by recourse to advaita.

 

Jnaneshvara does it in the last verse of Changadeva Pasashti [65

verses addressed to Yogi Vhangadeva]:

 

nideparaute nidaijaNe | jaagR^itii giLonii jaagaNe |

kele taise.n guMphaNe | j~naanadevo mhaNe ||

 

That which transcends sleep, and That which transcends wakefulness, is

the has to be realised.

 

Ramana Maharshi [Talks, pp. 561-564] also explains it like-wise:

".....The state of the j~naanii is : atijaagrat [beyond wakefullness]

and atisushhupti [beyond sleep]. It is the state of perfect awareness

and of perfect stillness combined.; it is also the interval between

two successive thoughts.....If you are free from thoughts and yet

aware, you are That Perfect Being."

 

 

Regards,

 

Sunder