Guest guest Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 During the dream state mind and ego are present. During the deep sleep state, the ego and mind are absent. VVS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 , vvs@a... wrote: > When the consciousness attains the waking state, the first thought in it is > "I am"(some call it EGO"). It is very powerful and It attaches to some > subsequent thoughts which involve either a fear or a desire . Fear and desire are for > the well-being of the body or mind..This makes a memory. If a thought is not > attached to by the Ego, then it does not become a memory. Duration of the > memory remains as long as the ego is present. > During the dream state mind and ego are present. During the deep sleep state, > the ego and mind are absent. > VVS Namaste, My own experience, occasionally, is kind of looking at my surroundings as a blank. Until the thought 'where am I' arises, then I know that I am in bed at home............ONS...Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 , vvs@a... wrote: > When the consciousness attains the waking state, the first thought in it is > "I am"(some call it EGO"). It is very powerful and It attaches to some > subsequent thoughts which involve either a fear or a desire . Fear and desire are for > the well-being of the body or mind..This makes a memory. If a thought is not > attached to by the Ego, then it does not become a memory. Duration of the > memory remains as long as the ego is present. > During the dream state mind and ego are present. During the deep sleep state, > the ego and mind are absent. > VVS I agree with your broad strokes WS. In addition these ideas may be useful. In Book One of Yoga Sutra, Patanjali starts with the Fluctuations of Consciousness (individual thoughts and sleep): valid cognition, misconception, conceptualisation (fantasy), sleep, and memory. He says they may be afflicted or non-afflicted. Book Two he starts with the Afflictions: ignorance (which also causes the other afflictions), I-am-ness,attachment, aversion, the will to live. Ignorance as defined here is the inate belief in a false self, the attribution of that which is the pure Self to that which is Non-Self (ephemeral). If a valid perception, or any of the fluctuations, is caused by one of these afflictions then it is tainted by coloration. To erase coloration is the goal of Yoga Sutra. Ironically this is called Selflessness. The study of the categories of thought (fluctuations) and the root cause of their production (the afflictions) in oneself as an everyday mental attitude is part of the study of Raja Yoga. Love Bobby G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.