Siva Sutra S1.7

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Siva Sutra S1.7

 

S1.7 In piercing the waking, dreaming, and sleeping (states of consciousness)

that most enjoyable fourth (transcendental state) appears.

"jâgrat svapna susupti bhede turya âbhoga sambhavah"

waking dreaming sleeping in-piercing fourth most-enjoyable appears

 

 

bheda - to pierce, to sprout, bursting forth, shooting out

 

âbhoga - experience, enjoyment, feeling, fullness, satiety

 

sambhava - appears, arising, coming together, birth, being

 

This turiya is something beyond anything in jâgrat, svapna, or susupti; it is

not simply some abstract thought form that may be left over in jâgrat when

other thought forms are considered to be dissolved away; it is not something

that arises because of mental gymnastics in the state of jâgrat (though

mental activities are undoubtedly catalytic in perturbing the more

fundamental causes yet to be addressed).

 

This turiya is also that transcendental state of consciousness that TM folks

come to personally experience dynamically, right from the very first

meditations. It's extraordinary, almost magic at first, such an automatic

bursting forward of bliss and joy.

 

The key notion of 'bhede', to pierce, here tends to also blend a bit with the

ideas of bhava and parinâma, those sprouting transformation qualities that

might even find useful parallels and equivalencies in the jargon of

mathematics. A new arrival bursts forward on the screen of consciousness

here, and most important, it becomes known through the experiences of a

fullness of delight and it is most enjoyable. It is something that just

appears or arises, sambhava, like a 'new' spontaneous birth to awareness and

it might come along together with the other states of consciousness. We may

wish or be inclined to compare or equate such experienced turiya states with

intellectually defined brahman states, but surely lots of definition and

meaning problems can and will yet occur. Undoubtedly mindful of such

questioning natural tendencies among spiritual adepts, Siva Sutra continues

to analyze and to further distinguish among these four states of

consciousness as we continue onward. It will yet advance even subtler

concepts concerning an interrelated mechanics of operation among the four

states. Amazing!

 

jai guru dev,

 

Edmond