Guest guest Posted March 18, 2003 Report Share Posted March 18, 2003 Pranams to all Acharyas! Namaste Tonyji! > Buddhism and Vedanta > In dreamless sleep there is still a veil over our consciousness, > which makes it part of Saguna. That is, the consciousness is awake > but there is nothing for it to know except nescience prevailing. What I am narrating herein may be unrelated to the current thread on Buddhism and Vedanta, but I am raising it here in order to know the true nature of the 'deep sleep' state. As I read tonyji's post, I started reflecting on the nature of the 'deep sleep' state that I experienced this morning and am wondering on the significance and relevance of this state. Every night when I go to bed, normally I recite my Prayers, do a small bit of 'Dhyanam' and an auto suggestion to get up by 03:30 a.m. the next morning. However, I failed to do the auto suggestion last night due to some unfortunate episode that happened last evening which was perturbing my mind. Expectedly, I didn't get up by 03:30 a.m. However, at 05:00 a.m., I was experiencing a deep sleep state with no dreams nonesoever, but a familiar Gayathri Dhyana Slokam - "MukthAvidhruma...." started ringing in my ears which arose me up from my sleep. I must state honestly that I didn't want to get out of that state since the feeling was very undescribable. I noticed the time on my watch which was showing 5 a.m., and I immediately recognised that I normally recite this Dhyana Slokam as part of my morning SandhyA Vandanam at around this time. What a coincidence! Couple of incidences like this have happened in the past also waking me up from my deep slumber state. Since I am only a new initiate into the Advaita philosophy and not exposed to the intricate details, I would like to hear the explanation from erudite members of this forum. Pranams to all Advaitins! Hari Om! Kalivaradhan > In dreamless sleep there is still a veil over our consciousness, which makes it part of Saguna. That is, > the consciousness is awake but there is nothing for > it to know except nescience prevailing. What I am narrating herein may be unrelated to the current thread on Buddhism and Vedanta, but I am raising it here in order to know the true nature of the 'deep sleep' state. As I read tonyji's post, I started reflecting on the nature of the 'deep sleep' state that I experienced this morning and am wondering on the significance and relevance of this state. Every night when I go to bed, normally I recite my Prayers, do a small bit of 'Dhyanam' and an auto suggestion to get up by 03:30 a.m. the next morning. However, I failed to do the auto suggestion last night due to some unfortunate episode that happened last evening which was perturbing my mind. Expectedly, I didn't get up by 03:30 a.m. However, at 05:00 a.m., I was experiencing a deep sleep state with no dreams nonesoever, but a familiar Gayathri Dhyana Slokam - "MukthAvidhruma...." started ringing in my ears which arose me up from my sleep. I must state honestly that I didn't want to get out of that state since the feeling was very undescribable. I noticed the time on my watch which was showing 5 a.m., and I immediately recognised that I normally recite this Dhyana Slokam as part of my morning SandhyA Vandanam at around this time. What a coincidence! Couple of incidences like this have happened in the past also waking me up from my deep slumber state. Since I am only a new initiate into the Advaita philosophy and not exposed to the intricate details, I would like to hear the explanation from erudite members of this forum. Pranams to all Advaitins! Hari Om! Kalivaradhan ______________________ Missed your favourite TV serial last night? Try the new, TV. visit http://in.tv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2003 Report Share Posted April 6, 2003 Namaste Kalivardhan-Ji. Reference your post 16291. I am sorry for this belated response. In fact, I wanted to reply you immediately. However, it got delayed this long. I have some similar experiences to narrate. Mostly, I go to bed chanting the LalitA SahasranAmAvali or some other prayer and find myself waking up early in the morning continuing the chant. Perhaps, the chant automatically continues from the point I left it at the time of dozing off. Of course, I can't be very sure of it. However, my experience during waking hours tell me that I am most probably continuing the chant from where I left it. I do say my prayers most of the time and have to stop it when others interfere or when something else demands my attention. On all such occasions, I have noticed that the chanting resumes spontaneously mostly at the point it was discontinued. Incidentally, during a discussion with a SrIvidyA upAsakA about siddhIs, I told him that I was not much informed about siddhIs and that I was not really interested. He then pointed out that going to bed praying and waking up continuing the prayer is in fact a siddhi. I would like to fondly believe that he is right. Your experience, therefore, is a siddhi. Water it constantly through abhyAsa and grow it soon that it soon bears the fruit of advaitic realization. My best wishes and pranAms. Madathil Nair ___________________________ advaitin, kalivaradhan krishnamurthy <kali_1947> wrote: > Every night when I go to bed, normally I recite my > Prayers, do a small bit of 'Dhyanam' and an auto > suggestion to get up by 03:30 a.m. the next morning. > However, I failed to do the auto suggestion last night > due to some unfortunate episode that happened last > evening which was perturbing my mind. Expectedly, I > didn't get up by 03:30 a.m. However, at 05:00 a.m., I > was experiencing a deep sleep state with no dreams > nonesoever, but a familiar Gayathri Dhyana Slokam - > "MukthAvidhruma...." started ringing in my ears which > arose me up from my sleep. I must state honestly that > I didn't want to get out of that state since the > feeling was very undescribable. I noticed the time on > my watch which was showing 5 a.m., and I immediately > recognised that I normally recite this Dhyana Slokam > as part of my morning SandhyA Vandanam at around this > time. What a coincidence! > > Couple of incidences like this have happened in the > past also waking me up from my deep slumber state. > Since I am only a new initiate into the Advaita > philosophy and not exposed to the intricate details, I > would like to hear the explanation from erudite > members of this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2003 Report Share Posted April 6, 2003 advaitin, "Madathil Rajendran Nair" <madathilnair> wrote: > Namaste Kalivardhan-Ji. > > Reference your post 16291. Namaste, Any siddhi is an attachment to unreality, in the three worlds...The benefit of japa is in concentration and one pointedness..ONS..Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2003 Report Share Posted April 6, 2003 Namaste. No one disagrees with you. Madathil Nair ____ advaitin, "Tony O'Clery" <aoclery> wrote: > > Any siddhi is an attachment to unreality, in the three worlds...The > benefit of japa is in concentration and one pointedness..ONS..Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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