Is there ignorance in deep sleep?

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The light of the Self is always there as It Self, as pure consciousness.

 

Fully awake, it is the nature of freedom.

 

How brightly the light of the Self is reflected depends on the purity of

the mind, and the subtlety of the intellect.

 

A mind that is more or less unconscious during the awake state will be

so in sleep as well and lie merged in the Self.

 

Coming out of the Self, it is still the same mind.

 

A mind that is becoming pure and aware has the possibility of entering

the deep sleep state while conscious.

 

That is Nirvikalpa Samadhi. Coming out, it is still the same mind, but

the Self recognizes It Self even in the presence of the mind.

 

That is why aham Brahm Asmi (I Am the Self) is one of the Mahavakyas.

 

Sri Ramana has pointed out that deep sleep must be experience while

awake. The Realization is that that the Same Self is present in all states.

 

Only, the Self is experienced in its fullness if one enters the sleep

while awake.

 

As long as the latent tendencies are strong, Self remains covered to

some degree in association with the mind.

 

Self never fully loses sight of itself, its nature being that of Pure

Self-Sight. It Sees Only It Self..

 

 

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