Guest guest Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 > The Three States > > Q: What happens to the consciousness of a realized one in sleep? > > M: Such a question arises only in the minds of the unrealized. A jnani > (one who has realized the Self)) has only one state, which is unbroken > throughout the 24 hours, whether in what you call sleeping or waking. As a > matter of fact, the majority of people are asleep, because they are not > awake to the Self. > > In the deep sleep state we lay down our ego, our thoughts and our desires. > If we could only do all this while we are conscious, we would realize the > Self. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > From the book, "Conscious Immortality" by Paul Brunton and Munagala > Venkataramiah, published by Sri Ramanasramam, Tiruvannamalai. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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