Guest guest Posted August 14, 2005 Report Share Posted August 14, 2005 > The Three States > > M: What is it then that now raises the question of maya? > > Q: There was no mind in sleep, so the world only exists for the mind? > > M: Yes. The pure Self is simple being. It does not associate itself with > objects and become conscious (in the same way) as it does in the waking > state. What you now call consciousness, in the present state, is > "associated consciousness" depending upon the brain, the mind and the body, > etc. But in sleep, that (pure) consciousness persisted without these. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > From the book, "Conscious Immortality" by Paul Brunton and Munagala > Venkataramiah, published by Sri Ramanasramam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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