Nikhilananda on Deep Sleep per Prasna Upanishad

BECAUSE IT ETC: Ordinarily there are three states of consciousness: (1) the waking state, during which one is conscious of the physical world outside; (2) the dream state, when one is conscious of the inner world and of objects created from the impressions of the waking state; (3) the state of dreamless sleep, when consciousness is free from the duality of subject and object and one experiences a feeling of undifferentiated awareness. Vedanta speaks of Turiya, or Pure Consciousness, which permeates the three states and is immortal and undifferentiated. Turiya is Brahman. Often the Upanishads compare the Consciousness of Brahman to the consciousness experienced in deep sleep. Both are characterized by an absence of pain and of the subject-object relationship. But the state of dreamless sleep, which is mechanically attained, is impermanent, and the consciousness experienced during it is covered by a thin layer of ignorance. Hence an ordinary person, after waking from deep sleep, leads the normal life of ignorance. But the knower of Brahman never forgets his real nature at any time. Though all persons attain the bliss of oneness in dreamless sleep, yet only the knower of Brahman realizes it as the Bliss of Brahman.

In deep sleep the illumined person experiences the Knowledge of Brahman. For the ignorant, deep sleep bears no such fruit. The three states of waking, dreaming, and deep sleep are common to both. In the ignorant person, as in the illumined, the sense-organs do not function in deep sleep, the prana fires keep watch, and the mind, free from the conditions of waking and dreaming, remains inactive. Therefore the purpose of this verse is to eulogize the Knowledge of Brahman

~Nikhilananda on Prasna Upanishad 4.5

That Truth

1. the revelation of That

That consciousness does not appear in the brain is not a hard problem.

That the brain appears in consciousness is the solid truth.

Materialists are looking for a scientific solution to that which is impossible.

Nondualists are intuiting the revelation of That.

According to Vedanta, That is Satyam, Jnanam, Anantam.

According to myself, I am the truth, the knowledge, the infinite.

2. the third power of Maya

Maya is the original AI. Like Maya OG.

Just as Maya is believed to be real by most people, AI will be believed to be real by most people. It is what it isn't.

Remember the third power of Maya! Not only does it veil and project, it reveals.

3. Revelation is beyond science

As Truth is beyond the scientific realm of the Big Bang, Revelation is beyond science.

Science knows the Big Bang. That beyond the Big Bang knows science.

If it quacks like Samsara, it’s Samsara.

a. Nondualists are intuiting the revelation

The brain appears in consciousness. Nondualists are intuiting the revelation of That. I am the truth, the knowledge, the infinite.

Maya is the original AI. It is what it isn’t. Remember the third power of Maya!

Revelation is beyond science. That beyond the Big Bang knows science. If it quacks like Samsara, it's Samsara.

a2. revelation

Nondualists are intuiting the revelation of That. Remember the third power of Maya! Revelation is beyond science.

Looking at Maya through a Telescope

1. Hydrogen is the proverbial snake

The universe is relative, uncertain, and impossible. It’s all like energy and gravity and electricity of a single hydrogen atom 

transforming into more than one-hundred-eight other elements in this dance of Maya. Look, hydrogen itself is not caused by transformation

but is of apparitional causation. Hydrogen is the proverbial snake imagined in the Vedantic rope, the elementary superimposition on Parabrahman.

2. Deep sleep is the self.

Identification with the body-mind requires eight hours deep sleep in order to recover. Disidentification with the body-mind is timeless.

In other words, an ego needs to revisit its truth one out of every three seconds it is appearing here. Outrageous!

As one awakens, that time will lessen. Deep sleep is the self. Keep that in mind while you’re dreaming.

3. Satcitananda is the word.

Satcitananda is the word for the power of three looking at itself.

I formulate the principle of existence. I stand on the ground of consciousness. I worship holistic bliss infinity.

In the name of effortless nondoing, intuitive nonknowing, and unconditional nonloving, aum.

a. H is the proverbial snake imagined in the Vedantic rope.

The universe is relative, uncertain, and impossible. Hydrogen itself is not caused by transformation. H is the proverbial snake imagined in the Vedantic rope.

Disidentification with the body-mind is timeless. Ego needs to revisit its truth one out of every three seconds it is appearing here. Deep sleep is the self. Keep that in mind while you’re dreaming.

Satcitananda is the word for the power of three looking at itself. I stand on the ground of consciousness in the name of effortless nondoing.

x. the word

H is the snake. Deep sleep is the self. Satcitananda is the word.

Ashtavakra Gita 9

1.

Things done and not done, and all the pairs of opposites: when do they cease and for whom do they belong? Having fully inquired, in this world become indifferent and devoted to dispassionate renunciation.

Rare is that blessed one who in observing the ways of the world attains the extinction of passion, desire, and curiosity.

All the world is impermanent and full of the triple sorrows. It is insubstantial, worthless, and worthy of only rejection. Knowing this as certain, the wise one is serene.

In what age or time of life do the pairs of opposites not exist for humankind? Abandon them and rest contented with whatever comes unasked. Thus one reaches fulfillment.

2.

Seeing the diverse opinions of great seers, sages, and yogins, one simply becomes indifferent, thus attaining unity.

Is the true guru not the one who realizes the nature of pure consciousness and who through indifference and equanimity disentangles all from samsara?

Seeing the transformations of the elements as nothing but the primary elements themselves, you are free from their bondage and established in your own true nature.

Samsara consists of your inclinations. Renounce them all. By disavowing these desires, the world itself is disowned. Live free as you really are.

~my unbound transcreation of Ashtavakra Gita 9.1-8 using the translations of Chinmayananda, Nityaswarupananda, Richards, Byrom, et al.

Dance of Dreams

First Dance of Dreams

1. an appearance in brahman

A dream is an appearance in the mind. The mind is an appearance in deep sleep, aka Brahman.

The sleeping dream is a dream with the body turned off. The waking dream is a dream with the body turned on, an embodied dream. 

Dreams are like karmic spirits. May they all return to their current embodiments and continue preparations for a real awakening.

2. every person is a snake

In the multiverse, each universe is a multimind. Each mind is life on a singular planetary dimension.

Every universe is a Buddha. Every galaxy is a God. Every planet is a people.

Everybody loves somebody sometimes and every person is a snake superimposed on Brahman.

3. Imagining Aham Brahmasmi

Individual consciousness is divided universal consciousness. It’s no wonder the world is violent.

Universal Consciousness is Brahman Employing the Power of Maya for God Only Knows.

One way to nirvana is neti neti. Another way is Imagining Aham Brahmasmi.

Second Dance of Dreams

1. Continue preparations for a real awakening.

The mind is an appearance in Brahman. The waking dream is a dream an embodied dream. Continue preparations for a real awakening.

Each mind is life on a singular planetary dimension. Every planet is a people. Every person is a snake superimposed on Brahman.

It’s no wonder the world is violent. Brahman Employing the Power of Maya for God Only Knows! Another way is Imagining Aham Brahmasmi.

2. Aham Brahmasmi

Continue preparations for a real awakening. Each mind is life on a singular planetary dimension Imagining Aham Brahmasmi.

Seven Wonders of Satcitananda

Mindfulness is lucid dreaming. 

Manifestation is self-awareness. 

Self-realization is enlightenment.

The principle of existence is being.

The ground of consciousness is

awareness.

The essence of bliss is love.

Deep sleep is like Parabrahman.

On the Cit in Satcitananda

1.

Consciousness as most people know it is pure consciousness reflected in the mind.

Pure consciousness is the cit in satcitanada. Some call it awareness. It is the ground of that electric reflected consciousness.

Reflected consciousness is Maya, the power of God. Ignorance is beginningless but not endless. These are two schools of nonduality. There are three.

2.

In duality, it’s either one or three. In nonduality, it’s not two.

Classical mechanics is black and white. Quantum physics is uncertain.

Nonduality is neither knowing nor not knowing. In this way, it’s known.

3.

In the name of effortless nondoing, intuitive nonknowing, and ananda.

The principle of existence says I am. The ground of consciousness grows self-aware.

The essence of bliss is radiating enlightenment.

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It’s Always Satcitananda

In your lotus heart smaller than a mustard seed is the nondual space of awareness in which the universe and you appear.

When the mind is turned on, the multiverse appears. When the body is turned on, this universe appears.

And when the body-mind is turned off, deep sleep appears in awareness. When the body-mind is turned on—

This dreamstate appears in awareness. Awareness can’t be turned off. I am always That.

Self-Awareness: Knowing the Source

Every night, we return to Brahman whether we know it or not. Every morning, we regain consciousness but lose awareness.

In the world of reflected consciousness, awareness appears to be lost. To awareness, awareness is never lost.

By knowing the source, one is the source temporarily embodied. Tattvamasi, Aham Brahmasmi.

In deep sleep, the power of three

1. In deep sleep, the power of three

In deep sleep, the power of three is at rest.

No busyness or inertia. No wisdom too.

Maya gets turned off when God has shit to do.

2. Taking place in a personal world

As long as you are taking place in a personal world, you are believing in a universal god.

Finding out what that is is real self-inquiry.

But God is not a concept. It’s just another name for the force, life force, prana, manifestation of the self.

3. Waiting for your bubble

Living in the material world is like waiting for your bubble to burst.

My sweet lord, my golden lady, my absolute without a pronoun.

What is life? I am, I know, I love. I love that I know I am. Who am I?

4. Says I am

The principle of existence says I am.

The ground of consciousness feels beyond all fields.

The essence of bliss smells like holistic bliss infinity.

5. Returning to the truth

Deep sleep is like returning to the truth while living in avidya.

Seeing through avidya has been a dream of mine ever since the sixties.

Fractal dreaming is dreaming all the way up and down.