They say turn, turn, turn.
Scientific materialism is
not foundational.
Consciousness is I Am.
my god and there appears to be
unadulterated consciousness.
In altered consciousness there is dreaming and sleeping.
There are untold dreams in consciousness. This one is your present one.
Effortless intuition is the way
thank God.
They say turn, turn, turn.
Scientific materialism is
not foundational.
Consciousness is I Am is my god. and there appears to be consciousness and altered consciousness.
In altered consciousness there is dreaming and sleeping.
There are untold dreams in consciousness. This one is your present one.
Effortless intuition is the way thank God.
Dedicated to the principle of existence, standing on the ground of pure consciousness, breathing in the blissful essence of realization.
Believing the brain is manufacturing consciousness in some yet unknown way is the last superstition of western materialism.
This movie is appearing on the silver screen of consciousness. Am I the movie or the silver screen, Zhuangzi?
In avidya, this consciousness is like the last state. In reality, that's the one and only.
For every microcosmic atman is a macrocosmic brahman. For every person is a god. Make one up if you have to.
Some people think altered consciousness is like a fourth kind of consciousness. Dreaming is altered consciousness.
There are two states of dreaming—the waking one and the sleeping one from the point of view of the waking one.
Unaltered consciousness transcends deep sleep. I am reading the Mandukya for a third time.
The first time was memorable. The second time, it was personal. Third time is, as they say, fathoming the gist.
As to that turiya of Mandukya fame, they say fools call it the fourth. The wise ones know that as the one. There are three states of reflected consciousness. There is one satcitananda.
Each Mandukya state of consciousness has its own microcosmic atman and macrocosmic brahman. For atman is brahman is the Mandukya’s mahavakya.
The three states of consciousness as noted in the Mandukya are your basic ones of waking, dreaming, and sleeping. These are altered states of reflected consciousness. Pure consciousness is stateless.
Guadapada knows there are no states of consciousness. These particular concepts are merely straw men made to be readily deconstructed by any earnest apprentice in the act of revelation. Like Shankara.
Footnotes to Talks on Mandukya
In avidya, this consciousness is like the last state. In reality, that's the one and only.
For every microcosmic atman is a macrocosmic brahman. For every person is a god. Make one up if you have to.
Some people think altered consciousness is like a fourth kind of consciousness. Dreaming is altered consciousness.
There are two states of dreaming—the waking one and the sleeping one from the point of view of the waking one.
I am reading the Mandukya for a third time. The first time was memorable. The second time, it was personal. Third time is, as they say, fathoming the gist
THE MANDUKYA UPANISHAD
Section 1: THE MEANING OF “OM”
Verse 1: Plurality is Nothing But OM
Verse 2: Brahman is Verily OM
Verse 3: The First Pada – Waking State Consciousness
Verse 4: The Second Pada – Dream State Consciousness
Verse 5: The Third Pada – Deep Sleep Consciousness (Vyashti)
Verse 6: The Third Pada – The Causal Consciousness (Samashti)
Section 2: THE “FOURTH” QUARTER – TURIYA
Verse 7: The Fruit of the Process of “Negation”
Section 3: THE SYLLABLES OF “OM”
Verse 8: Symbolism of the Letters of “OM”
Verse 9: “A” – The First Letter: VISHWA
Verse 10: “U” – The Second Letter: TAIJASA
Verse 11: “M” – The Third Letter: PRAJNA
Verse 12: ‘Amaatra’ – The Fourth Letter: TURIYA
GAUDAPADA’S KARIKA PART 1: Agama Prakarana
Section 1.1: EXPERIENCE & ENJOYMENT
Verse 1.1: The Three Objects of Experience
Verse 1.2: The Three Places of Experience
Verse 1.3: The Threefold Enjoyership
Verse 1.4: The Threefold Objects Enjoyed
Verse 1.5: Enjoyments & Enjoyers are all One
Section 1.2: THEORIES OF EXISTENCE
Verse 1.6: Existence – The Basic Premise
Verse 1.7: Theories 1 & 2: Non-creation and A Dream
Verse 1.8: Theories 3 & 4: By Will or By Time
Verse 1.9: Theories 5-8: Just For Fun!
Section 1.3: THE “FOURTH” QUARTER – TURIYA
Verse 1.10: Turiya – the Cessation of All Sorrows
Verse 1.11: Turiya – Beyond Cause and Effect
Verse 1.12: Turiya – Contrast with Prajna
Verse 1.13: Turiya & Prajna – No Cognition of Duality
Verse 1.14: Turiya – Beyond ‘Sleep’ & ‘Dream’
Verse 1.15: Turiya – the Pre-Conditions
Verse 1.16: Turiya – the Error of “Sleep”
Verse 1.17: Turiya – the Error of “Dream”
Verse 1.18: “Dream Lion” Needed to Awaken Us!
Section 1.4: OM – PREPARATORY UPASANAS
Verse 1.19 The Identity of Vishwa With “A”
Verse 1.20: The Identity of Taijasa With “U”
Verse 1.21: The Identity of Prajna With “M”
Verse 1.22: The Truth Common to All Three States
Verse 1.23: Individual Attainments in All Three States
Section 1.5: OM – ULTIMATE SADHANA
Verse 1.24: OM – Known “Pada by Pada”
Verse 1.25: OM – the “Ever-Fearless Brahman”
Verse 1.26: OM – the “Lower & Higher Brahman”
Verse 1.27: OM – the “Eternal Being”
Verse 1.28: OM – “All-Pervading & Beyond Sorrow”
Verse 1.29: OM – the “Sound-less & Sound Eternal”
Shankara on Avidya (nescience)
Shankara on the Absolute as Lord
Shankara on the Unmoving Mover
Shankara on Cause, Effect, and the Absolute
Shankara on Adhyaropa and Apavada
Shankara on Defining the Absolute
Shankara on Satyam Jñānam Anantam Brahma
Shankara on Gaudapada's Acosmic Doctrines
On Shankara. Snippets on Shankara's Identity and True Works (plus Alston Info)
On Shankara: Gaudapada and Madhyamika Teaching
On Shankara: Schools of Advaita
A. J. Alston Bibliography:
Shankara on the Absolute: Shankara Source Book Volume One Kindle Edition
Shankara on the Creation: Shankara Source Book Volume Two Kindle Edition
The Thousand Teachings of Shankara: Upadeshasahasri
Consciousness, existence, self-awareness, satcitananda.
The bliss of self-awareness takes a universe of space-time.
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Consciousness-existence is nothing if not self-aware.
That self-awareness is bliss!
Bliss is the arc of a self-reflexive universe.
Mind does not manufacture consciousness. Mind manufactures dreams.
These dreams are appearing on the silver screen of consciousness.
If existence is the godhead, consciousness is the open godhead.
Evolution is deconstructing ignorance revealing the spirit of self-realization.
