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Three states of existence

       We all go to this deep sleep state state everyday. This third state of existence which is the deep sleep state is so enjoyable to all of us. We all enjoy sleep really to get into this deep sleep state. We complain if we had only dream state without having the deep sleep state. There is something special and important about this state for us. Because in the waking state we are not aware of the causal body, but aware of only the physical gross body and the subtle body of  mind-intellect. So we try to get into that state in deep sleep where there is no thought of physical body, mind and intellect. Only pure awareness remains in deep sleep state. But our real nature is still not awareness but pure Unconditional Consciousness, which we shall discuss later.

The Three states:

1. In the waking state we are aware of our physical body, our mind and intellect.

2. The moment we go to the dream state we are not aware of the physical body.

3. In deep sleep state we are not aware of the mind and intellect or the physical body.

         This third state of our existence is a sort  of "Nothingness" or "Blankness". This is where all our impressions or our tendencies (vasanas)  are hidden or stored. It is the store house of our memories and impressions we have in life. In other words it is the seed-house of our hidden tendencies.

        This deep sleep state is important because the hidden impressions from this state get expressed as events in dream state and as desires in our waking state. Any thing we desire in our waking state is because of the hidden tendencies in this deep sleep state. we will discuss this separately later.

 If our core personality of impressions and tendencies are hidden in the deep sleep state of "nothingness", is that then our real nature?  So we do wake up only to express those tendencies?. Vedanta, the ultimate knowledge of Indian ancient science tells us that all these three states do not have independent existence  but depend on something else, called Unconditioned Consciousness.

what is this Unconditioned Consciousness?  Please read in the next page.

Important note to avoid mis-understanding

1. In the waking state we are aware of our physical body, our mind and intellect. There is no confusion with this statement.

2. The moment we go to the dream state we are not aware of the physical body. Now here it means that the moment we are in the subtle body, which is mind and intellect, we are unaware of the body. We experience this state most of the time, when we are in deep thoughts or intellectually thinking of some thing. In these states we forget that we are traveling in a train or a bus or even driving a car. Being totally caught up in the mind without being aware of the physical body is akin to the dream state.

3. In deep sleep state we are not aware of the mind and intellect or the physical body. In awareness state or being in the causal body we understand that we are not the body-mind-intellect complex we imagine to be. We are the Pure Unconditioned Consciousness.

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References

References

1. Journey To The Source: Decoding Matrix Trilogy- Pradheep Chhalliyil  to read about this interesting book that describes the Consciousness and Awareness  more vividly.

2. In woods of God Realization - Swami Ram Tirtha

3. Vedanta Treatise by Swami Parthasarathy.

 

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