Is There a Break in Consciousness During Deep, Dreamless Sleep? ⎹ A Compilation of Answers скачать в хорошем качестве

Is There a Break in Consciousness During Deep, Dreamless Sleep? ⎹ A Compilation of Answers

If the ātmā, our true self, is unchanging, ever-shining consciousness, what happens during the seemingly pitch black oblivion of deep, dreamless sleep? If you've ever pondered this question and are perhaps unclear about the answer, I hope this video helps. Answers by Swami Sarvapriyananda (0:00 - 4:53), Rupert Spira (4:54 - 23:45) and Swami Tadatmananda (23:46 - 43:47). There are three states of experience: Jāgrat avasthā (the waking state) Svapna avasthā (the dream state) Suṣupti (the deep, dreamless sleep state) The waking state is what you (consciousness) are experiencing right now as you read this. In the waking state, you are aware of the material world, your physical body and your mind with its thoughts, perceptions, feelings, emotions, egoic sense of self, etc. In the dream state, you lose awareness of the material world but you are aware of a 'dream world' that is formed out of impressions of the material world that you have gathered in your mind during the waking state, as well as out of your thoughts, feelings, emotions, etc. In the dream state you lose awareness of your physical body, but you are aware of your mind and the egoic sense of self. In the deep, dreamless sleep state, not only do you lose all awareness the material world, but you are also unaware of any 'dream world', because in this state the mind shuts down and is completely inactive. In this state, there are no thoughts, no mental images, no feelings, no emotions, no desires, etc. In this state, there is also no 'you', because the egoic sense of self (ahaṁkāra) which we mistake to be who we are, and which is part of the mind, is also not there. Upon 'returning' to the waking state, after experiencing the deep, dreamless sleep state, a person might recall that deep sleep state as a blank, oblivion or void, where they lost conscious awareness altogether. However, both the ancient wisdom texts, such as the Bhagavad-Gita, Upanishads, Vedanta Sutra, as well the ancient Rishis (saints, enlightened sages) all emphatically state that the ātmā (true self, soul, consciousness) is ever-present and shines with consciousness in all three states of experience So what happens during deep, dreamless sleep? Is there a break in consciousness? Or is consciousness always present?