Sunday, February 15, 2009


The development of self-awareness is considered to be primarily a phenomenon of consciousness and not a product of physical processes. The Vedantic frame of reference separates consciousness into four domains. The first is the waking consciousness (jagaritasthana) or ( and refers to the starting point of consciousness and the identification with “I” or “me” in relationship with phenomenal experiences with external objects. The second domain is that of dream consciousness (svapna-sthana) and is considered to be an extension of the waking state. The third domain of consciousness as deep sleep (susupti), which results in ananda (joyousness consciousness) as a result of holding in abeyance all the objects of desire and activities. The final domain is transcendental consciousness (turiya) also referred to as a trans-cognitive state (anubhava) or a state of self-realization or freedom from body-mind identification

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Nationalism is inspired by the highest ideals of the human race, satyam [the true], shivam [the god], sundaram [the beautiful]. Nationalism in India has ... roused the creative faculties which for centuries had been lying dormant in our people.