mind. But there was no mind in your sleep? Of
what value is the testimony of the mind about your
existence or experience during sleep? Seeking the
testimony of the mind to disprove your existence or 94 Maharshi’s Gospel
awareness during sleep is just like calling your son’s
evidence to disprove your birth!
Do you remember, I told you once previously that
existence and awareness are not two different things
but one and the same? Well, if for any reason you
feel constrained to admit the fact that you existed in
sleep be sure you were also aware of that existence.
What you were really unaware of in sleep is your
bodily existence. You are confounding this bodily
awareness with the true Awareness of the Self which
is eternal. Prajnana, which is the source of ‘I-am’-
ness, ever subsists unaffected by the three transitory
states of the mind, thus enabling you to retain your
identity unimpaired.
Prajnana is also beyond the three states, because it
can subsist without them and in spite of them.
It is that Reality that you should seek during your so
called waking state by tracing the aham-vritti to its
Source. Intense practice in this enquiry will reveal
that the mind and its three states are unreal and that
you are the eternal, infinite consciousness of Pure
Being, the Self or the Heart.
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