WHO AM I? Part 2 Reaction to Swami Sarvapriyananda

0:00 What is Reality
03:10 Consciousness Throughout
11:26 What Turiya IS NOT
21:55 What Turiya IS
28:11 What is THE WAY?
FRIENDS! Part 2 of us looking into the question "Who am I?". Can't wait to chat in the comments
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Swami Sarvapriyananda at IITK - "Who Am I?" according to Mandukya Upanishad: • Swami Sarvapriyananda ...
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[@VinayKumar-fp2fc]

I have 3 questions here: 1)when I'm watching this video is this the brain who understands the concept of consciousness or is the consciousness understanding itself..?? If it's counsiousness understanding itself than it's realisation?? 2) along with humans does other beings have this consciousness..?? Is that reason why we say animals as lower consciousness..?? 3)difference between consciousness and subconsciousness..?? Please answer someone

[@spiritualreactions]

I think these are great questions. Going to pin your comment and hopefully someone with more knowledge than I can provide insight!

[@VinayKumar-fp2fc]

@@spiritualreactions many thanks 🙏

[@ankit-sq6oh]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gX6zfZ9pmctkfa8 Bhagawat geeta by pravrajika divyaanandaprana

[@rahuldbhat]

The term "consciousness" is based on living beings. But atma in Sanskrit is not the same. Atma is the experiencer and witness only. It is present irrespective of any matter. If there is matter, mind is the manager or operator. There is no activity attributed to atma. Understanding the concept is an activity. All activities are for the mind. Atma is a witness (not a doer). All 3 questions are in the domain of "mind." Atma is witness of the mind. The difference of superior, inferior, and subconsciousness can be understood as the level of expression each entity has. Eg. Humans are considered highly expressive, animals are less expressive, and inanimate things have very little expression. I hope this was helpful.

[@VinayKumar-fp2fc]

@@rahuldbhat almost a convincing answer.. Difference b/w consciousness and subconsciousness..??

[@deepakpandey154]

This lecture happened when I was a student there in IIT Kanpur 10 years ago.

[@spiritualreactions]

No way!! So cool. Were you at the lecture?

[@45to36]

झाटू टिचर

[@Yuvraj-qf1ko]

​@@45to36 😂😂😂 jihadi spotted

[@dev3269]

​@@45to36 you are literally your words😅

[@neereshsingh4854]

​@@45to36 tumhare dimag ko samajh nahin aane wali.

[@anandaprokashroy4505]

It is so astounding to just think of the profound knowledge ancient India had some three thousand years ago. It really requires a lifetime to understand truly the meaning of turiyam.

[@spiritualreactions]

Yes, you’re so right. The western world really has no idea how much knowledge!

[@bo55man30]

@@spiritualreactions India is mostly the same

[@ankit-sq6oh]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gX6zfZ9pmctkfa8 Bhagawat geeta by pravrajika divyaanandaprana

[@nagendraraoe]

A life time.....???? You need many... many many... many many many lives.....unless on right path... if you are on right... it is here... now.... as you can see a thing in your hand... ;)

[@dasanudas6733]

It is very easy if u take path of devotion 9steps explain in shrimad bhagvatam and bhaktirasamrit sindhu

[@AMITKUMAR-vj6cy]

Don't know how it was recommended...and i am watching it at 3 am...totally worth it...❤

[@spiritualreactions]

Ahh thank you. Hope you get enough sleep though! 💜

[@chandrakantkhannade7326]

Generally these kind of videos are recommended at such hours.I am also watching it ,when the time is 00:19

[@premiyer]

Such an awesome explanation by one of the best orators and an awakened soul in today’s times - Swami Sarvapriyananda - that train & gold example just nails it - I have seen his original video on this so many many times and never ever got bored 🙏🏻

[@spiritualreactions]

You're right. A video you can watch 100 times and probably get something new from it each time. His analogies are excellent

[@madhurlimdi5379]

Thank you for sharing this video. I am new to your channel and look forward to exploring your posts.

[@spiritualreactions]

Thank you for being here and supporting. Happy to have you on the journey!

[@babbly6]

You chose a pretty hard topic to start with! Kudos! Swami ji just scratches the surface here as he was explaining it to the uninitiated students! The explanation is so much deeper.

[@spiritualreactions]

😆 yes I think you're right! I get that impression too, that he has only gone to a very basic level here and there is so much more depth to be shared. But he understands his audience. I wish this was taught in UK schools!

[@shivamanand7754]

Just imagine people used to think, discuss & write it more than 5000 years ago. They must be highly intellectual.

[@spiritualreactions]

Absolutely! Highly intellectual and highly spiritual which our modern world has often lost touch of.

[@NefariousByte]

@@spiritualreactions Modern world is inspired by the Vedas, Upanishad and other Hindu text be it Schrodinger ( Father of Quantum Physics), Heisenberg, Oppenheimer, Bohr, or Carl Sagan, their inspiration came from Hindu texts and its available in their biographies or essays.

[@somashekardindagurunaranap4384]

These vedantha discourses mesmerise me every time.Its subliming nature never discourages me. I felt the state of turiya many times when I was awake. Here I may lack words to explain or I may misunderstood the different consepts or falling short of words.🤔

[@vikramsinghrana7134]

u make us wait long,finaly yhanks for reacting sister,

[@spiritualreactions]

Sorry for the wait! I have 3 kids age 5 and under so finding the time and energy can be tricky. 🙏

[@reyaanshindraneel-zxr21]

A person can never be enlightened as the enlightenment is the end of the person and realization of the "one" that has been taking all forms from a subatomic particle to the cosmic nature of things including you and me. It's their play for their enjoyment at their will. Sadhguru has been a blessing to make it a living experience for thousands of us. 🙏

[@spiritualreactions]

Interesting. Rereading your comment a lot to try and get my head around it 😊

[@user-lw8wt5jz4s]

My mind was completely blown when i first understood what he meant. One of a kind experience that was.

[@spiritualreactions]

Beautiful! I'm glad you experienced that, so freeing!

[@GimliLordOfGlitteringCaves]

Your consciousness is the anchor in the infinity of existence ❤ Jai Shri Krishna ❤

[@spiritualreactions]

I love that! What a great way to look at it, like an anchor. I will have to write that quote down somewhere

[@adityajoies]

The original verse is written in Sanskrit which is like more than 5000 years old. But the language is not a dead language, some people still study and can talk in Sanskrit. You can take Sanskrit as a third language. It is a well known language and many Indian languages comes from it. So, I don't think the translation is lost in English notably.

[@spiritualreactions]

That’s amazing! So interesting to learn

[@DivineTiger-wy1bz]

Mother, you are divine

[@spiritualreactions]

So are you. 💜

[@holeesheet8582]

The verse is in Sanskrit and is taken from Mandukya Upanishad (The philosophical texts and commentaries of Vedas). He has translated it and explained it with interesting analogies and stories. The verse is not very difficult to understand logically but, the more you try to witness the 4th state, you will know it may take lifetimes to realize that state and experience it without the adulteration of the body and mind.

[@spiritualreactions]

Absolutely!! I agree, I think my your logical brain i can understand what he’s talking about. But to witness the 4th state which is in fact no separate from all other states and to fully experience it could take many lifetimes 😂

[@babulamitra]

The 4th state cannot be witnessed or experienced as it is the witness and the experience itself( just as you cannot see your own eye)- as explained by Swami Sarvapriyananda.

[@channarao2910]

1K Love. Congratulations.

[@spiritualreactions]

Thank you so much for the support. It will seem a small number to some, but huge to me!

[@ujjwal770]

ram ram ji

[@bhupatjoshi3623]

I am not what you think I am, I am not what I think I am, I am what you think I think I am! I am 's self concept in front of a mirror.😊

[@spiritualreactions]

I had to read this at least 5 times :)

[@amitabh7816]

Great lecture a deep knowledge is simpler way explained

[@spiritualreactions]

Yes it really was wasn’t it!

[@RameshVerma-eh9oo]

beautifully explained.

[@spiritualreactions]

He does it so well!

[@SaiN9860]

It is truly amazing to learn how our ancestors used to think and their teachings are so relevant even now after thousands of years

[@spiritualreactions]

Yes, completely relevant to our modern society and all its ills. It’s amazing.

[@thomassimmons1950]

Nice job, lass. Thank you! I started listening to Swami several years ago. This teaching is at the bottom of all Metaphysics, East and West. In a twist, his explanation of Vedanta brought me back to Christianity. Call it walking and chewing gum at the same time. Once the One is realized, the appearances no longer become problematic. We worship God in many guises. As Islam states: No god but God. "Vaya con Dios, my Darling!"

[@spiritualreactions]

Thank you, Thomas! So interesting that this led you back to Christianity, thanks for sharing your story. And my children are learning Spanish at the moment so I’m glad I’ve learnt this phrase! 😃

[@thomassimmons1950]

@@spiritualreactions Newly subscribed...Cheers, Luv !

[@Rat.s]

Dont relate islam here Islam is a cult started by some pdf files

[@kunjukunjunil1481]

"As Islam states: No god but God." Actually Islam says "There is no god but Allah" it has a different connotation as Muhammad was trying to impose a monotheistic god over polytheistic Arabian tribes.

[@arunkumarkushwaha8820]

In his teaching of vedanta brings you back to Christianity congratulations. However why not return to vedanta. Don't link it to Christianity chirstanity philosophy is completely different from this.

[@BhaskarDrukGiri0688]

Great video... 👍

[@spiritualreactions]

Thank you I appreciate it!

[@darknesstolight3345]

I watched it 3 times now and like to keep watching once in a while to refresh the teaching. The real thing is to experience that I am looking forward to it - longing for it.

[@spiritualreactions]

Yes, this is definitely one I think I will keep coming back to! Thanks for sharing your experience of it!

[@madhurlimdi5379]

I presume the realization of turiyam (detached observer) facilitates equanimity in the wake and dream states. I would love to explore further questions like - Why am I here? What is my purpose? What reading material and life experiences lead us to a better understanding to these questions?

[@spiritualreactions]

Great comment! And yes, I agree with your comment about detached observer leading to equanimity for sure! 'Why am I here?' I would also love to explore that more. So far I understand that we are here for consciousness/the universe to experience itself in these different forms. For what purpose is a question I don't know the answer 😊

[@h2s693]

The answer to every question is Bhagwat Gita, I have also just started reading and I am getting to learn and understand a lot.

[@spiritualreactions]

I really must read it. My Dad has been telling me about it for years. Maybe we can read at the same time :)

[@suppiah1772]

You cannot think about it. You can only realise who are you. Purity of mind and intellect needed for this

[@spiritualreactions]

Yes, you're so right. The more you try to use intellectual thought, I feel the further you get away from the truth. Yet our brains always want to try and understand it on an intellectual level!

[@shubhamchauhan3457]

Congratulations foe 1k subs.

[@spiritualreactions]

Thank you so much. Appreciate you all 🙏💜

[@Shell-_-Abraham]

Good program

[@spiritualreactions]

Thanks

[@skiller.X]

1k subs. Congratulations.

[@spiritualreactions]

Thank you soooo much. Really appreciate every single person who has contributed to the channel so far and how much you’ve all shared and taught me🙏💜

[@RKV8527]

Imagine the clarity of mind and philosophical knowledge of the writer who lived 10000 years ago. Infact much of these ideas and knowledge existed lakhs of years ago and orally transferred from one generation to other, before the knowledge was put in to,written form Hence india was k own as the subcontinent of knowledge and universities Nalanda and Takeshita sila were established, before any country had understood the concept of university

[@spiritualreactions]

Ohhh very interesting comment!! The subcontinent of knowledge, I love that!

[@gudlaramareddy7917]

I'm still here after 1k 😀😀😀🙌🙌🙌🎉🎉🎉🎊🎊🎊💐💐💐💐

[@spiritualreactions]

Ahh beautiful. Thank you so much for being here. I appreciate you 🙏💜

[@adityabanerjee213]

For english translation, 'Eight Upanishads' by Swami gambhirananda! 15:34

[@spiritualreactions]

Ahh brilliant. Thank you for sharing!

[@michaeldillon3113]

This seems very complex but the Truth itself is so simple . Can you deny your own existence ? Being itSelf ( without attributes )is God ( Self ) . 🙏🕉️

[@Mr-darkh]

Great thinks take time I’m talking consciously turiyam

[@spiritualreactions]

Yes I agree 🙌

[@tiny1424]

Almost like the Ground Luminosity as described in the Dzogchen teachings.

[@spiritualreactions]

Oh I’ve not heard of the theory or the teachings. Will look it up. Thanks for sharing

[@parthbhatt2648]

I subscribed coz I thought I wanted to be a part of this journey So when you realize the Turiya you become the enlightened one ie. Buddha and attain Liberation / Moksha / Nirvana, whether you take the Buddhist, Hindu, or Jain path to get there

[@spiritualreactions]

Ohhh I love this way you’ve put it Dharmic paths! I think I will use that term too. And so happy to have you here as part of the journey. Like I’ve said before I learn so much from everyone’s comments and really appreciate it. Look forward to chatting more in the future!

[@arunkumarkushwaha8820]

This is absolutely one of the highest context which is discussed in this video of advaita vedanta hindu path. Without proper understanding that you might be in delima which have tendency to lead you absolutely peaceful or terrible. If you are feeling absolutely peace after listening this no problem. Keep in mind he is talking about one relaity brahm. Many people started thinking that he/she themselves is god without understanding proper context. Becareful if you are on this path you need to be completely in deny of ahankara( ego and pride) otherwise this highest knowledge of sprituality have tendecy to tramatize you because of agayna(lacking knowledge). This is because after getting this knowledge some people start to fruit their ahankara(ego and d pride). You have watch more lecture or read advaita vedanta to understand this absolutely great wisdom.

[@spiritualreactions]

I completely get what you’re saying, and a very valid warning. I can see how too little understanding of this could inflate the ego! I have seen it in fact with people in the past. Thank you for sharing your understanding here. I have been around spiritual teachings all my life through my father, so I’m not coming into this completely blind; although I know hardly anything about Hindu scriptures and teachings.

[@arunkumarkushwaha8820]

@@spiritualreactions Can I have your mail id to discuss this🙏🕉️

[@Praveentech19]

I watch your videos to watch your eyes...

[@spiritualreactions]

Ohhhh 👀

[@sunilduttsharma2694]

Have to listen to the lecture several times to fully understand the context

[@spiritualreactions]

Absolutely!!

[@tikendraw]

the physical world is built around waker and we lost in it completely.(it is physical reality, which is part of bigger reality which you only experience when you know who you are)

[@spiritualreactions]

Great comment. So right that we are mostly lost in the waking world

[@gill6782]

Every thing is made from energy and it changes its shape and form you can say everything is made from God and also all things are God and you can also say energy is a dark matter or dark energy which is invisible and undiscovered yet and appears in its original form when it is changing its shape and form and never stops changing its shape and form it always travel from one thing to another or change

[@spiritualreactions]

Wow this is a really interesting comment. I'll need to read it a few times to try and understand it. Sorry for my slow reply!

[@arunkumarkushwaha8820]

In astabakra gita maharishi astabakra said that you are neither observer nor observe. You are the experiencer of those. Whole these context can be understood in this simple manner but new people who don't know vedanta could find it really difficult to understand. Therefore, I bow down to my guru swamiji he has discussed such a huge deep knowledge in such a simple manner which is understandable for everyone. 30:06

[@spiritualreactions]

Ahhh not even the observer but the experiencer. I see what you’re saying. Thanks for sharing 🙏

[@michaeldillon3113]

Mandukya Upanishad is availabke in english . Someone in the comments has said that this lecture us ten years old . Swami has many more recent lectures on Mandukya 🙏🕉️

[@conscons5776]

Hope you will post on Sri. RAMANA MAHIRSHI And SWAMI CHINMYANANDA

[@spiritualreactions]

Definitely Ramana Maharshi. I have not heard of the other, thank you, I will look into it!

[@suppiah1772]

You are the witness of wakefulness, dream and deep sleep. You are the only reality the rest are passing phenomena.

[@spiritualreactions]

Passing phenomena is a good was to describe it!

[@SajayanKS]

Do meditation. Take " Any mantra" OR "Breath watching" or anything you comfortable. Try to experience the silence between two adjacent thoughts. This is the way to experience it.

[@spiritualreactions]

Thank you for the advice, that's really great and definitely something I want to incorporate more into my life. Sorry for my slow reply!

[@shailendrapathak8536]

I found these videos very interesting for you and especially for your viewers, the message we got from these videos is Divine and powerful, If you have time please do react to these videos. Video #1 Title- Swami Vivekananda’s Experience of the Divine Mother Kali | Swami Mahayogananda Video #2 Title- Swami Vivekananda: The Power and the Glory | Swami Sarvapriyananda Video #3 Title- Vivekananda in America | Prof. Ruth Harris Video #4 Title- The Kalpataru Experience | Faith burns away your impurities | Swami Sarvapriyananda Video #5 Title- Life and Teachings of Holy Mother Sarada Devi | Swami Sarvapriyananda

[@spiritualreactions]

Yes you’re right, such powerful messages. Thank you for a great list of recommendations!!

[@anadraj9105]

🌹🙏👍👏💐

[@spiritualreactions]

Hey Anad!

[@ankitraval2893]

For more detailed spirtual knowledge go through his lectures on Bhagvat Geeta

[@spiritualreactions]

Thank you. Will have a look. My Dad has been telling me about Bhagavad Gita for years. I hope to read it soon.

[@samreads]

18:51 This part about language is literally the basis of generative AI programming. Classification/property/function..., identification of class, and a statistical model inference.

[@spiritualreactions]

🤯 wow, that is definitely beyond my level of understanding! Thanks for commenting!

[@santhoshd9591]

Turiya is state which can overcome death soul is in super conscious state can experience everything.

[@spiritualreactions]

Wow 🙏

[@k.sandeepkumar6594]

WHO AM I ? there is part 2 which describes about how these 3 worlds are illuminated by turiya & how these 3 worlds ends.

[@spiritualreactions]

Yes, people have kindly pointed that out. I appreciate it! A definite watch

[@MUKTHI]

TRUTH is simple.... "I am" the very infinite-consciousness-existence, that never changes in three periods of time (past-present-future) and three states of fundamental experiences (wakefulness, dream, and deep sleep). Body-mind-personality is time bound and complicated. Why do we resist clinging to this changing localized "i am"

[@spiritualreactions]

I think you made a good summary!

[@asthapandey5987]

U resemble a lot like actress from The Witcher, Anya Chalotra. Keep up the good work!❤

[@spiritualreactions]

Oh I’ve not heard of her, will have a look 😄. Thank you for being here 👍

[@satish-tt8rl]

If your mind accepting this turiya knowledge you are shifting your consciousness from lower dimensions to higher

[@spiritualreactions]

🙏 yes, I think you are right!

[@omex7897]

Its complicated but simple

[@spiritualreactions]

I think that's a good way of putting it!

[@abhishekmishra-by8lo]

I have astrology books in my home , some of them are very old , I tried to study one of them .....only seeing index of it my head spins 😀. Upnishads are at some other level.

[@spiritualreactions]

I think I would feel the same as you; astrology would make my head spin. However, I have just acquired a translation of the upanishads. Let's see how I get on with that.

[@anil7154]

Are you okay sister. Part 1 and 2 uploaded 3 weeks ago. Part 3 can’t take sooo long. So are you well. Is everything alright 🙏

[@spiritualreactions]

Thank you for your concern. I am well. Just taking time to think on some things, and look after my 3 children. I will be back soon. Really appreciate your comment

[@mridulbhattacharjee3144]

If you’re really serious to absorb all this knowledge and to actually experience it in Reality, untie the knots of “AUM”🕉️

[@spiritualreactions]

Wow, thank you for sharing that. Any advice where to start with that? Other than googling it 😆

[@mridulbhattacharjee3144]

@@spiritualreactions I think the first step is to prove to your rational mind with facts that there is a Reality beyond the daily life and it’s experience. I know it’s easier said than done and Google is filled with other’s perceptions

[@spiritualreactions]

Thank you, I like that answer!

[@AkPK369]

i am from India

[@spiritualreactions]

👋 hello!

[@urmilanipanikar6326]

When u translate in different language there is always loss of information thats why its better to learn and understand as it is ....!!❤

[@spiritualreactions]

Yes, I thought that's probably the case. I understand 💜

[@rishisunak2472]

Read "ashtavakra geeta" it's available in english..👍

[@spiritualreactions]

Ohh thank you. Will take a look!

[@somethingfunnyiguess.7850]

Let's say if i take your memories which includes all the information that you gathered through your life experiences and i took all of your senses where you can't hear, you can't smell something, you can't see anything or you can't feel the touch of anything or feel your limbs. But you are awake.... What will be you then..... The presence that illuminates you but with no identity of you being a human being or anything else but intelligent enough to aware that you exist... When you were a baby and your body isn't completely formed yet but you are conscious... Babies can't think this deeply cuz in order for you to think this you'll need a physical form with a physical brain and a intelligence like right now which is intelligent enough to think this right now... To experience this reality we need this physical body... But without it and all that noise inside your head what are you?? Right now just like me you have also developed a body and a intelligence in a physical form in this physical reality to understand and to get an idea on this topic but before this body you were many things after this body you'll be many things... Just close your eyes and ask yourself that you'll be in this body for some time.. What do you want to do till then???

[@spiritualreactions]

Wow - really loved reading your comment, thank you. Sorry I took so long to reply. It's a good thought experiment you make about removing all memories and sensations! "...before this body you were many things after this body you'll be many things" Love that, so true!

[@vks00000]

Now i came to know y ppl often says don't say "vedantha ". Its really tough to understand.being a hindu i feel ashamed of myself who had nothing knowledge on own .... thanks ma'am❤❤❤❤

[@spiritualreactions]

Ahh no need to be so hard on yourself. Maybe now is the right time to build your knowledge. Great to have you here sharing the journey! 💜

[@ashishmehta8367]

Find the details of "TATVAMASI"

[@spiritualreactions]

Oh, I've not come across this term before. Thank you for sharing. I will, as you say, find the details

[@nilendru]

There is much more to know in the Mandukya Upanishad.. Along with Mandukya Karika...But he tried to cover the major and main areas in 3 hours.. And he explained it in the most comprehensive manner... The samskaaras Or the vrittis that you were talking about goes deep at the level of deep sleep.. Hence deep sleep is mindless and thought less state but samskaras do exist in a potentially unexpressed stored form in the chitta.. Chitta along with vrittis /samskaras still do exist at the level of deep sleep.. But in unexpressed stored form in the chitta.. The awakened state is associated with the physical body (Sthul sharir). The dream state is associated with the astral body (sukshma sharir) The deep sleep state is associated with the causal body (kaaran sharir)

[@spiritualreactions]

Thank you for explaining further about the samskaras; that's really interesting. I'm going to save this comment to read again 💜 sorry for slow reply!

[@narutoff08]

Where does death fit in these 4 states? Waker, dreamer, sleeper or Turiya? or its a different classification?

[@spiritualreactions]

Good question!! Hope someone can help us answer this question!

[@spiritualreactions]

My guess is in physical death you just return to pure consciousness...Turiya? Or is death just another state witnessed by experienced/witnessed by Turiya? Would love someone to help answer

[@HealRecover]

Mandukya Upanishad, seventh verse: Turīya is not that which is conscious of the internal (subjective) world, nor that which is conscious of the external (objective) world, nor that which is conscious of both, nor that which is a mass all sentiency, nor that which is simple consciousness, nor that which is insentient.

[@spiritualreactions]

I need to print this out somewhere! Thanks for sharing again

[@guten5645]

My father used to study when i was child and still remember how important to understand Hindu Text books where you can find a profound understanding about human Life.

[@spiritualreactions]

That’s a nice memory for you to have. 💜

[@guten5645]

I am studying medicine but i am Fond of learning Hindu Text books

[@guten5645]

@@spiritualreactions there is another teacher Swami muktanand you should watch him too

[@spiritualreactions]

@@guten5645 Ahh fantastic. Best of luck with all your studies!

[@champ360yt4]

No I guess he tried to say "Yes of course this is reality but the turium of reality is 'I' and I am the one who is the main character of every state". It is the "I" which is superior and anyone can do/achieve anything if he's focused or spiritually wants it badly, obviously with a good intention.

[@breather_neo1058]

In advaita vedanta the first part is to eliminate all the illusary things to find the reality, second part is to realize that even the illusary things doesnt have any existence apart from that reality, this completes the cycle of understanding the reality. Main principle to follow is to separate the subject from the object and then finally concluding that all object's were experienced by the subject hence there is no separate existance for these objects apart from the subject. Reality is neither easy nor difficult or in between of any, it is as it is, it reveals itself to whom it chooses, one can struggle with knowledge, bakthi, meditation, service to seek it but it reveals itself in the cave of one's heart. An enlightened person has reached absolute fearlessness becoz there is nothing apart from the real 'I' and hence an absolute bliss and peace.

[@spiritualreactions]

Wow thank you for the powerful comment and sorry it took me so long to reply. "... it reveals itself in the cave of one's heart" I love the way you put that. Thank you for sharing your message

[@breather_neo1058]

@@spiritualreactions thank you, i often quote ashtavakra gita so the credit should go to it.

[@narutoff08]

although this is the best explanation about consciousness I have come across, beyond some point its really difficult to articulate or understand it, as its non physical

[@spiritualreactions]

Yes, I think that's a good point you make! There is only so far our human brains can take us towards knowing

[@dipayanmukherjee5265]

You will easily find english translation of mandukya upanishad

[@spiritualreactions]

Thanks 😊

[@taposh.gaming]

in a word who am i? ans:full of consciousness possessing soul or spirit

[@spiritualreactions]

ahh so you would say consciousness has a soul/spirit rather than consciousness IS soul? Interesting

[@direwolf7491]

I have experienced deep sleep a few times like he said. You wake up and are confused whether it is day or night or where the hell you are even sleeping or which day it is even. It's kinda scary.

[@Shah6009]

THATS RAM SLEEP

[@spiritualreactions]

Yes, I can imagine that would be very confusing!

[@samreads]

Keep in mind folks, this two part lecture is precisely crunched into a 4 line poem. Ironically, the four line poem is not a watering down, but a MORE ACCURATE version of a 2 part lecture.

[@spiritualreactions]

Ohhh i like your comment. What an interesting way to look at it! Thanks for sharing

[@hirensarma600]

We are not body, we are not mind😌 we are atman (soul).

[@spiritualreactions]

Well put!

[@DivineTiger-wy1bz]

Mother, could there be a live session where we can exchange spiritual knowledge?

[@spiritualreactions]

This comment seems to have sparked a debate, which I enjoyed reading, so thank you. Hope we can all keep it kind here!

[@crusoerob8550]

The reason the swamy chose to explain this shloka of the mandukapnishad, is because he is speaking to Indian institute of technology, Kanpur, students, who are scholastically very intelligent students, selected through a difficult entrance exam.

[@spiritualreactions]

So he believed they would have the intelligence to understand it? I think it is a different kind of intelligence than academic intelligence though isn't it.

[@crusoerob8550]

@@spiritualreactions what makes you think that one is exclusive of the other?

[@ashishjadeja8944]

The compilation of these thoughts and studies happened around 700 to 800 bce in India which we know as Upanishads. the verbatim knowledge must have been passed way before that.. Adi Shankaracharya died at the age of 32 ,just imagine the grasp and the genius to have written commentary on Upanishads to break it down so people can understand Advaita Vedanta-Non Dualism

[@spiritualreactions]

It's amazing. It really does take genius to be able to explain these things in a way people can understand. I had not heard of Adi Shankaracharya before, so thank you for sharing 🙏 and sorry for my slow reply

[@avocadorable3695]

1.80k th subscriber

[@spiritualreactions]

I appreciate you - thanks! Love the avocado picture! 😀

[@avocadorable3695]

@@spiritualreactions do this reading live

[@pkalien2640]

If anyone listen this lecture without any idea on sanatana dharma, he/she will be definitely puzzled. There are so many things you have to go through that will blow your mind. Usually most of the hindus don’t go through their scriptures that much rather they lead their life following some cultural tradition. But despite so many cultural differences , all are bound to follow some core philosophy of sanatana dharma like believing in karma reincarnation and nirbana or freedom from the birth and death cycle. Last but not least, every one should follow dharma in any situation of life without even thinking the consequences. Every one have different role in different condition, like when you'r a leader,you dharma should be impartial, always taking decisions for the highest benefit of your followers. Similarly , when you'r a citizen, you should follow the dharma of a citizen. Spiritual gurus are there to guide you in this journey according to your dharma. I am not a devout practitioner of religion but i think this is all about hinduism in short. Regarding this lecture, though listened several times before, it worth listening many Times. Thanks.

[@spiritualreactions]

Thanks so much for your comment and sorry for my slow reply. I like what you say about everyone should follow dharma in any situation of life without thinking of the consequences. Very insightful 🙏

[@tatyasutar]

Who am I ? Aatma (soul) You feel it. Can't explain it, you have to feel it. Hindustan is a land of seeker. You ask anything you want, there is answer ! One more major difference between Hinduism and abrahamic religion is , belive in 'rebirth' . After death our soul leave body and find another one. Which body he will get is depends on his 'karma' he made. Hinduism believes after 8.4 million rebirth we got this human body. There for without westing our time we hav to make good things....

[@spiritualreactions]

Thanks for this comment, sorry for my slow reply. I do believe in rebirth too, so maybe that is part of why the Hindu teachings resonate with me so much. 8.4 million rebirths - wow!

[@shubsha4881]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@spiritualreactions]

👋

[@sg7359]

This knowledge is known as Brahman Vidya. Your life and belief could be entirely redefined by this knowledge. The way you think will change. There wouldn't be Depression. You wouldn't be disturbed too much by the suffering that you see around the world.

[@spiritualreactions]

That sounds a beautiful state to live in. I’ve not heard this term Brahman Vidya before. Thank you for sharing. I’m going to look it up!

[@dipayanmukherjee5265]

It's called brahma gyan , which means the knowledge of reality.

[@bmaji1]

​@@spiritualreactionsIt's actually Brahma Vidya. Brahma is a combination of 2 words - Brah or Bruh which comes from the word Bruhat or Large. And the second part Ma comes from the word Man which means Mind. So loosely translated it means Large Mind or Expanded Consciousness. So Brahma Vidya means Art or Knowledge of Expansion of Consciousness

[@kiranbahadurbasnet3124]

A good half of the effort of understanding what the Hindu philosophers were after and their subtleties make most of the great European philosophers look like school boys. T.S. Eliot (1888-1965), British-American - 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature

[@spiritualreactions]

Very true. Was it T.S. Eliot that said that?

[@kiranbahadurbasnet3124]

@@spiritualreactions Yes

[@srirampadmanabhan3648]

Vedanta is a science, the science of consciousness and it has nothing to do with religion or beliefs. The advaita darshana was authored into commentaries by Adi Shankara several centuries back. Just like Swami Sarvapriyananda shares his wisdom through the Ramakrhishna mission, there is also a Chinmaya mission which also shares this vedantic science as lectures available online . Nisaragadataa Maharaj commentaries, Ramana maharishi, commentaries on the Bhagawat Gita all echo this science of consciousness that points us to our eternal reality

[@spiritualreactions]

The science of consciousness; I love the way you put that and that you separate it from religion or beliefs! Thanks so much for sharing all this information. 👍👍

[@srirampadmanabhan3648]

@@spiritualreactions it's my Joy to share with another fellow seeker in this journey.

[@kunjukunjunil1481]

"It has nothing to do with Religion " ? 😆 what is the matter with these people ? It has everything to do with Hinduism .It's like saying bible has nothing to do with Christianity.

[@srirampadmanabhan3648]

@@kunjukunjunil1481 physics chemistry mathematics have no religion, similarly the upanishads, ashtavakra Gita, yoga vashishta are texts that discuss about the nature of the un perishable self. The authors of these texts were Hindus.

[@kunjukunjunil1481]

@@srirampadmanabhan3648 "physics chemistry mathematics have no religion" What does it even mean ? it's like saying "speed is not wet " my initial comment was regarding the de contextualizing of Hindu philosophy ,what do people think when they dissociate the two ? do they think "Hinduism " is not worthy of respect ?

[@gsrcreations108]

It means we are soul not body , not mind , not intellect, not ego. Soul is the true witness of all and true. And when soul leaves this body then we are dead. 🙏conciousness remains in body when soul remains in it. Soul gone conciousness gone and finally we are dead.😁

[@spiritualreactions]

Yes, well put. Thanks for your comment!

[@businessswot1003]

U get conscious u will leave ur family and try to experience something very big cosmic energy

[@spiritualreactions]

🙊

[@brizhnev]

Leave the family ?? What the crap you are talking about ??😂😂😂

[@db3561]

🤦‍♂😂 that's what he said, rather than leaving and abandoning everything in order to find that cosmic energy, then you'll never find it.. Instead, try to find that cosmic energy in you, in your surroundings, in the people around you, in the animals and plants, if you get what I mean, you will find that cosmic energy what you're talking about

[@spiritualreactions]

@RK Brishnev 🤣

[@spiritualreactions]

@Db yes! This 💯%!

[@ArunavaBid_India]

This is from Mandukya Upanisad.

[@spiritualreactions]

Hi! Yes, he covered that in the first part. Thanks for commenting 💜

[@ranjanchoudhury7656]

Namste Mam,Are you visited India?

[@spiritualreactions]

I haven't myself, but my Father has at least 2 or 3 times. I would love to do a video with him talking about his experiences if it would interest people. Where in India are you?

[@rationalbeing6797]

We are not the thoughts too, the thoughts are produced by the mind (an entiry that has experienced the world/information).

[@spiritualreactions]

Yes! For so many we are led to believe that are thoughts are who we are and that we are not separate from them!

[@rationalbeing6797]

@@spiritualreactions yes and this thought process led to many aspects of divisions / discrimination etc etc etc. This will continue to exist with a tapering reduction, but won't disappear. Realization is the only way out.

[@unpluggedalphaa]

Samskaras are just like a food that is stuck to the utensils. These samskaras can be positive or negative and all these samskaras are stored in chitta(Storage). This is why we see some children truly evil from an early age and some prodigies from an early age. This is the work of Samskaras. Finally chitta shuddi (Full cleanse of chitta without any remains) makes you close to moksha(Liberation). Chitta stores karma from many births. So if can burn down this birth's karma you can make karma from previous birth to pop up. This is why we see some times things happen out of blue and we cannot think of a rational explanation for that. To do this you have to do Astanga yoga. If you practice Apari grahaha (Non-possession) from physical to even thoughts, you can experience your past karma. This literally means not taking anything from the Prapancha(world) and burning your present karma so that you can bring other karma. You can see yogis doing this. Yogis attain special abilities to do this simultaneously from human body. Yogis introduce some part of thier consciousness to other forms like a cat or frog to burn thier karma if existed. All they want to do it to bring karma to 0.

[@spiritualreactions]

Wow, this is so interesting. Think I need to read your comment several times as there is a lot to understand there. "If you practice Apari grahaha (Non-possession) from physical to even thoughts, you can experience your past karma." Could this past karma be good or bad? Is this something we always want to do? I still don't think I fully understand the concept of Karma

[@TheContrariann]

‼🛑 Please Read Books by Rajiv Malhotra like "Being Different", "Indra's Net", "Sanskrit Non-Translables", etc. Very important Books!

[@spiritualreactions]

Wow, thank you. I've not heard any of these mentioned before, so great suggestions!

[@TheContrariann]

@@spiritualreactions Yes, Please read these 3 books by Rajiv Malhotra, before you read anything on India or Sanatan Hindu Civilisation! Because behind every 1 authentic true book there are 50 different distorted books by countless foreign authors who have been trying the Subversion of Sanatan Hindu Civilisation, since British times. From Audrey Trushke, to Sheldon Pollock, Wendy Doniger, Arundhati Roy, etc To Max Mueller, to Adolf Hitler - who stole the Swastika, and called himself Aryan, also tried to Distort and Discredit the True Sanatan (Hindu) Civilisation of the Great Land of Aryavarta Bharatvarsha! (Aryavarta Bharatvarsha - the land who has Himalayas as the roof and oceans 🌊 on all three sides of it) Among the very few who can be trusted are - Rajiv Malhotra, Koenraad Elst, Francois Gautier, David Frawley, etc.. However the 3 books 📚 I mentioned above of Rajiv Malhotra are AWESOME 👏 and MUST READ!!! You can add Battle for Sanskrit as his 4th in the list I shared above!

[@anuragrawat8909]

I just woke up from a dreamers world. Which was very scary but i do know that it wasn't real but still it affects us and scares us.

[@spiritualreactions]

It can have that effect, you're right. What scared you, do you remember?

[@anuragrawat8909]

@@spiritualreactions it was like someone (scary person) was passing nearby the backdoor of my house. The gate was open and i closed it and at the same moment that person noticed me and started walking toward me slowly. I tried to lock it but i saw that there was no lock at all and then i panicked i am just holding the gate so that person won't enter. He is also pushing it from his side to enter and i am thinking whether to run or to fight him.. I was asleep but still i knew it was a dream and i forced myself to wake up. I have this habit of creating simulations for every situation be it a task in my work life or any important/difficult conversation and other things. And i like to be prepared for the worst outcomes. According to me my dream signifies that i didn't have the lock on my gate It was my mistake as i didn't check it earlier and fixed it. And i got into such a scary situation because of such a silly mistake..

[@spiritualreactions]

Wow, I can see why that dream would have been scary. Well, my Mum always told me if you tell someone your dream it's less likely to come back. Like you have got it out of your system. So hopefully now you've told me the dream won't reoccur. But I like the way you found meaning or a lesson within it!

[@NefariousByte]

Albert Einstein : Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

[@spiritualreactions]

Sounds like Einstein understood these things!

[@NaveenHJ]

Turia state is called "Dhanya or Meditation".

[@sujalanand629]

no you should listen it once more apna gyaan bhar nikal ke khali dimag se tbb samaj aaye ga what he talking about

[@spiritualreactions]

I definitely didn't take from this that Turia is a state of mediation if that is what you mean 🤔

[@NaveenHJ]

@@spiritualreactions Turia is deep state of Meditation.

[@newlyrics3854]

Imagine all this was written in a 4000+ year old book, just imagine that!

[@spiritualreactions]

Hard to get your head around!!

[@newlyrics3854]

@@spiritualreactions hope you'll consider my request and do some reactions on acharya prashant videos.

[@spiritualreactions]

thank you, yes definitely. He has been suggested a few times. I tried to do one once but got interrupted. I thought it was great though