Glory of OM: A Journey to Self-Realization: A Modern Commentary on Mandukya Upanishad by Banani Ray

Author:Banani Ray [Ray, Banani]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Inner Light Publishers
Published: 2014-10-03T18:30:00+00:00

Why Does Deep Sleep Fail to Enlighten Us?

In deep sleep, we merge with our essence of pure bliss and luminosity. But when we wake up, again the form of our present bodily existence floats up in the space of our consciousness and we readily identify with that.

This happens due to our basic ignorance about our true nature, which is formless consciousness. Ignorance makes us think that we are limited by a physical boundary, and hence we have a form. The root of this ignorance exists beyond the sheath of our intellect. Hence no amount of intellectual understanding or argument can remove this basic ignorance. Only direct perception of truth is able to remove this ignorance.

In deep sleep we merge with the ground consciousness of our being. But the problem is: We move in to deep sleep with the veil of unawareness. A veil of unawareness or ignorance remains with us which do not allow us to continue experiencing our Self-essence of bliss when we wake up. Even during the deep sleep, we do not consciously enjoy our Self-nature of peacefulness. This is because, in order to move in to sleep, first we need to drift to the domain of the unconscious, where the root of the ignorance resides. And when we move from dream to deep sleep, we carry the vestige of ignorance with us. This is the reason why sleep can’t not make us enlightened, though during deep sleep we unknowingly visit the same realm of love and light.

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