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Subtle parts of our being
Consciousness is a fine layer within space, expanding and contracting like the universe itself. Awareness is the highest quality of intellect, ever-awake and alert. This awareness receives impressions from the senses, which the mind records. These impressions move through three levels: conscious, subconscious, and unconscious. The subconscious stores desires and memories, which can surface as dreams or psychological disturbances. The world experienced is like a dream. The subtle aspects of being—consciousness, awareness, intellect, emotion, mind, and desires—constitute a second, non-physical self that suffers. Latent impressions and karma are stored within one's own phenomenon, carried like a backpack. Through yoga and meditation, one can clean these inner layers by bringing unconscious material to light. The intellect requires pure training to develop discernment. Self-inquiry reveals that the sense of "I" attached to the body and mind is not the true self. Human life is unique and should be used for spiritual progress, causing no harm.
"Time does not exist at all. Time is our imagination, that’s all."
"Ānandamaya kośa is not that bliss... It is our karma, our vāsanā."
Filming location: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
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The text contains hyperlinks in bold to three authoritative books on yoga, written by humans, to clarify the context of the lecture:
- Yoga in Daily Life - The System
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2000. ISBN 978-3-85052-000-3 - The Hidden Power in Humans - Chakras and Kundalini
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2004. ISBN 978-3-85052-197-0 - Lila Amrit - The Divine Life of Sri Mahaprabhuji
Paramhans Swami Madhavananda. Int. Sri Deep Madhavananda Ashram Fellowship, Vienna, 1998. ISBN 3-85052-104-4
