Mandukya Upanishad : ( 04/03/2013. )

Monday, June 15, 2020. Section - 3. The Universal Vaisvanara-10. #So, this waking consciousness, Jagaritasthana, which is externally conscious, Bahihprajna, is cosmically Saptanga, seven-limbed, and individually Eka Vimsati Mukha, nineteen-mouthed, and it is Sthula bhug in both ways, individually and cosmically. While in the case of the Virat it is only an awareness of the physical cosmos, in the case of the Jiva it is a desire for the physical objects of the cosmos.  ##This is one distinction. While in the case of the Virat the whole universe is comprehended in its consciousness, the Jiva cannot comprehend the whole universe in its consciousness. It is related only to certain things of the world. While there are no likes and dislikes for the Virat, inasmuch as everything is comprehended within its consciousness, there are likes and dislikes for the Jiva because the consciousness of the Jiva is particularised.  ###We have no universal desire in us. There is no desire in us tha...

==================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, June 05, 2020. Section - 3. The Universal Vaisvanara-9. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. While the consciousness in terms of the totality of all the physical bodies, inclusive of all animate and inanimate things, may be regarded as the Vaisvanara, or the Virat, the very same consciousness animating a particular body in the waking consciousness is called Visva. The Visva is the Atman enlivening the physical body; Vaisvanara is the Atman reigning supreme in the physical cosmos. This is the twofold waking life, individual and the Cosmic; – Jagnritasthana. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Now, we consider the meaning of Bahihprajna : outwardly conscious.  While both the Jiva and Isvara may be regarded as outwardly consc...