One knows nothing about the deep sleep except the recollection
of its repose on waking. And on waking one becomes aware the dream is
unreal. The reason for this is the
apparent absence of continuity of events between two or more dream and absence
of corroboration about the dream on waking.
It is erroneous to view and judge the three states on the standpoint of
the waking entity. When the inquiry and reasoning reveals the fact that,
the physical body is not the self, then it is clear that one which is without the
body [formless] is the knower of the three states, which come and go.
Therefore, it is erroneous to view and judge the three states on the standpoint
of waking entity or ego. Thus there is a need to become aware of the formless
witness of these three states.
Even the dream is self-contained and it has perfect inner logic
and sequence. During the dream experience the dream entity and the dream world
are reality, within the dream. But the
dream is unreal. Similarly, the waking entity, and the waking world, is reality
within the waking, but the waking is unreal on the standpoint of the true self
(consciousness).
However, if one analiyze deeply one becomes aware every state is
self-contained; it has perfect inner logic and sequence. During the subsistence of the dream there is
no doubt about its reality. Thus one can easily conclude that each state has
its own illusion which can be got over only if one wakes up from that
particular illusory state into another.
Just as the dream appears unreal to the one who is awake, so too would
waking itself be if one awakes from it to the nondual natural state. Natural state is ‘I’-less [duality less]
state in which the mind stays merged in the consciousness the true self. It is only when one traverses beyond the mind
[‘I’/waking] through inquiry and reasoning on the true base that it is possible
to negate the whole waking experience.
Then one is in the state of awaken sleep, a state which combines the
conscious of the waking experience with the repose of the deep sleep. In this
state of awaken sleep one is fully aware of the fact the waking experience also
as real as dream.
The observation of the three states will depend upon the medium through
which the observer views it. In fact, one’s mental and intellectual conditions
will determine the dual and nondual experiences observed and experienced. The religionists viewing the three states
will see it differently from the Gnani viewing the same three
states. Each one interprets the three
states that he observes in term of his existing knowledge.
The man of truth sees
consciousness in everything and everywhere. Because he is fully aware of the
fact that, the consciousness pervades in everything and everywhere in all the
three states, therefore he has the firm conviction that everything is
consciousness and no second thing exists
other than the consciousness in experience of diversity. Then only unity in
diversity is possible. Thus three state analyses are the one of the steps in
pursuit of truth.
Just as a dream appears “unreal” when waking takes place, the
waking becomes unreal when the wisdom dawns.
