Awareness

Ignorance is the lack of the divine ability to see the supramental Truth; it is the part of our consciousness that does not perceive, as opposed to the part that sees and knows the truth.

You have been born in this world as a human being to worship God, so try to cultivate love for his divine presence.

Has this been heard by you, O Partha, with a focused mind? Has the confusion born of your ignorance been destroyed, O Dhananjaya?

That which is night for all beings — in that, the one of self-restraint is awake. That in which all beings are awake — that is night for the seeing sage.

The primary goal of life is to attain a conscious awareness of our unity with God.

This very Awareness (Prajñāna) is Brahman; it is Indra, it is Prajāpati, it is all the gods; it is the five great elements — earth, wind, space, water, light — and these along with the minute and the composite; it is all that is born from eggs, from wombs, from sweat, from sprouts; horses, cows, humans, elephants — whatever breathes, whatever moves, whatever flies, whatever stands still — all this is guided by awareness, established in awareness. The world is led by awareness; awareness is the ground; Prajñāna is Brahman.

That by which the vital breath does not breathe, but by which the breath itself is directed — know that alone as Brahman, not this which people worship here.

That which the ear cannot hear, but by which this ear is heard — know that alone as Brahman, not this which people worship here.

That which the eye cannot see, but by which the eye itself sees — know that alone as Brahman, not this which people worship here.

By whose will does the mind go forth? By whose command does the vital breath move first? By whose impulsion do people utter speech? What divine power directs the eye and the ear?

Where the sleeping one desires no desire whatsoever and sees no dream whatsoever — that is deep sleep. The third quarter is Prajna, who in the state of deep sleep has become unified, who is a dense mass of consciousness, who is filled with bliss, who experiences bliss, and whose face is pure consciousness.

The second quarter is Taijasa, whose sphere is the dream state, whose consciousness is directed inward, who has seven limbs and nineteen mouths, and who experiences subtle objects.

The first quarter is Vaishvanara, whose sphere is the waking state, whose consciousness is directed outward, who has seven limbs and nineteen mouths, and who experiences gross objects.

Knowledge, the object of knowledge, and the knower — these three impel action. The instrument, the action itself, and the doer — these three constitute the complete basis of action.

The psychic personality within us blossoms as the saint, the sage, or the seer. When it reaches its full potential, it directs the being toward self-awareness and the divine, toward the highest truth, goodness, beauty, love, and bliss, and the divine expanses, opening us to the experience of spiritual sympathy, universality, and oneness.

Your true nature is pure existence, consciousness, and bliss. The physical body is just an illusion.

Guru is the gateway to transcendental Truth-Consciousness.

This very heart — it is mind. Sense-consciousness, command-knowing, comprehension, wisdom-intelligence, insight, resolve, memory, cognition, purpose, life-force, will, desire, control — all these are but different names for Prajñāna, pure awareness.

What is this Ātman that we seek to understand? Which of these is the Ātman — by which one sees, by which one hears, by which one smells fragrances, by which one articulates speech, by which one discerns the pleasant and the unpleasant?

That by which one sees both the dreaming state and the waking state — knowing the great, all-pervading Self, the wise person does not grieve.