The three states

[Chandran, Nanda (NBC)]

>If the criterion for "importance" is an absence of maya than sushupti is
>more important because there is less experience of maya than in other
>states.

You express it clearly!

> However there is a lack of awareness in deep sleep so if _that_ is the
>criterion than it is the least important state.

But doesn't the lack of awareness signify the underlying, subtle soul
within, which we're not in contact with?

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