Consciousness during coma,death

[Venkatraman.Chandrasekaran at NOKIA.COM]

Dear Kiran,
   Don't you feel a void during deep-sleep? It's a good
feeling upon waking up.. But that wouldn't in the least
compare with the realisation-state that is described in
scriptures.

   Regards,
   chandrasekaran.

-----Original Message-----
From: ext Kiran B R [mailto:kiranbr at ROCKETMAIL.COM]
Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 2:49 AM
To: ADVAITA-L at LISTS.ADVAITA-VEDANTA.ORG
Subject: Re: Consciousness during coma,death


Dear Chandra,

> > 1. Why even when there is utter inner silence
> during
> > deep-sleep
> > or coma, the Self doesn't become effulgent as it
> > would upon
> > the Realisation. As there is nothing to veil it or
> > taint it
> > as during waking state or dreamy-sleep, it should
> > become
> > self-effulgent even in a naastikaa, right? What is
> > obstructing
> > the revelation here ?

How do we know for sure that Revelation is really
being obstructed? How do we know that that itself is
not the Realized state? Is it only because after
coming back to the normal (waking) state the person
reverts to his ajnAna?

Dhanyavaad
Kiran

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