[Advaita-l] The Foundations of Adhyāsa - 8 (The Three States)

[S Jayanarayanan]

H S Chandramouli hschandramouli at gmail.com wrote:
 
> Namaste Sri Kartik Ji,
> 
> Reg  << I thought the answer was there above: The SELF or the ATMAN rests
> in the Turiya.>>,
> 
> Ok. By “SELF or the ATMAN “, reference is to the Individual Self. And by “THE
> INFINITE SELF “ reference is to Turiya/Brahman. I hope I have got it
> correct this time.
> 
> But then we have these two observations
> 
> << In the waking state, the dream state has already been renounced!
> Similarly, in the deep sleep state, both the waking and dream states have
> been renounced.
> The "problem", if you will, is that the same state that was once renounced
> is being
> accepted again (or re-entered into), soon thereafter! >>
> 
> << Thus in the Turiya state, ONLY THE INFINITE SELF EXISTS - there is
> literally nothing else.
> There is no "entering in and out of" any of the Three States. In fact, the
> Three States
> cease to exist when one realizes the Turiya state.>>,
> 
> Does it mean that after “one realizes the Turiya state “, there is no
> "entering in and out of" any of the Three States for him ? Permanently ? Is
> he not aware of his body or the world at all ?
 
Yes. That's the short answer.
 
This is the Paramartha Satya as in the famous Upanishadic statement:
 
  "neha nAnAsti kiMchana ."
 
  "There is not the slightest duality here whatsoever."
 
Regards,
Kartik