[Advaita-l] 2 questions

[H S Chandramouli]

Umesh,

Reg  << 1. How am I different from my body and senses experientially? >>,

I am not sure what type of answers you are looking for. The following could
be one.

When I am awake, clearly I am identifying myself with the body and senses
all the time. All the experiences are for this combination. When I am
asleep, I am still having experience, but not as associated with the body
and senses I had identified with while I was awake. It is with different
bodies and senses. If “ I “ can have experiences with different sets of
bodies and senses at different times, is it not clear that “ I “ am not any
one of those sets of bodies and senses, but something different ?? No
doubt, body and senses are needed for any experience “ I “ can have, but
that does not mean that I am not different from them. Experience is for the
combination of “ I “ and body/senses together.

Is this the type of answer you are looking for. If yes, the other question
could be attempted.

Regards

On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 9:20 AM Umesh via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> I have two fundamental questions -
>
> 1. How am I different from my body and senses experientially?
> 2. How do I know my consciousness is the same as universal consciousness?
>
> Can the learned members enlighten me without quoting any scriptures or
> persons?
>
> I have read many books on Advaita. But trying to figure out with
> myself.But could not.
>
> Regards,
>
> Sent from my iPad
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