[Advaita-l] Question on consciousness

[Kuntimaddi Sadananda]

Karthik - PraNAms
The scripture is the pramaana for this. It says prajnaanam brahma - consciousness is infinite. In the infinite, there cannot be any parts, by definition. 
>From my understanding, the scripture is using a converse statement - indicating, in essence, it is necessary and sufficient criteria, implying that consciousness anywhere (using this word for explanation)  is infinite - essentially a swaruupa lakshnam of Brahman.  Shankara says - satyam jnaanm and anantam are swaruupa lakshanas - explanation - anantatvaat. 
Hope this helps.
Hari Om!Sadananda

 

    On Thursday, December 17, 2020, 06:57:41 PM EST, Kartik Vashishta via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:  
 
 OM
OM NAMAH SIVANANDAYA

Revered Self,

Sadar Pranam,

I am in doubt about consciousness.....

How is consciousness universal and the ONLY thing?

I can understand that every table/chair/river/mountain is consciousness in
its essence, I am however not able to logically believe that it is all the
same "universal"(for lack of a better word) consciousness.

My question is, how do we conclude that everything is ONE consciousness(in
its essence)? I am tending to think of every entity having it's
LOCALIZED(IT'S OWN) consciousness.....

I apologize for making demands on your time. Please respond if not
inconvenient to you.

Pranam,

OM
Kartik Vashishta
OM
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