[Advaita-l] Question on consciousness

[Anil Aggarwal]

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> On Dec 17, 2020, at 6:19 PM, Kuntimaddi Sadananda via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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> 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
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>    On Thursday, December 17, 2020, 06:57:41 PM EST, Kartik Vashishta via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:  
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> 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.
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> Pranam,
> 
> OM
> Kartik Vashishta
> OM
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