Brahman is all, and the Self is Brahman. This Self has four states of consciousness. 3 The first is called Vaishvanara, in which One lives with all the senses turned outward, Aware only of the external world. 4 Taijasa is the name of the second, The dreaming state in which, with the senses Turned inward, one enacts the impressions Of past deeds and present desires. 5 The third state is called Prajna, of deep sleep, In which one neither dreams nor desires. There is no mind in Prajna, there is no Separateness; but the sleeper is not Conscious of this. Let him become conscious In Prajna and
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