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Atma Bodha Slokas 5-9


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Svayam Prakash - self illuminating


knower - known - process of knowing: 3 aspects

Consciousness is all three.

"like Sun" 


Examples:

soapnut powder & dirt; world &dream; mother of pearl & silver; Bubbles in water; gold & ornaments


kirti-kanchana-kamini - three desires which bind us.


Example of kataka-nut: use a thorn to remove the thorn - throw them both away.


Tiger in the dream also goes away.


Why do people react the way they do when they have a bad dream and carry forward it to their waking state?


- Identity, vasanas, ignorance,


Vasanas of the waking world projects the dream. In dream we don't create more samskaras or vasanas.


Three examples from Mundakopanishad:

Spider (material & efficient), earth (one, many), nails (sentient creating non-sentient)


Do dreams convey something important?


Do we see the differences from our vantage point today?


Empathy will have powerfulness when we understand 'advaita' - not two;


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