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 Dinesh
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Indeed, the first strophe of the Mandukya proclaims the mystery and grandeur of OM: the syllable “is the Whole.” Now, this Whole, which is the brahman, which is the atman, has four quarters (pada, “foot”: “like the four feet of the cow,” Sankara annotates): four elements can likewise be distinguished in the mystical syllable: the letters A, U, M, and the final synthesis, the sound OM. This fourfold division opens the way to a daring homology; the four states of consciousness are related to the four “quarters” of the atman-brahman, the four elements of OM, and if Sankara’s commentary is included, with the four yugas. “What is in the commentary is included, with the four yugas. “What is in the walking state, cognitive outwardly. . . is the first quarter, called ‘vaisvanara’ if the sound A. “What is the dream state, cognitive inwardly. . . is the second quarter, called ‘taijasa” (that which shined); this represents the sound U. “When one is asleep, and desires no desire, and sees no death, this is deep sleep [susupta]: what is in the state of deep sleep. . . is the third quarter called ‘prajna’ (he who snows); and prajna is the third sound M. “The fourth state is held to be that which is cognitive neither outwardly nor inwardly, nor the two together, not is undifferentiated cognition, for knowing, nor unknowing; which is invisible, ineffable, intangible, identifiable, inconceivable, nor designable, whose essene is the experience of its own Self [ekatmapratyayasaram], which is beyond diversity, which is tranquil, benign, without a second. This is the Self, which is to be known”. “And the fourth state . . . is the syllable OM” ~ Page 124

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 Dinesh
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In ‘Mandikya Upanisad’ the sound-values of OM and their symbolic interpretation are described in the following manner: ‘O’ is combination of “A” and ‘U’; the whole syllable, therefore consists of three elements namely A-U-M. Since OM is the expression of the biggest faculty of consciousness, these three elements are explained accordingly as three planes of consciousness: ‘A’ as the waking consciousness (jagrat), ‘U’ as the dream-consciousness (Svapna) and ‘M’ as the consciousness during deep sleep (susupti). OM as a whole represents all -encompassing cosmic consciousness (turiya) on the fourth plane, beyond words and concepts – the consciousness of the fourth dimension.

The expression ‘waking consciousness’, ‘dream-consciousness’ and ‘deep-sleep consciousness’ should however not be taken literally, but as 1. The subjective consciousness of the external world, i.e., our ordinary consciousness; 2. The consciousness of our inner world, i.e., the world of thoughts, feelings, desires and aspirations, which we may also call our spiritual consciousness; and 3. The consciousness of undifferentiated unity, which is no more split into subject and object and rests completely in itself. In Buddhism it is described as the state of unqualified emptiness (sunyata) ~ Page 23

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