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ciple that transcends the five sheaths: the food sheath, the sheath of the vital life force, the mental sheath, intellectual sheath, and the fifth sheath, which is called, for soul reasons, the bliss sheath. You are that which is the unchanging, ever silent, witnessing consciousness of the ever-recurring, three states which in each 24 hours each one of you is experiencing. You are experiencing the vedantic truth every day, in each cycle of 24 hours, but you are not trying to grasp its implications. You are not recognizing its meaning, otherwise all of you would become jnanis. Aan traiðn stareera raksha panciakoshatita avasthattrait sakshi kevala shuddha chaitanya swaroopa.
You are atman. That is a great declaration and, therefore, once this truth is gradually cognized, reflected upon, meditated upon deeply, and even during your day, as you wake up in the morning, brush your teeth, take your shower, shave yourself, have your coffee or tea or breakfast, and go down to your work in the busy market place, and when you are having your social talks with other people and in the club, in the playground, whatever it is, even when you watch TV hold onto this truth. There should be a steady, unbroken current of self awareness always, always, always, whether you are alone or in a crowd of a thousand people, whether you are resting or in the middle of activities, whether you are at home, whether you are in the midst of a busy marketplace. At all times, you are what you are, that can never change. Therefore, hold onto this reality in all circumstances, in all situations, in all places and conditions, in all times! "I am the consciousness, bliss, chidananda." This is the great truth. This truth is ever there within you, ever full of bliss, full of the state of chidananda.
That state of pure consciousness and state of awareness of your being and consciousness is so much above and beyond all these lower states of consciousness, in which dimension alone you go through all the experiences of this earthly plane. This higher state of consciousness is beyond the reach of all the entire range of experiences, physical, mental and psychological, of that plane. Therefore, none of these experiences can dare enter into that realm, they cannot penetrate there, they have no access there. So, that plane of absolute peace and bliss is existence, consciousness. It is being, awareness, bliss, satchidananda.
It is there at the very center of your being. It is there in your own self. Therefore, the great master, our beloved and wor
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