Consciousness beautifully explained in 200 sec | Swami Sarvapriyananda at IIT Kanpur
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Consciousness and the Mind-body problem appears as one of the most difficult theories in philosophy. But Swami Sarvapriyananda makes it so simple, anyone can relate and interpret from this.
Have a look at this beautiful piece of work done at IIT Kanpur, 5 years back.
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I have searched for these 200 seconds my whole 54 years ( and its my birthday) thank you so much you have showed me how to free me
@A K very well said sir, quantum physics is nothing but Advaita Vedanta..
And the last quote is absolutely Truth, that lot of people misunderstood that we have souls as separate..we are the souls and part of consciousness itself..
@A K the only thing that never changes is the fact that everything changes
Happy birthday !👍
It only took me 65 years🤠
Ahmma slo Lerner 🥴
A K Please don’t keep try to dilute the essence of our Vedic scriptures by your own ideology.
@@Torq123 many many people will do exactly that; spin dogmas and spout their own interpretations of any scripture they read. Sadly, it has corrupted every religion to some degree
Someone once told me that consciousness created the universe in order to experience itself
What a thought ! Amazing..
Not saying you are wrong or that I am right but Nothing is created. God or Source etc... exists naturally, without thought. As this Being exists and moves it naturally sweats out EVERYTHING and EVERYONE without thinking of doing it at all. God without trying just sheds universes and beings from His True body. God is not building life nor operating a mechanism to create things, He is just living a normal life and doing normal things and we are here because there is nothing else to do but exist.
Bill Hicks?
Allah have created this world and human beings to worship him. Same thing in a different language. Not trying to bring in religion here though.
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What a perfectly clear explanation of consciousness mind and body. I've struggled with CH 9 of the Bhagavad Gita, Verse 4 for years. This captures it succinctly in such an easy to understand way. Bowing to Swami with deepest gratitude
You should watch Ashtavakra Gita in English by Sandeep Maheshwari. It's really beneficial.
@@azmeen4 Swami Sarvapriyananda also offers the Ashtavakra Gita in English and teaches at Sanghas on the subject.
Wish we had teachers like him in our schools. This 3 minutes video is way more valuable than we spend 30 months in a school.
Lol! Consciousness is shit xD
@A K very nice comment thanks. God is love and love is god. Without god we are no one. God bless you. U have such a ossm knowledge.
The education system shall be streamlined in this direction. Well said👍
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I think brain captures consciousness like eye catches light.
That's how I've always seen it. My buddy and I used to joke that your body is like a tv and consciousness is the signal that a tv can pick up on. Drugs are like messing with the settings on the TV lol
Do you think matter happens the way it is now without concsiousness (which you stated)?
I dont know
Eye catches light but it is brain only that process it. I think, Brain can create consciousness rather than catching it from some outer source.
@@DeepakChauhan-gb3tf
Physiology itself says brain cannot contain mind and concsiousness is something else...
Why do you think life happened from dust?
Best description of consciousness by Swamiji. Thank you.
tell me what you understood as consciousness. I am really asking to understand since everyone says this is a clear explanation
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@@sred5856 I am a novice too , therefore , I am unable to explain consciousness to anyone, including myself!
I have spent countless hours after a bereavement to understand or at least attempt to understand consciousness etc. Having heard and read a lot of confusing and complicated explanations, I have found that THIS is the best explanation for me. You may not necessarily agree, 5 years ago I was the same but did not give up my pursuit. I am now convinced that I have chosen the right “ocean”. It is now a matter of diving deep - to my ability and satisfaction. I am sure that I may not find the bottom but would certainly see some fascinating things on the way. You may find a different one that appeals to you - the same truth rephrased in different words or the same words at a different time could make more sense. AK below has done a meaningful interpretation. Understanding Consciousness and Quantum physics keeps us on our toes, the moment we REALLY understand them - they have lost their charm, but we cannot give up the chase. They possibly mean the same. Sorry if I have confused you.Tat Tvam Asi.
Very stupid at the end... Light can be known without looking at a reflection of it. It can be known by looking at it. For example when you look at sun you are not looking at reflection of sun light you are looking at sun light. I would say being aware that someone else has consciousness is like being aware of reflection of consciousness (sun light) and being aware of being aware is like looking at consciousness (sun light) Maybe consciousness has source like sun light has source (sun) I would say source of consciousness is Love and Love has no source and everything is Love and everything comes form Love. Love is the only truth everything else is illusion. Love is mystery, everything is mystery. Maybe consciousness does not have source maybe consciousness is Love and what we call consciousness is only part of that Love as free will is part of consciousness. There is no free will without consciousness there is no consciousness without love. All those... free will, consciousness, love are one. Water is wet. Love is consciousness, consciousness is free will.
@@tombraider1970 even then light hits your retinaelse you will not seeit pl avoid the word stupidby the by
Ill be enlightened before i learn to spell consciousness without predicting text
LOL.
CONsciousness.
Hahahhahahaha
Thank you for mit feeling like the dumbest idiot. XD
Lol 😂😂😂
His simplistic explanation of consciousness makes it easy to understand! This is how it works! Well done! Thank you!
When consciousness leaves the body it experiences the dimension it enters. Anyone who has had the experience of their consciousness without the body knows this to be true. It's just that what is experienced is not like any human experience. It's infinitely better.
But, consciousness is not a part of the body. I thought that was what he said anyway.
Is Consciousness collecting all the karma? What is consciousness telling the body? Is every human body fed the same energy(Consciousness) and each body differentiates that energy based on their body?
Does Consciousness direct me to do anything or like the activities I do? Does one has to follow yama niyama to perceive the consciusness?
Is a human being consciousness or body or mind? When consciousness experience itself without the body and mind what does it see? Consciousness sees itself as what? Does consciousness have a physical body?
@@ikwartin be patient sir 🙏🏻 everyday we get a step closer to the answer
@@arsh0189 y’all lame ash if y’all don’t got the answer to the shit then stop the click bait
Thankfully Science is finally beginning to catch up with the conscious field notion etc...great discourse! Blessings Prabhu! ✨🙏🏼✨
Nicky Dana No. Science will always be a fragmentation.. IMo
... not necessarily so, Alexander. True and pure science is an all encompassing, open ended affair and endeavour. Not at all, the greedy business and conglomeration that we are witness to in the world, now-daze. It must 1st be, respectfully spiritual in approach, and functionally, alchemical; beginning with the self, in conjunction with the soil that provides for all of our physical requirements...
Consciousness is
1. Apart from body and mind.
2. Pervades and illumines body and mind.
3. Not limited by body and mind.
4. Known by the functioning of body and mind.
5. Without the functioning of body and mind, consciousness still exists but cannot be known.
Best and most simple explanation I have ever found straight to the point must watch!
I will say the same, I guess it was because of the visual aids and diagram he used
What I am aware of, is that I am unaware of all the healings which start when I am injured...UNLESS I can see or feel the damage. So I, my self-aware consciousness, will know nothing of such happenings and so my body, heals itself without MY conscious knowledge. Programmed to do so, But NOT by me. Not by MY self-consciousness. These things happen daily inside me, on my back, in many unseen bodily places. This "subconscious" activity indicates a "duality", WITHIN this being called "me". "I", have no knowledge of what's going on and how to repair. So "I" reason, "I", am not the body, But AM, a part of it. Thoughts, I see as not solid, not physical. When my physical body sleeps, I am still "alive", But conscious in another realm, still "me", But in a different dimension. No pain, but all the emotions. I learn there. Talk with people, just like here. Am I out of body, elsewhere, because I often remember having to leave "there", to return "here"? That's when I awake. This must happen to all humans and maybe animals also. We don't know all that surrounds us. What our senses allow us, through sight, sound, touch, is so little of what is being discovered. Even with added technologies, we only recognise about 0.5% of light, sound and touch. So let no man say "he knows", because even the knowledge of it will need much learning before understanding is gained. Be humble with each other.
Collin Wadham very well explained.. but there’s a way of how exactly whatever you said works.. like going more inside of it, like the machinery or programation
Thank you. I am working on renewing my mind through dwelling on Jesus's teachings, as he is coaching and redirecting me on the right paths. I know for sure God the almighty is taking care of it all.
Healing: Although God doesn't give us diseases, he will allow us use the circumstances to grow or find answers to our prayers... however, as we focus on our well-being, the God who created us with over three thrillions of cells will take care of any distractions to our health. May be not our way, but the way that's best for us.
God blesd!
Spiro,
Thanks for expressing the level of your knowing in your own reply. God bless.
His example of the Light and Palm to explain Consciousness is simply marvelous. I've watched numerous video talking about Consciousness but find it difficult to grasp the idea.
It seems wonderful because it is foolish. After all, where is the proof that consciousness is like light? You believed because you didn't have to think... so, without any effort, you were like before: YOU KNOW NOTHING about consciousness!
One of the most beautiful explanation
Life ...what a miracle filled with wonders!
This is one of the best teaching on consciousness. I'm thankful I came across this video. Thank you.
Wonderful Swamiji ! Thank you for imparting your super knowledge of Valuable Indian scriptures with so much clarity and simplicity..
Oh beautifully explained. Pronam Maharajji
My prostrations to Swami Ji for explaining about a complex topic like Consciousness so simply using a very nice example. Hats off to Swami Sarvapriyananda.
yes, clarity comes from attention ! beautiful ***
Thanks a lot Swamiji for the excellent explanation which is definitely needed in these days of modern science which gives a lot of room for confusions confounded. We are thankful to you., Swamiji.
Swamiji. It is an excellent attempt to describe the Consciousness. Thank you Swamiji.
What a superb explanation, I have tried many times to explain this to friends who think I am just a mad Buddhist. Namaste
I cannot like this video enough .... Infinite likes .. much move today ! ❤️❤️
So, a logical statement would be " You and I are God experiencing itself. "
I agree, but I would kindly and respectfully like to submit that you missed the personal quotient, which we, IMO, couldn't rightly claim for ourselves if it were not also a divine reality, thus modifying your statement to say, "You and I are God experiencing self". IMO, "it" would be essentially (spiritually) "other", but there is no "essential other". An essential "other" would be a false categorization or illusion. This is where the "rift" or "fall" occurs, in my understanding, and is why man is and has been at war with "self", externally and internally, since the beginning. The belief that the "other" is not essentially the same as self. This is why Jesus said "Love your neighbor as your self" and "do to others as you would want them to do to you". On a natural level, it would be counterproductive, but spiritually, it's in perfect harmony with the reality.
@@rembeadgc very nice. But i would also point out that Jesus said deny yourself as well. I take that to mean the part of self we call ego. Which to me is an illusion born of fear.
@@StephenS-2024 I agree.
experiencing, learning, becoming/creating
@@Real_Lion_of_Judah 'zackly.
When one says that consciousness is part of the body he is living in a limited state of consciousness.
Consciousness is our soul. Consciousness comes from God. "We are God". God made us in his image
@@user-xi5tp5iw7f ... yes, consciousness is the soul that permeates to inhabit everyone and everything... It is the animus, the energy and the power, and the ultimate mystery. It is, therefore, a total tyrant, but it is the only avenue for sentience to pursue and explore. It is upside down, inside out, top down, bottom up, highest order, preditory prey... and, so, our love can only ever be equal to our humility and gratitude for the confidence and the prowess that stabilizes our love...
GOD BLESS EVERYONE BLESS EVERYTHING ALWAYS AMEN*XOX*the ROCK OF PHAGES ...
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Thank you for your enlightening speech swamiji
Congrats because you are really close to understanding.
Thank you for sharing with humanity.
Feels very nice after listening to this...
Thank you sir
Consciousness is realising existence while being self aware. Just like how you have awareness so you move your body as per intentions, if there is no awareness there s no movement its only a dead body. nature also moves by certain intentions due to consciousness. Gyana is about understanding its ways
Swami we are really blessed to have you in this birth💐
That's Perfect❣️..How nature (So does physics💕) Reveals itself in such a beautiful manner...very well explained ✌️!!!..
Simple explanation. Too good.
No words actually to say thanks to him !!!
I found the light on your hand to answer many things.
Amazing description!!
It helps in answering all the "...but how?" type of questions...
Wonderful!
Beautifully Explained 🙏🙏
Amazing revelation for the ignorant. Thankyou swamiji
Well that was the most condensed spilling of wisdom I’ve ever seen or heard. :O
Universal Consciousness has 8 aspects. (1) Store consciousness which house’s all information as seeds. (2) Mind/body consciousness the ground and soil in which seeds in store consciousness surface take root, and return. (3/7) The five sense organs. eyes,/seeing,, tongue/ tasting, ears/hearing, nose/smelling, body/touching, are 5 individual aspects of consciousness. (8th) manas/ego mind the personality the I/me that falsely believes its a separate entity/self and the producer of the other 7 senses.
So clear , helps to understand with out much confusion thank you swamiji
So Beautifully explained. Thank you so much guruji. You made it so simple to understand. Anybody who is going towards this path ( journey deep within ) will get it instantly
My Gratitude to you.
Consciousness is indeed eternal in nature.
Oh!Consciousness! Let this be my last body to know Thou!
May Thy game be over for good!
🙏AumNamahShivay🙏
Beautifully described ❤️
प्रणाम स्वामीजी स्पष्ट वर्णन ।oom tat sat .
Namaste very clear description of consciousness
Consciouness split into Life to know itself...
Consciousness cannot be split.
Consciousness is free from principle of dualism like split-unite , creation-destruction ,
Birth- death.
It is our nature, or the nature of Consciousness itself to continually relate to itself by generating contrast _(our life experiences)._
I am conscious.
Conscious is what I am.
Conscious is what I am unless I'm dreamless sleepin,
in which case I am nothin.
@@REDPUMPERNICKEL You are and will always be consciousness whether or not you believe you are 'dreamless sleepin'........and so you will always BE because you can never not be something that is not, for consciousness itself IS and will always be, for you are that consciousness which is aware of itself.
@@calotcha108 You are asserting that 'conscious' and 'unconscious' are words that have the same meaning.
If you don't see the problem with that
then I don't see how we can have a reasoned conversation.
What can not be created or destroyed is the substance of my body.
But the dynamic pattern,
the process of being conscious
going on within my body,
is all too easily terminated by
any one of a long list of possible events.
For instance...
old age,
falling off a cliff,
run over by a steam rolled,
eaten by wolves,
too much alcohol,
a bullet,
etc...
@@REDPUMPERNICKEL You said that you are 'conscious', and that 'conscious is what you are'. Well, you can be conscious as in 'being aware', but you cannot be 'conscious' as in being the state of 'conscious' itself. Thus my comment stating that you are 'consciousness'.
@@calotcha108 Would you please describe what you understand the phrase "the state of 'conscious' itself" to be referring? I mean, what do you take the "itself" to be in that phrase?
Would you please describe what you understand the word 'consciousness' to be referring?
Would you please distinguish between
"the state of 'conscious' itself" and 'consciousness'?
What role do you understand the 'self' to be playing in all of this?
I ask because it seems to me that it is my self that is conscious and
I don't see how it is possible for anything but a self to be conscious.
Very intriguing lecture thank you Swamiji.
The example of reflection of light on hand made me so clear about consciousness.
Good Example!
I never seen swami Vivekananda but I am seeing swami Vivekananda in you maharaj .thank you
Please don't compare anybody from swami vivekanand
He didn't say anything new.
shobhakant ojha Srini Prem Kumar is comparing it's his mind if we see through his eyes it appears.
Firstly read swami vivekananda
*Consciousness is a Product of Brain.If Brain's Physiology is disturbed, in such case Consciousness too is altered.. For example,If one Consumes Alcohol, His Consciousness Level is affected.If one Sleeps then also His consciousness is affected. If one is fainted then His Consciousness is lost.. If Mind is present in above mentioned all examples then why Consciousness is affected differently and Not experienced by Mind In Comatose condition?Where is Consciousness in Unconsciousness Condition? It's Clear that Consciousness is dependent on Brain Physiology and a Product of Brain Physiology.. Example of Light and Hand given by Swami ji is Imaginary and doesn't suit in Reality* ..
I was only thinking about how to understand the connection yesterday, so glad this video popped up on my suggestions :)
But how consciousness was generated?
I find it hard to understand, but guess that trying to use the logical mind to get it wont work
That almost cheered me up. No body, no experience. I don't want to stop knowing.
With consciousness, God can easily be proved. A good job by swami indeed. ❤
5 pontos da Consciência:
1) não é parte do corpo e mente
2) não é parte, mas permeia, habilitando o funcionamento
3) não é limitado ao corpo e mente
4) pode ser reconhecido a Consciência através do corpo e mente
5) só pode ser experienciado, por conta de Maia
There three points to understand..
1-Consciousness is separated from
Mind and Body.
2-Consciousness is independent of mind and body..it exists without them too..
3-consciousness can be understood as a reflection through the body.
Consciousness is eternity knowing itself and eternity loving itself.
Danish ,very nice 👍,thanks
There is no evidence for any of these claims.
We have body and mind within the consciousness ,that’s why we react in the same way in this Nature .....نور الإلحاد
نور الإلحاد you know when you know 🙏
Based on this explanation
I understand that I have special ability to differentiate consciousness and the mind and body already.
Great explanation Jai Gurudev
Conciousness is the substratum of everything that exists in the universe. It is not seperate from body and the mind, but body and mind exist because of conciousness.
yes ... sounds right ....
now only if i can actually perceive that ... actually know that as an experience ...
@@protonx80 I have not experienced conciousness as the real me yet. I have been in contact with a self realized being and he told me that the only method is no method in which the person has to be absolutely silent in the body and mind. Not doing anything at all, not even thinking is when the real self reveals itself.
@@jetley_ yes ... again sounds right ... good for you ... know all you can from this person ... 👍
@@protonx80 We have to know ourselves then don't we? Check out the tradition I'm in it's called Drukama. Creating realization! Be well.
@Grosse Pointe Unitarian Church Conciousness is not seperate from body and mind. Everything that you recieve from your senses creates an illusion that you are a separate being. Mountains, rivers, animals everything that exists is conciousness itself. You say that when the the body dies, the soul remains. Well in truth when you die you realize that you were never the body and the mind, and everything that you thought existed is not anymore. Everything exists because you exist. When you are in deep sleep, does anything exist for you?
Very good explaination....
Pranam Swamy Ji. Wonderfully explained
Thank you swamiji for the guidance
I've always thought of conciousness as a radio wave and the DNA is the antennae reciever while the brain is the signal processor. Every cell is inductively coupled except for the red blood cells because their job is to circulate iron throughout the body to create the bodies magnetic field which connects all of your cells to your body and your bodies magnetic field connects to the earth's magnetic field. The source for all the energy in our solar system is the sun which in turn is inductively coupled to the magnetic field of the solar system and gets its energy from the galactic super sun.
Orch or theory
I think you are right. I have known a couple of people who were declared clinically dead (one had an accident and the other was on for a surgery) for few moments who later got back to life. And these people who've had NDE have told me to have seen some kind of bright light and going into a tunnel during those moments. Their lives changed forever (for good) after this experience. "Consciousness" is pure light/energy and light carries "cosmic data". Once you experience who YOU 'really' are, you will never be the same 'YOU' again.
I've experienced the same in Ayahuasca. The Brain does not generate consciousness, it receives consciousness.
Consciousness is not a thing or matter which is given or received by brain. It is all pervasive, most subtle , indestructible ever existing , ever active entity ,covering the entire Universe. According to Upanishads, it is only Knower of everything and can not be known because of it's most subtle nature and there is no place where it is not there. This is called Bramhan( derived from the word' Brihat' in sanskrit , means biggest) and by various other names in other languages and in other countries, such as God, Allah etc.It is Prana or life force ( which is one of the manifestations of Consciousness) that is received in our body and gives energy to brain and other limbs to function. In order to have scientific understanding of Consciousness, one may read Upanishads( under the guidance of a learned Guru) without any religious bias.
@@vijayavani8003 Can I get the Upanishads online?? I'm interested to know more about the consciousness.
@@Nakamura7338 Consciousness is nothing but the entity which is also called " I" in English ,which is the awareness of existence of my " Self" or your " Self". I may require somebody to say" You are no more" but I don't require anybody to say " You are existing" because my existence itself is the proof of my Consciousness.You may compare Consciousness to Light in a Tube or Bulb.When the Tube or Bulb is broken into pieces, name and form of these things may disappear but nothing happens to Light.There will not be any change in the Light.In the same way,when somebody dies,his or her body disappears but the all-pervasive Consciousness remains as it is. Consciousness is abstract like our feelings such as Happiness, Sadness,Sweetness etc which can be experienced or perceived but can not be seen by or shown to anybody. Since it is all pervasive,it exists in you , in me, in everybody and everything. This is the reason why our spiritual leaders have told " God is within you", "Tatwamasi" (meaning ' That God is you').The all pervasive Universal Consciousness is called in sanskrit as "Parama Atma" ( Supreme being) and when this Consciousness manifests in individual beings,it is called as Jeevatma.The original nature of Consciousness is Purity, and when the impurities of our Mind (Mind is called as Anthahkarana which is like curtain or mirror) are removed by us , Consciousness will be evident to Self and this individual " I" or " Self" will be dissolved in Supreme Universal Consciousness after death and some great people through meditation, experience this Consciousness when they are alive. I hope, your doubts about the concept of Consciousness are cleared now.
This is what is meant by having your mind blown.
Very stupid at the end... Light can be known without looking at a reflection of it. It can be known by looking at it. For example when you look at sun you are not looking at reflection of sun light you are looking at sun light. I would say being aware that someone else has consciousness is like being aware of reflection of consciousness (sun light) and being aware of being aware is like looking at consciousness (sun light) Maybe consciousness has source like sun light has source (sun) I would say source of consciousness is Love and Love has no source and everything is Love and everything comes form Love. Love is the only truth everything else is illusion. Love is mystery, everything is mystery. Maybe consciousness does not have source maybe consciousness is Love and what we call consciousness is only part of that Love as free will is part of consciousness. There is no free will without consciousness there is no consciousness without love. All those... free will, consciousness, love are one. Water is wet. Love is consciousness, consciousness is free will.
@@tombraider1970 You just waved a magic wand over the term consciousness, and made free will and love its parents? Free will is mostly an illusion. Nearly everything you do is based on the culture you are born into. What you believe, what you wear, what you eat, when you eat and your superstitions, if you have those, are all based on your family's culture, your neighborhoods culture and your nations culture. Most people spend more time choosing which car to drive than they do which religion to follow. Most people just follow what their family does, unless they run into some other influence, like changing religions for marriage or running into someone like the Dali Lama. Even then is it really free will driving you to change paths or some other personal desire? If you pursue a personal need that is not fulfilled by your family's beliefs, is that free will?
What kind of person you are attracted to is also ingrained directly or indirectly by your culture, but if you are gay or bi-sexual is that free will? You don't eat tarantula spiders everyday to you, why not, free wil?, Oh my god, what your family say?
An angry terrorist, is mostly a victim of circumstances that slowly lead them to a radicalization and a warped view of the world. They don't wake up one day and say I think that blowing myself up would be fun!
Consciousness, does not require love or free will. The most evil people in human history were also conscious. How can you love someone if you are not conscious, but one can be conscious and not love anyone?
Sometimes you can't explain why you believe what you do, so you could never honestly call it free will. Even the "black sheep" of the family whom no one understands, is driven by something far more powerful than just free will. There is something that happened that caused them to not want to follow their family's culture.
Consciousness, needs no emotion to exist.
@@obijuan3004 Choice has no cause. It can have inspiration so you are inspired to do something because this or that happened but you did not do it because this or that happened you did it because you chose to do it and choice has no cause. If everything has cause that what caused the other cause? Another cause? It must end at some point and if it ends at some point that means everything comes from that point and that point does not have cause so nothing has cause
@@tombraider1970 If you are inspired to do something, the inspiration is the cause. Also, based on a list of factors as to why you want to make that choice, what needs you have, what are your cultural norms, and others, they all led you to that inspiration, the cause, that inspired you to make that choice. The inspiration was the cause.
If you got up this morning and had coffee with a potato and egg burrito for breakfast, someone introduced you to all of those things, breakfast, coffee, the breakfast burrito, they became a normal way to live by the culture you are in. Those things were already in your mind when your hunger inspired your brain, to want breakfast and the thought to fill that need by having coffee with a potato and egg burrito. It was all more of a reaction, more than a choice.
Free will is mostly an illusion. Take notes of your day tomorrow, and look at what you actually chose to do, and how much was a requirement or a normal reaction based on your culture. Even what you eat at certain times of day is based on cultural norms.
@@obijuan3004 In a way you chose to be inspired and choice has no cause. Social norms are created from choice and choice has no cause.
Very Beautiful Expressed. Gratitude.
very clear,! things (all forms even the bodyform) are seen in the light but it is about the light not the things that distract. You are the light yourself to be able to see/ 'know' your true Self.
Perhaps consciousness is the intelligence itself
Intelligence *^
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It is clear from the answer that you did not understand my claim !
Or the approach of the question in searching for the definitions of things on their own part .Excuse me but that way you do not buy smart not even close to it Wait for my model .... you will be happy
I am " a consciousness" like an ocean, and my body is like a fish swimming in it. Water is all around me, the medium through which I pass. The water flows in the gills of the fish, all the gills of my fish go through... and the ocean is one. I experienced and felt what I went through from a different perspective. As evidence to erase all memories in our bodies, leave only the consciousness, then connect our consciousness, and feel who we are??
Simply Outstanding 🙌
Excellent explanation by Swamiji !
My level of conciousness : I watched this video 3 minutes and didn't listen it properly 😅😅
us
owr ignorance is of highest level
Swamiji,
Can you please explain the consciousness from the view of bhuddhism (Sanskrit Tradition) because bhuddhism doesn't believe in a independent soul which is Anatma theory. Bhuddhism explain various levels of consciousness with the combination of Shunyata ( emptiness) and Pratitsamupada ( interdependence)...
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Even in Hinduism, according to Advaitha philosophy, you(Individual consciousness) and Brahman(Eternal Consciousness) are the same. Non-duality.
This should be taught in all schools worldwide
Excellent analogy with the light!
Nice explanation
WAOO
Swami - Ji
God Bless You.
Amen.
You Got Consciousness Wisdom.
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Consciousness / Wisdom
Is God - Gifted
As
Light on Hand - 2:34
Quran 2-269 >> He gives wisdom
To whom He wills
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Whoever has been given wisdom has certainly been given much good.
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None will remember except those of understanding.
Beautiful. Thanks for the explanation.
This is excellent! Thank you for sharing
Those that paid attention to what we in the west call "guts feelings". "inner voice", "wise instinct" will find out that these thoughts are with wisdom that does not belong to their mind but to their own conscience, the voice of their spirit.
Also known as your "higher self" for anyone here seeking s further word-pointer. Sat Nam, Namaste
@@timdurden6642 Yes, and with practice and as long as the questions are for the spiritual good, it is possible to dialogue with the Higher Self without meditating. Do not ask questions about material issues because there will be not a response.
@@freetasman4271 I live there
cannot disagree with that ... something in us knows ... though it is difficult to put a finger on it ...
The voice of the Hóly Spirit, not our spirit !
One of the finest teachers of our time !!!
Zen Master 1) *How can you PROVE that Consciousness or Brhmman is everywhere? Can't it be Myth and just your IMAGINATION* ..??
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2) *As per me, There is Nothing like Brhmman(Supreme Consciousness,) and Soul(Consciousness).. These are all Imaginary Concepts created by Unrealistic, Unscientific and Immature Human Minds in the very beginning of Mankind..And Since then, Everyone is BLINDLY following these Concepts without Realizing them, Experiencing them..It's the IMAGINATION of Mankind.And Imagination is not based on Reality, has No Proofs & Logic. because it is not Universal and not experienced by Everyone While Truth is Universal and based on Reality,Has Proofs & Logic.Actually, God didn't create Mankind while Mankind created th God(Supreme Consciousness) and Soul(Consciousness)..Consciousness is a Man Made CONCEPT. In other words, Consciousness is not Discovery of Mankind while its INVENTION of Mankind..Thanks* 🙏
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3) *Consciousness is a Product of Brain.If Brain's Physiology is disturbed, in such case Consciousness too is altered.. For example,If one Consumes Alcohol, His Consciousness Level is affected.If one Sleeps then also His consciousness is affected. If one is fainted then His Consciousness is lost.. If Mind is present in above mentioned all examples then why Consciousness is affected differently and Not experienced by Mind In Comatose condition?Where is Consciousness in Unconscious Condition? It's Clear that Consciousness is dependent on Brain Physiology and a Product of Brain Physiology.. Example of Light & Hand given by Swami ji is Imaginary and doesn't suit in Reality* ..
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4) *I am not at all satisfied with your Irrelevant Replies and Ridiculous Explanation.. If there had been Universal Consciousness and Self Consciousness then it would have been experienced by the Great Yogis like Lord Buddha and Mahavir. But they didn't experience anything like this and became ATHEIST at last... I am amazed to see why you people are BLINDLY accepting this Concept of Consciousness without having experienced it.. It could Not been experienced by Anyone because it doesn't exist.. Else would have been experienced by Lord Buddha and Mahavir..Actually, It is just an IMAGINATION of Unrealistic and Immature Human Minds* .. 🆗?
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5) *I am asking everyone to let me know the WAY to realize the Brhmman, Chaitanya or Consciousness. If you say it to be Meditation then you are Wrong.. Because YOGIS like Lord Buddha and Mahavir didn't realize GOD(Supreme Consciousness) and Soul(Consciousness) through Meditation and Lastly they became Atheist ..!! It means Meditation isn't the WAY to realize th God(Supreme Consciousness) and Soul(Self Consciousness).. If Meditation is not the way then WHO and HOW Discovered th Soul(Self Consciousness) and God(Supreme Consciousness) ? I appeal everyone to reply me and that too in a Logical way..!! Please don't use your IMAGINATION and Imaginary Examples to prove your side.. Thanks* .. 🙏
@@ironman2837 you are' C ' I can refute all of you're arguments
Yes this Swami and all the others are very precious to the west from the east. They bring the highest states of consciousness to our awavia the ancient Yogic wisdom. "Wisdom is with the ancients " - proverbs. Its all absolutely fascinating .
This is a view point of consciousness written in the Upanishads, it is just a hypothesis, it is not proven and thus cannot be considered as the definitive explanation. The idea of materialism that consciousness arising from the brain is an equally valid hypothesis and is a strong contender against the vedantic hypothesis. However it is also not proven yet and hence the truth is not yet achieved.
Perfect... Perfect explanation.... Thanks many thanks indeed
Realised souls can explain things in a very simple way.
Jai Ramakrishna ,🙏
someone who can see ... a painting for eg .... can describe without problem ... how the colour red looks ... and the blind person who is tring to understand .... is lost ... unless he sees it ... even for a moment
once he sees it .... it does not matter if he immediately becomes blind again ... there is no more need for explanation
Check out Drukama tradition, "creating realization!" Be well fellow soul!
He explained it already and now read the comments of other wise people who didn't know Shit but will tell you what is what😂😂
He explained his interpretation. That does not mean he is correct.
Everybody is claiming this or that is right without any proof
beautiful comment .... i am one of the guilty ... 😊
I do know that this theory in this video is 100% BS and is easily disproved by even a small understanding of neuroscience.
@@dmosier pls enlighten us
Though brief, the explanation of the concept of Consciousness is so precise...enriched by the example of light. Bravo. Hats off, Swamiji for this explanation. 🙏🙏
Boom. Simply beautiful!
The light is still being experienced
coz its reflecting on the board. if light is being experience in whole space then the whole universe would light up. but, its not happening. its only lighting up in the objects such as moon, earth etc.
Raj Chavda close your eyes and you shall understand
@@MANU-ho3uq what if you are born blind and never have Expienced light/colour? Could you be able to comprehend it? No because it is something that haven't been Expienced to blind people. Look at a light bulb when it is turned on and then close your eyes... then you'll understand :) does this make sense?
Oblivious Channel you can still experience the warmth of the sun right ? Bringing blindness into this is unnecessary and sad
@@MANU-ho3uq my intent wasn't to offend anyone or blind people but instead to provoke thought, are you a spiritual person MANU?
Consciousness is an extremely powerful force
It's therefore called the Brahmn or parambrahman.
Incredible Swamiji,it was so well explained.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing. This should be taught at school!
That’s pretty badass for 3minutes, except for the last part of it being able to experience itself. Consciousness doesn’t need a “thing” to know itself. It can however experience the physical universe. Best guy to break this down is Rupert Spira. Longer than 3 minutes but done w/mastery.
Consciousness can only experience itself in the waking and in the dream state, not in deep sleep. That is what he meant.
If we have no body still the soul exists and in subtle manner.And when we have this body we react always to surrounding vibrations of other souls mostly.Maya keeps us tiedup with it and the one with body just be able to be with the supream soul GOD he gets wonderful inner peace and joy of life much better than food ,Ego satisfaction ,Sexual pleasure or any material thing and that pleasure is called yoga with God and then your entanglement with godly bless you actually get everything within.And their after you start getting touching for your life and if you could sustain in such a good inner bless you start getting extraordinary powers which Hindu Gods possessed as it is said and in Vedas to attain all such states you have Yagnya,Mantra and meny more ways or paths.
Unfortunately hardly anyone gets the right track and get blessed.
Maya we call distracts us from being like that and our own habits disturbs our own state of mind thus we have to sufer and the only key is to follow exactly as it is stated in the Vedas like formulas in life and get blessed and begin our spiritual voyage.
Johnny Little consciousness doesn’t need a “thing “ but you need a physical and mental body to know the consciousness.
@@ZackAmStart nothere is consc even in sushupti
Consciousness is domain of the ego. Good luck with any answers about consciousness.
Ask truly and truth will correct all errors you ever made.
No teaching can ever explain it or pass it on. And to sustain the knowledge part of us that feels needs to be free from mind’s control. That is the hard part. There is more knowing -bellow- than that which comes from “the above”
I wish you understand beyound this.. good luck!
Consciousness is pure, untouched. When it comes in contact with indriya i.e. reality or perception of outer world it manifests as ego. Pure consciousness hides behind ego. Put some sand in water, stir it and then leave it... When the sand sediments at bottom all you see is pure water. Similarly when ego sublimes what's left is pure consciousness. Fully agree with second part, one should walk the path to understand it.
@@jainendramishra7279 Mando
By listening those 5 points it seems guruji is indicating soul......
Very concise and beautiful.
Our Consciousness is part of Universal consciousness. Universal consciousness is GOD, no person. It is the Divine love at the heart of the universe which creates LIFE, the Universe, by emanating Itself into the stars and planets, trees and flowers and all of the creatures, the Souls on the planets, even including human beings. Check out the books of J.Todd Ferrier.
Beautifully explained.
Best explaination ever on consciousness. Finally understood what is it. Thank you so much
Excellent Beautifully explained Sir .Thank you .
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