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 Friday 13 February 2026

THE WITNESSING SELF

Swami Sivananda

The mind or chitta is seen by the Atman or Purusha as a reflection of itself. The mind has no reality by itself. The waking state excludes the other two states (dreaming and deep sleep), and anything that is valid at one time and not at any other time is false, in the sense that it is a temporary state of existence. The Atman is free from such limitations. It ever existed, exists and will always exist. If you touch a pot in which cold water is kept, you feel a cold sensation. The feeling of cold (sensation indicates that there is something cold inside the pot. Even so, the unconscious feeling of bliss during deep sleep shows that there is an embodiment of bliss within, the Reality or Brahman. Contd…


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- Swami Chidananda
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