Three states

 From birth till the death of body, we are in one of the three states viz waking,dream,deep sleep. Beyond these states there is a stateless state which witnesses these three state i.e turiya state . we are all experiencing these three states daily but when we hear about the fourth state, we get confused since a question naturally arises is there a state beyond these three states? Our parents never told us about this fourth state, only a person who has known that stateless state can only point us that state. When in waking state we consider this world as real, when in dream state we consider dream as real and when in deep sleep state there is no experiencer or experience . when in dream we experience the dream as real utill we wake up. siminlarly this waking state is also a long dream . Only differene between waking state and dream state is the duration of the seen differs. We may experience 30 years of life  in dream. In waking state the same is experienced with longer duration. When we ask whether there is a state like this, then we can justify with rama maharishis teaching. He says in all three state there is one who witnesses these three states who is changeless in this changing world.And that he gave the word as 'I" also known as many other words (like turiya,consciouness,aham,self,atma....). He describes with a classic example what this 'I' mean is goes like this, if  you ask a person who just woke up from deep sleep "how was your sleep". That person replies he had a good sleep. Now when the person was in deep sleep , how can he know that he had a good sleep? There should be someone who is watching or witnessing the sleep and that someone is the 'I'. 'I' witness these three states. But we never experience this 'I' since the mind is always busy with things. Now question arises how to we experience this fourth state. Even that question itself is a obstruction since you are that stateless state already. mind is limited. with limited mind we trying to catch limitless . In deep sleep there is no body,no mind, no bed , no room, no relatives, no friends, no god, no concepts.... nothing. In deep sleep where are you. To know your true nature you need to be with this "I". who is this "I" who is reading, who is listening, who is sleeping, who is dreaming , who is feeling, who is thinking. What is that which makes conscious of yourself?  In free time just watch the thought and ask yourself from where and for whom these thought arise. It is upto you to know what is your true nature. who is dying? go beyond and get the answere. Atleast you know now there is something called fourth state. Don't believe what has be said or read. Examine your true nature . ask yourself what is my true nature.

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