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Advaita Vedanta and Consciousness

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Many spiritual seekers see consciousness as a positive implication&period; Consciousness is always on every corner of spirituality and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;temple-towns-maharashtra&sol;">spiritual journey<&sol;a>&period; Spiritual seekers work to extend&comma; rise&comma; and deepen or just to become more conscious&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">But there are so many other terms whose real meaning is left unfound&period; The terms include spirituality&comma; energy&comma; love&comma; bliss&comma; truth&comma; freedom&comma; and soul&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">When it comes to the philosophy of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;shantisadan&period;org&sol;advaita-vedanta" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Advaita Vedanta<&sol;a>&comma; every term is defined unequivocally&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Un-Defining Consciousness<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The word consciousness&comma; when used in a familiar context&comma; has various diverse meanings&period; There is a general meaning of consciousness relating to the brain&period; There is also an idea that consciousness can be directed or aligned to something or withdrawn&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Consciousness is when you are aware of the internal processes happening in you&period; You can be called a conscious person when you identify an emotion at the time it occurs rather than at a later point in time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Observing yourself and the world&comma; every small thing around you&comma; knowing exactly what is going on&comma; helps you expand or raise your consciousness&period; It is also widely said that mindfulness is a form of higher consciousness&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;Meditation" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Meditation<&sol;a> or searching for spiritual inspiration is often said to be the path to attain consciousness&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The consciousness achieved by psychotherapy&comma; meditation&comma; energy work&comma; and other methods is rarely defined and vague&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Advaita Vedanta and Consciousness<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">In the philosophy of Advaita Vedanta<strong>&comma;<&sol;strong> consciousness cannot be expanded&comma; narrowed&comma; lost&comma; raised&comma; diminished&comma; or increased&period; It cannot be directed or withdrawn&comma; and you cannot measure it in quantity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">What you think as consciousness is nothing but certain functions of your mind&period; This function of the mind is called buddhi&comma; which can be named as a higher mind&period; When it comes to the path of Advaita<strong>&comma; <&sol;strong>the path of understanding&comma; buddhi is very important&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Good and well-functioning buddhi enables you to learn&comma; and the best way to tweak it is by training it to distinguish or discern&period; Consciousness works&comma; and its process has no role in this&comma; yet they cannot be ruled out completely&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The Path of Vedanta<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The path of Vedanta is not just a journey or travel from one point to another&period; It does not concern the outcome or the results in any form in time and space&period; It is more about what you discover about yourself&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">When you discover yourself&comma; you discover your true nature and&comma; in the way&comma; your true self&period; To help you discover this&comma; the buddhi should be ready and well functioning&period; According to Advaita Vedanta&comma; consciousness is already in you&period; Consciousness is truly who you are&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The basis of existence is consciousness&period; Each and everything that exists here is due to its nature of consciousness&period; Consciousness would exist even if there is nothing else that exists&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">As you are a part of everything there is&comma; you are by nature consciousness itself&period; And this becomes your true nature&period; Trust in the process is very important&period; If&comma; until now&comma; you thought that you had to develop certain qualities or experiences to find your true self and have failed at it&comma; there is nothing wrong with trying a new way&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Accepting that you are conscious by real nature but have not realized it yet is everything&period; This acceptance is what will show you the right path to finding your consciousness&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">To realize who you are&comma; you do not have to resort to any form of consciousness work&period; The path of understanding lies in reflection&period; When you feel that you believe in something only because you want it to be that way&comma; stop right there and reflect&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">To discover who you really are&comma; you have to be willing&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&NewLine;<li>To not give up when you do not understand something&comma; inquire until you understand it&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>To always question your beliefs&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>To stop and think matters through thoroughly<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>To apply sober analysis&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Consciousness and Energy<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Energy and consciousness are mostly grouped because both concepts are something you can experience only by the five senses&period; But&comma; in Advaita Vedanta&comma; energy and consciousness are not related&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Energy exists as matter while consciousness is no matter&period; It exists in all forms and is universal&comma; with no constraints&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Energy has various qualities&comma; colors&comma; strengths&comma; weakness&comma; pleasantness&comma; high&comma; low&comma; and varied other factors&period; Consciousness is nothing but a pure neutral being without any specific qualities&period; It is merely an existence and cannot be defined as anything at all&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">When you are on a path to find yourself&comma; your true nature through any form of consciousness work&comma; you are adding&comma; removing&comma; or changing something that is you&period; For understanding who you are&comma; the need to add anything is dropped as it becomes pointless&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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