Chapter6— Mandukya Upanishad (OM / The Four States)
All this is Om. The explanation of Om is this: what was past, what is present, what will be, all is Om. 2The Self is fourfold. The first is the waking state, the second is the dream state, the third is the state of deep sleep, and the fourth is the Self. 3The waking state is the first quarter. It is the external consciousness, seven members, nineteen mouths, and the enjoyer of gross objects. 4The dream state is the second quarter. It is the internal consciousness, seven members, nineteen mouths, and the enjoyer of subtle objects. 5The state of deep sleep is the third quarter. It is the mass of consciousness, one mouth, and the enjoyer of bliss. 6The fourth is the Self. It is not the external consciousness, nor the internal consciousness, nor the mass of consciousness. It is unseen, beyond empirical dealings, ungraspable, without marks, unthinkable, unnameable. 7It is the essence of the Self. It is the Self. It is to be known. It is the end of the world. 8He who knows this, enters the Self with his Self. He is the Self. He is the Self.
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