What is consciousness?
Consciousness is the attribute of life. where there is life, there is consciousness. Consciousness is very subtle in its form. Consciousness is awareness, in other words it is intelligence. This consciousness is the substratum for the intellect. Consciousness is the source of light and power. Intellect borrows its light and power from this pure consciousness.
Who you are?
There are basically two type of soul in the universe and beyond universe, supreme soul and individual soul. The supreme soul is the soul of everything, while the soul present in all the living beings in the universe
The ancient science of consciousness
Consciousness is known as chit. therea are different states of consciousness mention in the ancient scriptures. Different States or avasthas, mention in the ancient text ‘upanishad’ are – jagrit, svapna, sushupt, turiya avastha. Other avasthas are ananda avastha, dukh avastha etc. What is avastha?The word avastha is a sanskrit word which means state or level.
The level of consciousness
The different level of consciousness mention in the ancient scriptures or texts are listed below.