--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wmurphy77 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote:
> snip
> > The seven states of consciousness are identified, according to
the
> MUM style guide, as:
> >
> > http://resources.mum.edu/manuals/styleguide.pdf
> > Turiya Chetanå (Transcendental Consciousness)
> > Turiyåtit Chetanå (Cosmic Consciousness)
> > Bhagavad Chetanå (God Consciousness)
> > Bråhmi Chetanå (Unity Consciousness)
>
> > Seems to me that these terms should be traceable to one or more
> sanskrit sources.
> > Turiya, for instance, is found in one of the Upanishads.
>
>
> Brahmi Chetana or Brahman Consciousness, Maharishi himself refers
to
> as *Cosmic Consciousness* in Love and God! Let me attempt to remove
> the confusion, when MMY talks about CC, if it's on the level of the
> individual he means simply Self-Realization or soul/jiva
realization.
>
> When he speaks of Bråhmi Chetanå (Unity) then he is *still*
speaking
> of CC, but at the level of Brahman, get it?
>
> Remember Jiva and Brahman are different terms signifying different
> degrees and quality of the one Cosmic Being.......
>
> MMY repeatedly refers to Brahman as the state of Cosmic
Consciousness
> which is consistent terminology with other groups. (See Gita CH V,
> vs21 & ChII vs 72).
>
> It's confusing because the common nomenclature of Cosmic
Consciousness
> as the final and highest state of consciousness, is correct. But
MMY
> uses CC and UC interchangably and hence the confusion.
>
> CC essentially is what MMY says it is in Love and God, Purnam adah
and
> Purnam idam. (That Unmanifested Brahman is perfect and This
Manifested
> Brahman is also perfect.) This is COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS, the
highest!
>
> Just remember, TC or CC, according to MMY is simply Brahman on the
> level of the individual (jiva or soul) and therefore distinct in
> quality and degree from Brahman chaitanya. See Gita VI vs3.
>
Thanks for analyzing this so that it is clear. I too was confused by
this apparent inconsistency, and though it felt right intuitively to
conclude as you have, it is always satisfying to read the
justification for intuition.
