Is there a state beyond waking, dreaming, and sleep? | விழிப்பு, கனவு, உறக்கம் ஆகியவற்றிற்கு அப்பால் இன்னொரு நிலை உள்ளதா?

In the 16th Velvi discourse, Gurumahan explains that the intellect attains true clarity only when one realizes the Atman and abides in the peace that arises from that realization.

The Earth rotates on its own axis and also revolves around the Sun because it has the energy within itself to do so. Just as the Sun continuously expands its energy without reduction, through the combination and separation of the atoms within it, it keeps radiating energy. The law of this Universe is that whatever begins from a source ultimately returns to that same source. That is why there is movement toward the center and movement away from the center. We have now moved away from the center, so we must move back toward it. We have come from the center called the Atma, and we must return again to that same center, the Atma. Everything in the Universe has emerged from its center, and guiding it back toward that center is Yoga. The energies that emerged must again merge back into that same source of energy. This is why every day, when a human sleeps, they move toward uniting with their Atma state. When they wake up, they emerge again from that state. Each day, they move toward Atma and again move away from it. In this movement toward the Atma, the intellect experiences the soul and rests in bliss during sleep. In that state, clarity of intellect is absent; the intellect becomes inactive and rests. That is why we say sleep is the rest of the intellect. After experiencing that bliss in sleep, the mind moves into dreams, and then returns to sensory awareness. From sensory awareness in this material world, it again goes into dreams and then into sleep again and again this cycle continues waking, dreaming, sleeping, repeating continuously. Yet, the intellect finds no true peace and lacks clarity. It questions: Why were we born? For what purpose? Why do we wake up every day, perform duties, and then sleep again? Is sleeping, waking, and dreaming the only purpose of human life? Is there nothing beyond this? When one reflects deeply, they realize that there is a state beyond sleep a fourth state of awareness. In that state, one realizes their true nature. One must reach that state beyond sleep. That is why it is said: stay balanced in hunger, stay inwardly alone, and stay awake. Here, being awake does not mean opening the eyes, but being awake in awareness. This Yoga cannot be attained by one who sleeps too much, nor by one who does not sleep at all. It cannot be attained by one who overeats, nor by one who starves. Therefore, maintaining balance is essential. If one progresses under the guidance of a Guru who has attained experiential wisdom, that Guru can help them attain the same Atma realization. Good intention is enough for this. These waves of good thoughts rise upward, and through them, subtle and unseen particles exist particles of wisdom from many great sages and Maharishis that still remain here. Just as when the Earth cools, waves rise above it and form a layer around 16 km above the Earth, which becomes the ozone layer that protects the planet. This ozone layer filters the countless rays coming from the Sun and allows only the necessary energy to reach living beings on Earth. The energy that rotates within the Earth is connected to the fire at its core. Whenever changes occur in this inner fire, changes occur in its rotation. Thus, the Earth continues to rotate by drawing the energy it needs from within itself. When its energy reduces, the inner fire draws energy from the upper layers of the Earth, using those energies to sustain itself and protect the outer surface of the planet.

Let Wisdom Flourish!
Let Peace Prevail!
Let us protect Mother earth!
Let us protect the Universe!

Santhosam

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