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The Inner Consciousness: How to Awaken and Direct It & the Universality of Vedan
Swami Prakashananda
The Inner Consciousness: How to Awaken and Direct It & the Universality of Vedan
Swami Prakashananda
What is truly meant by consciousness, or what is the principle back of that term? There are many ideas which cannot be expressed properly for lack of words, or lack of terms. The word consciousness is really derived from the Latin root scio, to know, and con, together; so the word consciousness from the derivative meaning would signify: to know together. We use the term generally in the sense of being conscious of a fact. That is, consciousness means knowing an object, as it were; knowing something. But the word consciousness really indicates two things?subject and object. It implies the duality of existence. There is one who is the knower, the subject, the ego, the perceiver. I know it; I am conscious of it; I perceive it; I think about it. Therefore there is always the subject, the ego?I?as the background of any form of consciousness.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | October 31, 2014 |
ISBN13 | 9781503050990 |
Publishers | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platf |
Pages | 38 |
Dimensions | 3 × 152 × 229 mm · 72 g |
Language | English |
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