Wide Awake in Deep Sleep
Summary
TLDRThe transcript discusses the nature of awareness, likening it to an ever-present, unchanging light that remains constant across different states of consciousness—waking, dreaming, and deep sleep. The speaker compares these states to ice, water, and steam, highlighting that while they may appear different, they are all forms of the same substance. Awareness, like water, is always the same and never 'sleeps.' The mind's thoughts may come and go, but true awareness remains undisturbed, offering a sense of peace and safety in engaging with the world without resistance.
Takeaways
- 💤 Awareness remains constant during all states—waking, dreaming, and deep sleep.
- 💡 Realizing one's true nature is akin to being 'wide awake' in deep sleep, always aware.
- 🌊 Different states like waking, dreaming, and sleep are like ice, water, and steam—different forms of the same substance.
- 🧠 The mind creates the illusion of transitions between states, but awareness stays unchanged.
- 🌟 Awareness doesn't know sleep or waking; it just knows itself as ever-present and eternal.
- 💭 Thought superimposes categories like waking, dreaming, and sleeping onto pure awareness.
- ☀️ Awareness never 'turns off,' unlike the mind which fluctuates between states.
- 🤔 Thoughts and mind activities are part of the natural flow, and awareness remains unaffected.
- 🌍 Knowing oneself as pure awareness allows for engaging with the world without fear or resistance.
- 😊 Life becomes safe and friendly when we realize awareness is never disrupted by external events or relationships.
Q & A
What does 'deep sleep' signify according to the script?
-Deep sleep represents a state where we are not conscious of external things, but our true nature, or awareness, remains ever-present and unchanged.
How does the mind relate to waking, dreaming, and deep sleep states?
-The mind modulates through waking, dreaming, and sleep, perceiving them as different states, but they are all expressions of the same ever-present awareness.
Why does the script mention Ramana Maharshi’s idea about deep sleep?
-Ramana Maharshi’s idea is mentioned to emphasize that the awareness present in deep sleep never comes or goes. It remains constant throughout all states of consciousness.
How is the analogy of water used in the script?
-The analogy compares ice, liquid, and steam to the different states of awareness. Just like water is present in different forms, awareness remains the same, regardless of the mind's state.
What is meant by 'awareness doesn’t know different states'?
-It means that awareness itself is not affected by waking, dreaming, or sleeping. These states are only classifications made by the mind, while awareness remains unchanged.
Why is awareness described as 'always on'?
-Awareness is described as 'always on' because it is eternal and ever-present, unlike the mind, which goes through phases of wakefulness and sleep.
How does the script describe the relationship between awareness and the mind?
-The script describes the mind as a temporary, fluctuating phenomenon, whereas awareness is the underlying constant reality that remains unaffected by the mind’s states.
What role does thought play according to the script?
-Thought is seen as a conditioned response that interprets experiences, but it cannot alter the true nature of awareness, which remains constant regardless of what the mind thinks.
How does the script suggest we approach the world and relationships once we understand our true nature?
-The script encourages embracing the world and relationships without resistance or desire, knowing that nothing can disturb or take away our essential awareness.
Why is life described as 'safe and friendly' in the script?
-Life is described as 'safe and friendly' because, once we recognize that nothing can separate us from our awareness, we can engage with the world without fear or attachment.
Outlines
🌙 Deep Sleep and the Ever-Present Awareness
The speaker explores the idea that in deep sleep, we are still connected to the same underlying awareness that exists during waking and dreaming. Awareness is compared to an ever-present light that remains constant, regardless of the mind's fluctuations. Using Ramana Maharshi’s teachings, the speaker explains that deep sleep doesn't imply the absence of awareness, but rather the mind's quietness. The analogy of ice, water, and steam is used to illustrate how awareness, like H2O, remains the same despite taking on different forms. Awareness transcends the states of waking, dreaming, and sleeping, remaining ever-present and unaffected by these mental states. Thought merely imposes these categories onto experience, but awareness itself remains pure and unchanged, always 'awake.'
🌍 The Safe World of Pure Awareness
This paragraph discusses how, once we realize our true nature as pure awareness, nothing in the world can threaten that realization. The speaker emphasizes that neither the mind, body, nor external world can take away our sense of self as pure awareness. Instead of resisting or desiring experiences, we can engage freely with life, allowing things to come and go without clinging or aversion. There is a sense of safety in knowing that awareness cannot be diminished or affected by external conditions, allowing us to fully embrace life's experiences—relationships, work, and enjoyment—without fear or resistance. Life becomes a 'big open yes' to whatever unfolds, as awareness is no longer vulnerable to the fluctuations of the mind or external events.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Awareness
💡Deep Sleep
💡Modulation
💡Mind
💡True Nature
💡Ramana Maharshi
💡Ice, Water, Steam Metaphor
💡Waking State
💡Dreaming
💡Form and Formlessness
Highlights
Realization of true nature is being wide awake, even in deep sleep.
In deep sleep, we know ourselves as transparent, ever-present awareness.
The mind's states like waking, dreaming, and sleeping are all modulations of ever-present awareness.
Ramana Maharshi's teaching: What is present in deep sleep never comes or goes.
Awareness is equally present in all states: waking, dreaming, and deep sleep.
Awareness is like water in different states—ice, water, and steam—yet fundamentally the same.
Awareness doesn't know different states; it only knows itself as ever-present awareness.
Thought superimposes categories like waking, dreaming, and sleeping, but awareness remains unchanged.
Awareness never goes to sleep; it is always on and shining eternally.
Waking, dreaming, and sleeping states belong to the mind, not to awareness itself.
There’s a tendency to express oneself in words, but these are just thoughts that come and go.
We are always and only the presence of awareness, regardless of the mind’s thoughts.
Thoughts and interpretations of experience are merely dances of the mind conditioned to create abstraction.
Once awareness is known as itself, no world or relationship can take awareness away.
In life, nothing needs to be resisted or desired; everything is just a big open 'yes' to what comes and goes.
Transcripts
that could say that we were always in
deep sleep yeah and then you another way
we could say it was that the one who has
realized their true nature is wide awake
in deep sleep I am hmm
yes it deep sleep mean means this we
know ourselves as this transparent
ever-present light of awareness yeah and
nothing changes whatever the mind
whatever the modulations the mind is
going through waking dreaming sleep
whatever kind is doing now it's all a
modulation of this same ever-present
substance now the mind may come and go
and say I've woken up I fallen asleep
I'm having a dream that's all the mind
but the stuff that is present during the
waking state during the deep the dreams
during the deep sleep state yeah is all
a modulation of this same ever-present
stuff yeah and that's why Ramana
Maharshi said something like um whatever
is present in deep sleep never comes or
goes now what he was referring to then
is not the deep sleep State butBut but
the did the underlying tutoria their
underlying hair he was a factor
awareness yeah that which is truly
present yeah in so-called sleep dream
and waking state the dream deep sleep
dreams and the waking state are all
modulations three different forms of the
same stuff it's like ice liquid and and
steam yeah three different states of the
same stuff that this stuff
water is equally present in the ice then
the h2o is equally present in ice the
water and the steam yeah yeah but it's
just three different forms of the same
stuff look how different they look ice
water and steam you could be given
when looking from the outside for not
seeing the connection between them yeah
for thinking they were three completely
different states but looking from the
inside if you were a water molecule
you wouldn't know whether you were ice
water or steam the water that the water
molecule the h2o just knows itself as
h2o it doesn't know that it's rain or
tears or tea or water or those are names
and forms that are superimposed by
thought but for water for the h2o it's
always aids too it doesn't know
different states and the same is true of
awareness awareness doesn't really know
different states it just knows itself
yeah it's always war always only water
yeah it's thought that superimposes all
these different categories in this case
the categories of waking dreaming and
sleeping awareness knows nothing of
waking dreaming or sleeping it is pure
ever-present wide awake nurse there's no
such thing as sleep for awareness what
would sleep be for awareness how could
awareness go to sleep what would the
awareness be when it was asleep
it wouldn't be aware in other words it
wouldn't be a Wednesday awareness is
always on the mind is not always on
that's interesting but awareness is
always on always shining not always but
eternally ever-present now never comes
and goes never goes off and on so the
these three states of waking dreaming
and sleeping a front for the mind not
for yourself
there's this tendency just just to stay
as that yes enter that also I have the
tendency to to have words to express in
words but that's fine yeah don't make
words wrong or bad yeah
this is when you say there's a tendency
to stay as that actually we have never
ever been or there could never be
anything other than the odd thought
seems to appears to make us something
other than that but even then whatever
thought is doing however thought is
interpreting our experience we are
always always only ever this presence of
awareness that never comes or goes so
let thought do its dance that's what
it's being conditioned to do to use
these abstract words that are not
accurate let all that go on there's no
need to try and make form perfect you
but you just as you say have this
tendency to to remain yourself perfect
but don't make the body in the mind and
the world somehow somehow wrong or
against ya being yourself no because
once you know yourself as yourself as
this pure formless experiencing nothing
can rob you from that there's no danger
any longer in the world in relationships
in activities in in watching movies and
having fun with your friends it's awful
you go back out into the world you no
longer have to to take to be the the
aloof witness keeping the dangerous mind
and body and world at bay because they
can no longer rob you of yourself they
can no longer take awareness away from
itself in fact they never did really
take awareness so then you could be go
back into the world it's safe there
there's nothing to be resisted there's
nothing to be desired
so we just enjoy just responding in the
moment we let whatever comes come engage
with it and then when it goes we let it
go because there's nothing there there's
no entity there trying to get some
things and trying to push other things
away there's just a big open yes
to whatever comes and goes whenever it
comes or goes friendships intimate
relationships children work I mean
whatever different for each of us and we
never know what it's going to be life is
safe and friendly thank you
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