
nature of perception | Whatever state one is in, the perceptions partake of that state. The explanation is that in the waking state (jagrat) the gross body perceives gross names and forms; in swapna (the dream state) the mental body perceives the mental creations in their manifold forms and names; in the sushupti (deep dreamless sleep), the identification with the body being lost, there are no perceptions; similarly in the Transcendental state identity with Brahman (God) places the man in harmony with everything, and there is nothing apart from his (Divine) Self.
- Sri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950), probably the most famous Indian sage of the twentieth century. Selection from Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi, Volume I, 15th May, 1935
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