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From: Vijayaraghavan Srinivasan (vijayaraghavan_s_at_hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Apr 06 2000 - 10:08:36 PDT
Dear Bhakti Group Members:
For those who like to dwell on the nature of the self and such other topics
I think the subject topic is quite intriguing. I thought the best way to
approach this topic would be to first understand what Science has to say
about the following states - Waking, Dream, Deep-sleep, unconscious, Coma,
brain dead etc.,
The question that often has intrigued me is: Even in deep sleep the jIva
loses awareness of the external world. JIva's only instrument to contact the
external world seems to be the manas and the indriyAs. For all practical
purposes, this implies that JIva minus the awareness of the bodily
instruments results in nothingness. This nothingness is replaced by the
so-called 'self-awareness' in the philosophical circles.
Can I request any of our learned members to provide a scientific explanation
of the different states as described above. That would provide a good
starting point. I must say that Mani did a wonderful job in explaining it
but I think it needs further elucidation.
Thanks.
dAsan
Vijayaraghavan
Buffalo, NY
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