greetings everyone,
could somebody explain to me the difference between deep sleep and turiya, I know that turiya is not really a state but underlies all three states waking, dreaming, deep sleep.
I also know that in waking, dreaming there is a sense of duality but what about deep sleep, isn't deep sleep the same as turiya??
here's a definition from wikipedia:
I hope you can help!
Thank you
could somebody explain to me the difference between deep sleep and turiya, I know that turiya is not really a state but underlies all three states waking, dreaming, deep sleep.
I also know that in waking, dreaming there is a sense of duality but what about deep sleep, isn't deep sleep the same as turiya??
here's a definition from wikipedia:
is this definition correct. What I don't understand is, it says that in deep sleep there is no sense of I, how can that be, I thought consciousness is always present. Then it says in turiya there is awareness of the undifferentiated 'I' (what is an undifferentiated 'I'?).In the waking consciousness there is a sense of 'I' (self identity) and awareness of thoughts. In the sleep/dream state there is no or little sense of 'I' but there are thoughts and awareness of thoughts. In the deep sleep state there is no awareness of thoughts or 'I'. In Turiya there is awareness of the undifferentiated 'I' but there are no thoughts. This is what makes it unique from the other 3 states.
I hope you can help!
Thank you