Upanishad Vs Gita

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There is the Self. Both text in the Upanishad and The Gita alike did an excellent job in painting what the Self is and why the Self. The self is the conscious mind, where one is taken of the ordinary world to become one with nature a. In this state of conscious state one observe an experience which can be both felt inside and outside. Both the Upanishad and the The Gita, presents a Self that is sacred one found, that is unique and that is divine. The as it is picture is the ultimate gain, as a ma is happy of his accomplishment so should he/she be happy of finding the Self because nothing equals the ecstasy, benefits, joy that it gives. The conscious Self as it is said in The Upanishad holds out the promise of central principle that unify …show more content…
In the first few pages of the Upanishad we came to understand. The state of meditation translate a migration from a low spiritual altitude to a higher one in search of the Self and the Atman soul within, lost between the daily struggles of life , envy, and the ego. To recognize the Atman soul within us one needs to find the barrier that stop us from experiencing infinite consciousness. Thus, the assumption that there is an “I” at work has to be demolished and it is only through meditation that such thing happens . In the three state of sleep which include the waking , the dreaming, and the dreamless sleep, one experience the unconscious in its truest (Upanishad, 37). The Upanishad observe each of these levels of spiritual dreaming experience to try to understand their limits. It is found that in dreaming we leave one world to enter another. One takes the experience of the superficial self to make sense of the new world in which everything, but nothing exist. In this state what is considered “I”, which is thought to be the doer for he/she is not experiencing the effect of the dream, but the consciousness. The body seems to be uninvolved and the mind resting present. It is the conscious and unconscious state at work. In waking state one experience the dream with all of our senses as one would experience it when he/she is aware. For example, if one is dreaming of being chased by a snake, in waking he/she we experience all the physical discomfort as if it was being felt. It is explained that in dreaming, that one does not from unreal to real, but instead from a lower level of experience of reality. In dreamless sleep sleep, there’s a separation , a level of detachment of body and mind. One experience the oneness of the cosmos. This stage is found in the farthest part of the mind.In this stage unlike sleep, there is no fear of death, hunger and else. In dreamless sleep, there is the Self

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