>not one person has posted the mandukya upanishad
It is real short Jow Forums give it a read. It Here is part 1 of 2. I apologize for the translation but it is the first one I found online
>This syllable AUM is verily all this
>This is the explanation about AUM:
>The past, the present and the future are AUM,
>And That beyond these three is also AUM.
>Brahman is indeed all this.
>This self in us is also Brahman.
>And this self has four planes.
>Vaisvanara is the first stage.
>Wakeful, outwardly conscious,
>With seven limbs and nineteen mouths,
>He is the enjoyer of the gross objects.
>Taijasa is the second stage.
>Dreaming, inwardly conscious,
>With seven limbs and nineteen mouths,
>He is the enjoyer of the subtle objects.
>In deep sleep, seeking no desires,
>Dreaming no dreams, unified into
>The mass of greater consciousness,
>Full of bliss, enjoying bliss only,
>Face turned towards Chetasa,
>Is Pragna the third stage.
>This is the Master of All, the Omniscient,
>The Inmost Dweller and source of
>Creation and destruction of all beings.
>Conscious neither internally nor externally,
>Nor either ways, neither ordinary consciousness,
>Nor the greater and the deeper consciousness,
>Invisible, otherworldly, incomprehensible,
>Without qualities, beyond all thoughts,
>Indescribable, the unified soul in essence,
>Peaceful, auspicious, without duality,
>Is the fourth stage, that self, that is to be known.
>The same Atman is AUM among the syllables,
>Each syllable in the word AUM is a stage. They
>Are the letter A, the letter U and the letter M.
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