This book, Awareness to Consciousness, explores the Mandukya Upanishad, one of the most profound and possibly the shortest of all Upanishads. Its central theme is the exploration of consciousness. It divides human consciousness into four states: mindful waking, subconscious dreaming, unconscious deep sleep, and the ultimate witnessing fourth state-mind-free Turiya. Turiya is the state of pure, non-dual awareness, the ultimate reality underlying all other states. Unlike the first three-conscious, subconscious, and unconscious -Turiya is unknown to Western psychology. The Mandukya Upanishad uses the sacred syllable Aum as a symbol to represent these four states, guiding us on a journey from the outer world of realised experience to the inner world of the infinite potential Self. It is an invitation to transcend the limitations of the mind and discover the boundless self within.

Book Details:

Author: Ram S. Ramanathan

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House

Edition: 1st

Publication Year: 2025

Pages: 67

Language: English

Size: 4.75" x 7"