The Essence of Being Human: Exploring Consciousness | Kartikeya Das
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA
https://krishnabff.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-essence-of-being-human-exploring.html 1 So I'll focus on one topic that is consciousness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t=4 2 who am I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t=18 3 This is established in Shrimad Bhagawat Gita chapter 2 text 13 https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/2/13/ it says Two words Deha (body) and the possessor of the deha or body is called as Dehi and that is all of us And very firmly this point is established that all of us we are not this body but we are spirit soul within the body, And therefore when someone dies what do we say, the person has passed away or the body is there in front Who has passed away The person has passed away from the body Therefore the point established is we are spirit soul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t=84 4 So now the question comes what is consciousness So when we say spirit soul the symptom of the spirit soul is consciousness Therefore whenever we see a living and a dead what's the difference between the two the presence of consciousness, So as soon as a person dies the spirit soul leaves there's no consciousness And all of us sitting here we're conscious beings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t=143 5 But you know what This consciousness is also at different levels The lowest level of consciousness is called as Annamaya, Maya means full Ana means food, so full of food So these personalities at this level of consciousness all the time they keep thinking about food https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t=168 6 I don't know how many of you had this experience playing with a kid having few teeth in front and the kid is there around holding your hand or your finger and you're talking to someone and the finger goes into the mouth and that is why the kids are like that because they are on the platform of Annamaya, you'll see them putting anything and everything in the mouth so at this level of consciousness the person only thinks about his own enjoyment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t=192 7 Okay let's go a bit higher Going a little higher the next one is called as Praanmay, Prana means life full of life. What does that mean, now the person understands that he has an existence and he has to maintain it, for example again say a child puts his hand in fire, will he ever dare to do that again ? and we have the saying the burned child dreads the fire, so now the child realizes now I have to maintain my existence, he'll never touch the fire, so at this level of consciousness called Praanmay, so the person is very much aware about his existence and he tries his best to defend himself, protect himself and this is what is all about Praanmay consciousness. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t=223 8 In Mahabharat there is one beautiful shloka which talks about what are these two levels, what activities these two levels of consciousness people do ? So it is described that four activities eating, sleeping enjoyment of sex and defense. These are the four instincts which all the animals do and along with that even humans at the lowest level of consciousness of Annamaya and Praanmay focus only on this, my enjoyment, my protection, that's it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t=280 9 let's go a little higher now we saw Annamaya, Praanmay, the next one is Manomay, Manomay means full of Mind, now the person thinks about what he's thinking, he tries to refine his thought process, intellectual pursuit, he wants to be a better person now, so now what he does is, he starts Thinking, is it proper is it not proper ? like for example say he gets angry and he's thinking is it okay to be angry now ? how should I react, how should I respond what am I supposed to do, anyways the matter is not so serious, let's not be angry now and he withholds his Anger, just think about it now the same person is going higher in his consciousness level, now he starts thinking how to behave how to react or how to respond https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t=330 10 Okay let's go to a bit higher consciousness, now the higher one is called as Vigyanmay, full of knowledge, now such a person is aware or trying to be aware that he is not this body but a spirit soul, he understands this and he also understands that each and everyone, even the nonhuman species is a living entity, is a spirit Soul, as soon as he understands that, his dealings become different his dealings become very nice, he tries to serve everyone, isn't that amazing, up to his capacity He tries his best, I'll try to Help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t= 388 11 But then there is some highest level of consciousness, that's called as Anandmay, full of Happiness, at this level the person is aware, he's conscious of God, he's conscious of his relationship with God, he's conscious of each and every living entity's relationship with God and his relationship with the living entities and now at this level he goes to any extent, even at the cost of his own life, to help the other Personalities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t=434 12 A very wonderful incident about extent of the helping nature of such a person https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t=471 13 So this is the level of a person who is there on Anandmay platform. Therefore this question comes why should I raise my consciousness level Because when I raise my consciousness level with higher and higher consciousness, one thing is I'll be able to relish deeper Stability, security and satisfaction. The person will be very blissful. I'm sure after hearing this you might be asking this question to yourself, how to raise this consciousness How should I do That ? The only thing that I'm supposed to do is purify the consciousness by spiritual practice. Every single day one should have spiritual practice (sadhna) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t=547 14 a profound spiritual practice called mantra meditation, so effective, so wonderful, that one can surely experience the change within and the raising of one's own consciousness. Let's do some practical now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t=633 15 but let's begin Maha Mantra महा मंत्र = हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण,कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे ,हरे राम हरे राम, राम राम हरे हरे, Let's offer a silent prayer to the Lord Let's beg and pray to Him that He helps all of us to elevate our consciousness and be a very nice instrument in the society, so that before we leave our body, we should be able to serve at least a few and at the time of death we leave our body with a smile on the face, So let's pray for all our near and dear Ones, let's pray for all the living entities all around the creation and end the mantra meditation session, the essence of being human is raising one's consciousness level to such an extent that everyone around feels it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t=771
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