2/10/2024 0 Comments Be a witness synonymThe field of mind ( Chittakasha) involves the duality of the seer and the seen, the observer ( drg) and the observed ( drshya), which duality is overcome in the field of pure Consciousness. Vedanta speaks of mind ( chitta) or antahkarana ('internal instrument'), and matter as the subtle and gross forms of one and the same reality being the subtle aspect of matter, mind is not a tangible reality. Panini states that the same indicates a direct seer or eyewitness (Panini Sutras V.ii.91), Sakshi means Ishvara, the चेता (cetā), the sole Self-consciousness, who is the witness of all, who gives consciousness to every human being, thereby making each rational and discriminatory. Sakshi which is ' turiya' is the essence. The Varaha Upanishad (IV) refers to the Bhumika ('stage of development of wisdom') which is of the form of pranava ( Aum or Om) as formed of or divided into – akāra, ukāra, makāra and ardhmātra, which is on account of the difference of sthula ('gross'), sukshama ('subtle'), bija ('seed' or 'causal') and sakshi ('witness') whose avasthas ('states') are – 'waking', 'dreaming', 'dream-less sleep' and 'turiya'. The eternal witness, pure consciousness, He watches our work from within, beyond The reach of the gunas (attributes of mind)." ( Shvetashvatara Upanishad Sl. With regard to the word, साक्षी ( sākṣī), used in the following verse from Shvetashvatara Upanishad, It lends its shine ( Chitchhaya) to the "ego" part of the subtle body, which consists of the everchanging Mind, the decision making Intellect, the Memory & the Illusory Ego. It is the timeless Being which witnesses all this ceaseless flow and change in the world of thought and things, the 'Witness' or the higher 'Ego', the faculty which perceives the individual personality. ![]() साक्षी or शाक्षी means 'observer', 'eyewitness' or the 'Supreme Being', is the Atman, the unchangeable eternal Reality, Pure Consciousness and knowledge. Sakshi or Shiva, along with Shakti (will/energy/motion), represents the Brahman, the totality itself in its most fundamental state, the concept of all mighty, revealed in ancient philosophical texts of Hinduism. ![]() Sakshi is beyond time, space and the triad of experiencer, experiencing and experienced sakshi witnesses all thoughts, words and deeds without interfering with them or being affected by them. In Hindu philosophy, Sakshi ( Sanskrit: साक्षी), also Sākṣī, "witness," refers to the 'pure awareness' that witnesses the world but does not get affected or involved.
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