Chapter 66

           

           Thetopicoftheretreat,anditsgoal,istheturiyastate-theelusivefourthlevelofhumanconsciousness.Duringthetypicalhumanexperience,saytheYogis,mostofusarealwaysmovingbetweenthreedifferentlevelsofconsciousness-waking,dreamingordeepdreamlesssleep.Butthereisafourthlevel,too.Thisfourthlevelisthewitnessofalltheotherstates,theintegralawarenessthatlinkstheotherthreelevelstogether.Thisisthepureconsciousness,anintelligentawarenessthatcan-forexample-reportyourdreamsbacktoyouinthemorningwhenyouwakeup.Youweregone,youweresleeping,butsomebodywaswatchingoveryourdreamswhileyouslept-whowasthatwitness?Andwhoistheonewhoisalwaysstandingoutsidethemind’sactivity,observingitsthoughts?It’ssimplyGod,saytheYogis.Andifyoucanmoveintothatstateofwitness-consciousness,thenyoucanbepresentwithGodallthetime.ThisconstantawarenessandexperienceoftheGod-presencewithincanonlyhappenonafourthlevelofhumanconsciousness,whichiscalledturiya.

           Here’showyoucantellifyou’vereachedtheturiyastate-ifyou’reinastateofconstantbliss.Onewhoislivingfromwithinturiyaisnotaffectedbytheswingingmoodsofthemind,norfearfuloftimeorharmedbyloss."Pure,clean,void,tranquil,breathless,selfless,endless,undecaying,steadfast,eternal,unborn,independent,heabidesinhisowngreatness,"saytheUpanishads,theancientYogicscriptures,describinganyonewhohasreachedtheturiyastate.

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