"How often do you actually pay attention inside? If you're like most people, the answer is never at all!"
In this episode, we talk about the Hindu Philosophy of the Four States of Consciousness, listed as follows: dreamless sleep, dreaming sleep, ordinary wakefulness, and lastly, the so-called 'turiya', simply translated as 'the fourth state of consciousness'. In this episode, we pay most of our attention to the latter two. We describe the ordinary waking state as one of mind dominance and full of unconscious mental activity, while the fourth state is a state of presence, of alertness... of mental quietude.
We investigate how the practice of self-observation, of looking inside, can serve as a doorway to access this state of presence. We also explore how the simple urge of needing to google an actress' name that you forgot can distance you from this state of peace, and how to break free through intense alertness. Lastly, we talk about the 'great liberation', which is the liberation from your mind, and encourage you to stop taking your thoughts so seriously.

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