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Understanding The Layers and Forces of Consciousness

This is the simplest way of understanding the three main levels of our consciousness in terms of the Vedic teachings. It sheds light on the six demonic levels, Shadripu, that predominate at the lowest level, on the six egoic forces that prompt us into reactions, and the six levels of virtues that maintain our mental and moral health so that we can progress higher up to the pure spiritual consciousness level.

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Understanding The Layers and Forces of Consciousness

This is the simplest way of understanding the three main levels of our consciousness in terms of the Vedic teachings. It sheds light on the six demonic levels, Shadripu, that predominate at the lowest level, on the six egoic forces that prompt us into reactions, and the six levels of virtues that maintain our mental and moral health so that we can progress higher up to the pure spiritual consciousness level.

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UNDERSTANDING THE LAYERS AND FORCES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

TAMAS RAJAS SATTVA SHUDDHA SATTVA


Semi- Semi-conscious Conscious Pure Conscious
Unconscious
Darkness Shades of grey Weak Light Pure Light
Ignorant Impulsive ego Self-knowledge Enlightenment
crudeness
1. immoral sexual Struggle for Sattva elements which are
sexuality, attraction and affection,
strengthened and unsullied
pornography ideation goodness and
and bestiality, caring by Rajas & Tamas. While
etc,
Rajas, Tamas and Sattva
2. apathy, anger and forgiveness and
brutality, irritability an understanding continuously fight against
cruelty heart
one another for power,
3. avidity, desire for self-sacrifice,
greediness, pleasure, self-restraint and predominance and
addiction, avoidance of sharing gratification, Shuddha sattva
obsession pain and
suffering is a state, which is pure,
4. delusions, beliefs, awareness, virtue incorruptible, free from
hallucinations, superstitions, and wisdom
compulsions dishonesty and blemish and grounded on
hypocrisy spirituality, self-realisation,
5. vanity, tyranny, Egoism, altruism,
conceit, self- selfishness and commiseration cosmic awareness and pure
glorification egotism and charity absolute consciousness.
6. jealousy, comparisons respect for
conspiracy and and differences, Shuddha sattva is the
hatred competitions appreciation of meditative state of conscious
individual
uniqueness, and awareness that is beyond
mental openness measure and without a centre
of limited focus.

NOTE: It is easier to move to pure conscious state from self-knowledge and conscious
awareness than from the two lower dimensions.

Remaining on the conscious awareness level requires tremendous energy: physical


health, emotional balance, psychological vitality, moral force and spiritual nourishment.
Constant alertness, sensitivity, attention to one’s inner movements are the basic tools for
remaining on the Sattva plane, which can quite easily be overpowered by the impulses
and delusions.

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