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In deep sleep there is no thinking, but there is 'amness,' so 'I am' seems closest to the Truth. Otherwise you could not declare "I had a good sleep" — how do y
by nsomaru 10y ago
In deep sleep there is no thinking, but there is 'amness,' so 'I am' seems closest to the Truth. Otherwise you could not declare "I had a good sleep" — how do you know?
- ajuc 10y agoI've had dreams where I've been different people, sometimes with different lives, sometimes gender, sometimes not even people but animals. As for "how do you know" - from memories. Same way you know everything else except last few hours since you last woke up.
- nsomaru 10y agoWe're in agreement as regards your first paragraph (although I'm not sure what you're responding to). Memory of what in deep sleep? Do people who come out of coma know how long they have been under for? In deep sleep, only amness remains.
- ajuc 10y agoI was responding to "having amness" in sleep. I think a dream where you are a different person with different memories is a counterexample to that.
- nsomaru 10y agoThe point is that the amness is independent of any particular personality you happen to assume in any of the three states of consciousness (waking, dream or deep-sleep). The difference is between "I think, therefore I am" and "I am, therefore I am"
- mbrock 10y agoIsn't good sleep just undisturbed unconsciousness?
- nsomaru 10y agoVedanta defines three states of consciousness, waking dream and deep sleep. The latter is marked distinctly by absence of thought. Yet 'you' exist.