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Apparently, outlined in Chatushpad Upanishad<ref>MacPhail, Jean C. “A History of Consciousness in Vedanta: Footprints of the Atman,” 2022. https://www.academia.edu/83411689.</ref>
Apparently, outlined in Chatushpad Upanishad<ref>MacPhail, Jean C. “A History of Consciousness in Vedanta: Footprints of the Atman,” 2022. https://www.academia.edu/83411689.</ref>
The model is described in the Mandukya Upanishad, probably in the sixth Century, CE. It organizes all the previous insights into levels of consciousness in Vedanta into an evolutionary arrangement, the process beginning with materialism and ending with total transcendence of any sense of matter whatever. This process is described in [https://www.academia.edu/83411689/A_HISTORY_OF_CONSCIOUSNESS_IN_VEDANTA_FOOTPRINTS_OF_THE_ATMAN A History of Consciousness in Vedanta: Footprints of the Atman]


The Chatushpad model delineates three ordinary states of consciousness representing various levels of attachment to the material world/external reality: waking, dreaming, and dreamless sleep. A fourth level, known as ''turiya,'' represents a state of strong Connection, with its attendant enlightening.  <ref>MacPhail, Jean C. “A History of Consciousness in Vedanta: Footprints of the Atman,” 2022. https://www.academia.edu/83411689.</ref>
The Chatushpad model delineates three ordinary states of consciousness representing various levels of attachment to the material world/external reality: waking, dreaming, and dreamless sleep. A fourth level, known as ''turiya,'' represents a state of strong Connection, with its attendant enlightening.  <ref>MacPhail, Jean C. “A History of Consciousness in Vedanta: Footprints of the Atman,” 2022. https://www.academia.edu/83411689.</ref>
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: '''Jagrat''' (waking) - At this level, one is focussed exclusively on material reality, and is completely controlled by it
: '''Jagrat''' (waking) - At this level, one is focussed exclusively on material reality, and is completely controlled by it
: '''Swapna''' (dream) - At this level, one remains focused on the material world, but one is capable of "standing back and experiencing an inner world"<ref>MacPhail, Jean C. “A History of Consciousness in Vedanta: Footprints of the Atman,” 2022. https://www.academia.edu/83411689.</ref> This level represents a move inwards.
: '''Swapna''' (dream) - At this level, one remains focused on the material world, but one is capable of "standing back and experiencing an inner world"<ref>MacPhail, Jean C. “A History of Consciousness in Vedanta: Footprints of the Atman,” 2022. https://www.academia.edu/83411689.</ref> This level represents a move inwards.
: '''Sushupti''' (dreamless sleep) or [rajna (greater knowledge) - At this level, one begins to connect with The Fabric, one consequence of which is growing ability to discern the truth brought about by connection to the vast [[Fabric of Consciousness]]. "This sense of being able to discern what is real from what is unreal and to make a definitive choice of the real beyond even the brilliance of Level II is the central idea and, in some places, even in the earlier material, the imagery is that one sees beyond the veil of materialism in any form and begins to experience the Atman" <ref>MacPhail, Jean C. “A History of Consciousness in Vedanta: Footprints of the Atman,” 2022. https://www.academia.edu/83411689.</ref>
: '''Sushupti''' (dreamless sleep) or [Prajna (greater knowledge) - At this level, one begins to connect with The Fabric, one consequence of which is growing ability to discern the truth brought about by connection to the vast [[Fabric of Consciousness]]. "This sense of being able to discern what is real from what is unreal and to make a definitive choice of the real beyond even the brilliance of Level II is the central idea and, in some places, even in the earlier material, the imagery is that one sees beyond the veil of materialism in any form and begins to experience the Atman" <ref>MacPhail, Jean C. “A History of Consciousness in Vedanta: Footprints of the Atman,” 2022. https://www.academia.edu/83411689.</ref>
: '''Turiya''' - direct connection with and experience of [[The Fabric]].
: '''Turiya''' - direct connection with and experience of [[The Fabric]].


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the 'Chatushpad is a vedic theory of embodied Consciousness. Propounded by Sri Gaudapada (c500 CE)[1], it postulates four levels of Bodily Consciousness, of the levels of Consciousness attainable by the Physical Unit.

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Bodily Consciousness > Chatushpad

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Levels of Consciousness > Chatushpad, Transpersonal Realm

Notes

Apparently, outlined in Chatushpad Upanishad[2]

The model is described in the Mandukya Upanishad, probably in the sixth Century, CE. It organizes all the previous insights into levels of consciousness in Vedanta into an evolutionary arrangement, the process beginning with materialism and ending with total transcendence of any sense of matter whatever. This process is described in A History of Consciousness in Vedanta: Footprints of the Atman

The Chatushpad model delineates three ordinary states of consciousness representing various levels of attachment to the material world/external reality: waking, dreaming, and dreamless sleep. A fourth level, known as turiya, represents a state of strong Connection, with its attendant enlightening. [3]

Jagrat (waking) - At this level, one is focussed exclusively on material reality, and is completely controlled by it
Swapna (dream) - At this level, one remains focused on the material world, but one is capable of "standing back and experiencing an inner world"[4] This level represents a move inwards.
Sushupti (dreamless sleep) or [Prajna (greater knowledge) - At this level, one begins to connect with The Fabric, one consequence of which is growing ability to discern the truth brought about by connection to the vast Fabric of Consciousness. "This sense of being able to discern what is real from what is unreal and to make a definitive choice of the real beyond even the brilliance of Level II is the central idea and, in some places, even in the earlier material, the imagery is that one sees beyond the veil of materialism in any form and begins to experience the Atman" [5]
Turiya - direct connection with and experience of The Fabric.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ MacPhail, Jean C. “A History of Consciousness in Vedanta: Footprints of the Atman,” 2022. https://www.academia.edu/83411689.
  2. ↑ MacPhail, Jean C. “A History of Consciousness in Vedanta: Footprints of the Atman,” 2022. https://www.academia.edu/83411689.
  3. ↑ MacPhail, Jean C. “A History of Consciousness in Vedanta: Footprints of the Atman,” 2022. https://www.academia.edu/83411689.
  4. ↑ MacPhail, Jean C. “A History of Consciousness in Vedanta: Footprints of the Atman,” 2022. https://www.academia.edu/83411689.
  5. ↑ MacPhail, Jean C. “A History of Consciousness in Vedanta: Footprints of the Atman,” 2022. https://www.academia.edu/83411689.
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