Introduction and Overview Vedic texts describe the self in three words, namely, sat, chit, and ānanda. The chit is the knower and known, sat is knowing, and ānanda is the happiness derived from the knower knowing the known. What we call ‘consciousness’ is the process of knowing that operates under […]
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Consciousness Has a Gender
Three Kinds of Genders In the previous article, we discussed how matter is also consciousness, although a different type of consciousness. We identified three types of consciousness—God, soul, and matter—and discussed their natures. This article extends that discussion and identifies three genders associated with the three types of consciousness—masculine, feminine, […]
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Matter is Also Consciousness
Is Matter Inert or Conscious? The modern scientific study of matter arose out of the mind-body duality created by Descartes, who wanted to separate the endeavors of the Church (i.e. religion) from those of a rational-empirical inquiry (i.e. science). Similar kinds of dualities have existed in Vedic philosophy too. For […]