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forms of the mind are due to the influence of its manifold stages which are called resting places.
Higher consciousness or perception — Prajna - chakshusha — is a characteristic of the gnostic or wise. None except the wise can be said to possess super-consciousness. But he alone is wise who dwells (settles) on the soul or causal body which is blissful. The subtlest Scriptures call this Turiya. Very few people know the real meaning of Turiya. This is derived from the famous sanskrit word Chatur which means ‘four’ (the fourth). All know the word but not its meaning. This Turiya is the fourth state which is higher than existence Sat, knowledge, Chit and bliss, Anand.Only three stages of the mind have been discussed so far. The fourth one will be discussed later.
The existence, knowledge and bliss (Sat, Chit, Anand) are also physical. This gross body which is seen and the existence of which can be known is Sat. Its existence can be known through the sense organs of sight, audition, smell, touch and taste. No other proof is necessary to know its existence. Now you can think whether all this is about your gross body or not. If yes, it means you are accepting its existence, and to deny about it will be obstinacy, because it is quite evident from immediate perception through the senses.
Consciousness or knowledge — Chit — is the subtle body and bliss or Anand is the inner or causal body. That which is thought and comes to be thought of; which can be known and understood by means of thought; that which expresses its state of knowledge through understanding, contemplation and discrimination; whose method of contemplation, invention, selection and elimination, intellectual effort and mental understand¬ing creates very good impression on the minds of thinking and intelligent persons, and on those who experience, who have inventive brain, quick grasp and sharp intellect which can express with discrimination — what else can it be other than mental ability? It is mere obstinacy to deny the existence of this mind. It is proof by inference.
Bliss (Anand) is the innermost body, the caused body or the soul. This word is derived from the Sanskrit root Nad meaning ‘to rejoice’ or ‘to give joy’. That by combination of which results happiness, in which there is not even an iota of sorrow, which is free from the defects of dependence, poverty, deficiency and demerits, is bliss. What else can this be called except ‘causal body’? It is proved by the very word that it is of the nature of happiness, which can be experienced by one. Now the question is – whose evidence should be taken? The answer is, from the word itself. Whose evidence other than its own be collected? You have this gross body which is itself an expression and acceptance of your existence. You also know this. If you had not this body you could not have known yourself! Nor could others know of your