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Turiya — The State of Clarity

Would you like to live in bliss?

Jnanis seek to go beyond duality and awaken to the presence, reality and power of Spirit. This connection with pure consciousness is called turiya. Explore turiya and discover how to thrive through an intimate connection with the Infinite Spirit.

Jnana Yoga

The True Self

Pure consciousness expresses as the soul, the atman, the true self. It is free from all illusions and misery. This realization of soul occurs through the successful practice of yoga. Yogis may call it by different words but are nevertheless experiencing the spiritual dimension called turiya. Those devotees who go the distance and arrive at turiya begin to see life as Spirit expressing in many forms.

  • In the view of yoga, human beings are meant to live and thrive in ecstasy
  • People generally have a habit of seeing the many while ignoring the One
  • The unitive knowledge of turiya, pure consciousness, is available to us in meditation
  • Shankara:  When the obstructions created by duality are removed, we recover supreme bliss, which is the very nature of atman, the true self. 
  • When the ego is transcended in deep meditation one can glimpse the state of turiya
  • The sage Mandukya describes six qualities which aid in experiencing turiya and self-realization

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