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attachment to the body is due to the
attraction of the senses to various worldly
objects, Ashtavakra exhorts Janaka to avoid
all objects of senses as if they are deadly
poison. (1-2)
The second process after separating
oneself is to rest in Consciousness.
Consciousness is the capacity to know that "I
am' or "I Exist'. This knowledge of "I am'
is a direct knowledge which comes to us
directly without passing through the medium
of our senses like the eye, ear etc. It is an
intuitive knowledge while the knowledge of
the presence of other objects and persons in
the world is a conditioned knowledge filtered
and modified through the senses, mind and
memory. The senses are unreliable
instruments as proved by the sighting of a
mirage in a desert. The fact that "I AM' is an
incontrovertible direct Knowledge which
requires no other proof. Remaining quietly in
that ""am-ness'' or ""is-ness'', remaining as