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"Nidradau jagarasyante yo bhava upajayate,Tam bhavam bhavayan nityam muchyate netaroyathih.""A Yati (anchorite) should always meditate on the Bhavawhich is experienced just before sleep and at the terminationof the waking state by which only he is freed and by noneelse."This is only a prop or Alambana to get at the realNissankalpa or Nirdvandva state.Sometimes during waking state also the mind passes into astate of quietude for a very short time and it is free fromSankalpa and the two currents of love and hate. [n this state,the Prajna or consciousness is internal (Antatr-prajna). It is notuntied with the mental Vrittis.A desire arises in the mind. It is gratified. Another desirearises. In the interval between two desires there is perfectstillness of mind. The mind is free from Sankalpa and loveand hate during this interval. There is perfect peace during theinterval or Sandhi between two Vrittis of the mind also.The scientist draws his conclusions from his observationsand experiences of the wakeful state only. Hence they are notcorrect. True experiences include the experiences of the threestates, uie., waking, dreaming and deep-sleep states. TheVedantin studies the three states. He gains more realknowledge from the deep-sleep state. He gets a clue for theexistence of the fourth state or the state of Turiya from a studyof the deep-sleep state.Turiya or the fourth state transcends the above three states.The sage who has controlled the mind and the senses, who isabove body-consciousness and the three Guans, who isidentifying himself with the Sat-ChirAnanda Brahman is inthe enjoyment of this blissful or super-conscious state. This isthe transcendental state of Moksha or final beatitude.As there is no language to describe Brahman or the Self to142 LECTURES ON YOGA AND VEDANTA