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But when the conception is fully formulated the finite world is not admitted to exist save as a mere illusion. BUT WHEN THE CONCEPTION IS FULLY FORMULATED THE FINITE WORLD IS NOT ADMITTED TO EXIST SAVE AS A MERE ILLUSION
n is in dense ignorance; in sleep he is freed from part of this ignorance; in dreamless sleep he is freed from still more; but the consummation is when he attains something beyond this, which it seems cannot be explained, and is therefore called the fourth state. [Sidenote: Doctrine of "the Self." Inconsistent statements.] The name, which in later writings is most frequently given to the "one without a second,"[16] is Atman, which properly means self. Much is said of the way in which the self in each man is to recover, or discover, its unity with the supreme or real self. For as the one sun shining in the heavens is reflected, often in distorted images, in multitudes of vessels filled with water, so the one self is present in all human minds.[17] There is not--perhaps there could not be--consistency in the statements of the relation of the seeming to the real. In most of the older books a practical or conventional existence is admitted of the self in each man, but not a real existence. E SOUL WAKING DREAMING DREAMLESS SLEEP AND THE FOURTH STATE OF PURE INTELLIGENCE THE WORKING MAN IS IN DENSE IGNORANCE IN SLEEP HE IS FREED FROM PART OF THIS IGNORANCE IN DREAMLESS SLEEP HE IS FREE FROM STILL MORE BUT THE CONSUMMATION IS WHEN HE ATTAINS SOMETHING BEYOND THIS WHICH IT SEEMS CANNOT BE EXPLAINED AND IS THEREFORE CALLED THE FOURTH STATE THE NAME WHICH IN LATER WRITINGS IS MOST FREQUENTLY GIVEN TO THE ONE WITHOUT A SECOND IS ATHMAN WHICH PROPERLY MEANS SELF MUCH IS SAID OF THE WAY IN WHICH THE SELF IN EACH MAN IS TO RECOVER OR DISCOVER ITS UNITY WITH THE SUPREME OR REAL SELF FOR AS THE ONE SUN SHINING IN THE HEAVENS IS REFLECTED OFTEN IN DISORDER IMAGES IN MULTITUDES OF VEZZLES FILLED WITH WATER SO THE ONESELF IS PRESENT IN ALL HUMAN MINDS THERE IS NOT PERHAPS THERE COULD NOT BE CONSISTENCY IN THE STATEMENTS OF THE RELATION OF THE SEEMING TO THE REAL IN MOST OF THE OLDER BOOKS A PRACTICAL OR CONVENTIONAL EXISTENCE IS ADMITTED OF THE SELF IN EACH MAN BUT NOT A REAL EXISTENCE
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