4 states of Consciousness

Every person cycles through a waking state, a dreaming state, and deep sleep, while a fourth state is described as the foundation beneath all three.

The teaching presented frames Turiya as the constant essence of consciousness, present in every person regardless of which state they occupy.

The analogy compares individual consciousness to a bucket of water and universal consciousness to a well, illustrating how unity is experienced in deep sleep and in Turiya.

A person unfamiliar with gold mistakes the necklace, bangle, and ring for separate things, illustrating how forms can hide a single underlying essence.

Seekers who treat awakening as climbing to ever more real states can become trapped in an endless ladder of dreams instead of recognizing the constant essence.

The video maps how attention moves across the four states by describing where consciousness is directed in each daily one.