The Limitless Ocean of Existence

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Think of this isness as a limitless ocean of existence, in which all beings are like waves. Astawakra sings, maananta mahambo to ascariam givovica, i am a limitless Ocean of existence. All of us can m that thereis a limitless ocean and how wonderful are the sentient beings who come up as waves? What do they do once they have come up? Udant, gnanti, celanti, provisant, sabhavata. And what do they do? Calumty, play, danty, fight. Then ravisanti. They disappear. Thetis, the gunga, bagiratira rushing by several

Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on June 5th, 2022. List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:32 - How is it that the self is in all beings from the chit (consciousness) perspective? 18:37 - Where is my consciousness when I am sleeping? Can I use sleep as a spiritual practice? 26:55 - Will a realized person retain their individuality after enlightenment? 40:38 - Why do we call this world false? 55:53 - What does Sri Ramakrishna mean by going into the black water (in reference to samadhi)? 01:00:30 - If we want to take up a life of renunciation, what practices should be followed?