The quality of the reflected evidness depends on the mind, just as the quality of any reflection depends on the reflecting medium. Reflected consciousness is subject to increasing and decreasing, is subject to coming and going. And it is the one which is directly useful to us, right? So this is the distinction, which one am? I? I am actually the pure consciousness. But until we are able to appreciate what is meant by pure consciousness, our condition will be the reflected consciousne. In the mind is ignorance about our real nature. What happens is i who am really this pure consciousness, but i am not at all aware of what i am am not. I don't understand it.
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Nov 7th, 2021. List of questions with timestamps:
05:10 - What happens to the reflected consciousness after death, and after enlightenment?
19:10 - What is my swadharma?
35:20 - What is the difference between the knower and the witness?
41:20 - Where does Sri Ramakrishna stand in the triad of Iswara, Jiva, and Jagat?
51:15 - Is enlightenment a gradual process or a “wow” moment?
01:02:40 - What is Shraddha?
01:15:33 - Is there any overlap between psychotherapy and Vedanta?