What do we normally think of as consciousness? This one. I am seeing, you are listening to me, you are thinking, feeling. All of this is what we call consciousness. But this is not what we are talking about as pure consciousness. So, it can be a little misleading. It's a good example is this. Suppose somebody says, what is electricity? Here the light is shining. That's electricity. Here the fan is going round and round. That'sElectricity does not go round and round and give you air. Electricity does not record my voice in this. No. If you switch up the light, the electricity is still there. There's no light shining anymore
Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Mantra 5-6.