What Is the Difference Between the Witness and the Knower?

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If pure consciousness is the wit ness sakshe, then who is the noer? If youare seeing something, hearing, smelling, tasting something, you know, inferring, in whichever way you gather knowledge, you are a knower. We are that they are not tw different physically. Ultimately, just as moonlight is nothing but sunlight, the knower is also nothing but the witness consciousness. It's the witness consciousness alone, you alone. And we are all knowers.

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?