That, You, I and Sky

Sky is nothing but a space for occupying things. 

There is universal sky as well as individual sky. The universal sky is the one that occupies everything in this universe. And the individual sky is one that occupies everything that comes under an individual’s universe. Naturally, it is limited as his/her sight, sound, space and time is limited. He or she could see only to that extent his/her eye sight can perceive things. He or she could hear only within the audible range. He or she moves around within the limited time and space. 

And, significantly, according to Vedanta there are, not one, but four different skies for an individual. They are ‘Bhutaakash’, ‘Chittaakash’, ‘Chidaakaash’ and ‘Mahaakash’. 

First one is the sky you could perceive when you are awake. Second one is that when you will be closing your eyes or in a mild sleep or in a dream. When you are awaken and active on daily routines you are seeing things different from when your eyelids are closed or if you are in a mild sleep or in a sweet or horror dream. As eyes opened you are seeing the objects of the earth. It is an earthly sight. But when you will be closing your eyes you are seeing the objects that are there in your mind’s sky. It is a mind-made or rather a dreamy sight. Both are inarguably different. 

Thirdly, there is a sky of which you are not aware and is something you are experiencing when you are in a deep sleep. During a deep sleep you are not aware of your physical body or mind or even about your existence. But when you open eyes after a deep sleep you may have or would have felt a ‘great’ feeling of rejuvenation or refreshment. This ‘bliss’ came from your consciousness’s direct contact with that ‘internal’ sky, which was unaffected by your body-mind-ego complex. Because during a deep sleep you are not thinking about your body, you are not infatuated about your mind and you are not at all egoistic. But since you are living even in your deep sleep your consciousness is intact and it is sucking the milk of rejuvenation from the ‘real’ sky of universality. Here the individual sky is meeting the universal sky, uninterrupted and undisturbed. 

And, of all the greatest, the fourth sky comes into being when an individual in a live (waken) state could perceive the universal sky. Alive state, dream state and deep sleep state are primary states of a being, but the fourth state during which you are both alive and having a ‘bliss’ that you experienced during the deep sleep is the real state of divine ecstasy or Samadhi.       

Be in bliss even when you are waken, say the Masters.