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Turiya describes a fourth state of consciousness

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Because standard awareness was simply not enough, ancient philosophers mapped out a secret fourth state. Turiya is the underlying background of consciousness that supposedly watches everything else happen without ever getting involved. It is the ultimate cosmic background mode, where your mind just exists in complete silence without actually doing anything productive.

Turiya describes a fourth state of consciousness
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