In English
Mind, in the and intelligence in the , play an important role. Both the waking stage and the dreaming stage are some-what on the same footing and are equally important. The other two stages are quite different, the difference being one of essence. The third one is the deep sleep stage. This is also named as . In this stage of deep sleep, there is no connection whatever either through the gross form or through the subtle form, with the material world. Here we can take the ex-ample of reflection of the sky in a pot. Once that pot is removed, the reflection disappears and the sky in the pot becomes identical with the original big sky. So also in this state of deep sleep, we lose all connection with the material world, the gross and the subtle forms; and we are independent of them. In this stage of deep sleep, the nineteen facets, which have been mentioned, are neither in the material form nor are they in the subtle form. The deep sleep state is quite distinct and separated from them. In this state, various organs of the body do not function at all. This is a very surpris-ing situation which causes us astonishment. This has also been referred to as .