This is the first session of the Mandukya Upanishad held in spring 2023 at Sacred Grove, Texas, USA.
In this video, Sri M introduces the Mandukya Upanishad, a short but significant text from the Atharvaveda, focusing on the meaning of "OM." It explains that "OM" is composed of three parts: "A" (representing creation/Brahma and the waking state), "U" (representing preservation/Vishnu and the dream state), and "M" (representing transformation/Shiva and the deep sleep). The Upanishad equates "OM" with all of existence, encompassing past, present, future, and that which is beyond time.
00:00 Mandukya Upanishad introduction
11:35 AUM's relation to past, present and future
20:48 Four parts of AUM
22:45 `A` represents the waking state
26:50 `U` represents the dream state
34:47 `M` represents the deep sleep state
45:07 Fourth part of AUM represents the true self
51:58 Results of realizing the different states of consciousness