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Here is a bullet-point summary with key quotes from "The Higher and Lower Witnesses are like the Ocean and the Wave" by Ekta Bathija (April 13, 2025):
🔹 Summary: Two Levels of Witnessing
🔸 1. Higher Witness (Primordial Awareness / Ocean)
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The Higher Witness is the Supreme Awareness — beyond body, mind, and even the "I AM".
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It does not experience, it merely knows of the existence of the experiencer.
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Quote:
“It does not experience anything but only senses the existence of the experiencer.” -
It watches the arising and dissolving of the Witness Consciousness.
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Analogy: Like the ocean knows the wave, but doesn't experience its motion.
🔸 2. Lower Witness (Witness Consciousness / Wave)
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The Lower Witness is the Sense of I AM — the observer of waking, dreaming, and deep sleep states.
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When unidentified, it's Pure Witnessing.
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When identified, it becomes the doer and experiencer, falsely assuming it is ultimate.
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Quote:
“When it identifies with the Waker, Dreamer, and Sleeper, it pretends to be the Ultimate Experiencer and Doer.”
🔹 Structure of Consciousness (Nested States)
Higher Witness → Witness Consciousness → Deep Sleep → Dream → Waking
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All states are contained within the Supreme.
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The Supreme holds both:
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The power of Knowing
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The power of Not-Knowing
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Quote:
“The Supreme contains both the opposites of Knowing and Not Knowing.”
🔹 Nature of the Supreme (Like Space)
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The Supreme is like space, projecting night and day, while being beyond both.
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Quote:
“It is like Space that has the inherent power of projecting both Night and Day on Planet Earth, although it is beyond both light and darkness.”
🔹 Key Concepts
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Higher Witness = Supreme, Unchanging, Pure Awareness
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Lower Witness = Consciousness (I AM), the sense of being a person
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Pure Witnessing = Observing without identification
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False Doership = Arises when the Witness identifies with the body-mind
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