EB You must witness that the waking state is inherently a seeking in itself.

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The turbulent ups and downs of your thoughts and emotions represent the inherent search that characterizes the waking state.

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The waking ego AHAMKARA  is not the true author of this enigmatic search for reality. 

Rather, the waker acts merely as an appearance or instrument 

through which the timeless Witness (Sakshi)—the ultimate Seeker existing entirely beyond the waking state—

expresses its own mysterious pursuit of self-recognition.

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The Core Concept

The text states that the waker’s body (the instrument of perception) and the waking world (the object of perception) are actually a single, inseparable waking thought. Because they are fundamentally the same thought, they arise and vanish at the exact same time.

The Advaita Simplification

In Advaita Vedanta, this is explained through the principle of Drishti-Srishti Vada (the doctrine that perception and creation are simultaneous):

• The Illusion of Separation: We normally think the body is "inside" and the world is "outside." Advaita reveals that both the physical body (sthula sharira) and the external universe are projected together by the mind.

• A Single Thought (Vritti): The body and the world are two sides of the same coin. Just like in a dream, the "dreamer's body" and the "dream world" are created by a single movement of the mind. When you wake up, they both vanish instantly because they are the exact same mental projection.

• The Reality: Since the body and the world appear and disappear together, they are ephemeral and unreal (Mithya). You are the changeless Witness (Sakshi) in whom this single waking thought arises and dissolves.

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