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Help the ‘I’ find what it is seeking!

by Ekta Bathija | May 28, 2026 | Brahman, Consciousness, Desire, Direct Path, I, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Seeking, Self- Realization

Question:

The desire to experience arises in whom? Can consciousness at rest have a desire? And if consciousness in motion dissolves into the consciousness at rest, that should be the end of Dwaitam. How does it arise again? I know I may sound very naive, as I am a beginner trying to understand and learn, so please excuse me.

 

Answer:

The desire to exist is called Jijivisha in Sanskrit. Brahman itself realizes that it exists. Consciousness at rest suddenly has its first movement: sensing that it exists. That is the first arising of Consciousness in motion or the Witness Consciousness. Reminder, the Witness Consciousness arises on account of its realization, ‘I exist’.

Consciousness in motion, or the Witness Consciousness, is simply the sense of ‘I AM’.

When Brahman realizes ‘I AM’, there is another aspect to that realization, ‘I KNOW I AM’.

The Consciousness at rest knows the arising of the Consciousness in motion. This knowingness unleashes the desire to know more. In simpler words, the desire to experience arises because of the realisation: I exist. Hence, Jijivisha is equal to the desire to exist and to experience.

Now, in your own direct seeing of Wake-Dream-Sleep exploration or Swapna Nidra Gnyana Sadhana, you can recognize:

• • The sense of ‘I AM’ dissolves and disappears after the last Dream into the Nothingness of Deep Sleep.
  • The sense of ‘I AM’ arises out of the Nothingness of Deep Sleep, just before the first Dream.

Why does the ‘I’ keep arising? 

Because it has not yet found its answer. It is seeking yearningly. It wants to know: “Who am I?” Help yourself find what you have been seeking! When you see it in your own Direct Seeing in your own Swapna Nidra Gnyana Sadhana, then no doubt remains. You do not have to take Ekta’s word for it. You do not have to blindly believe an ancient scripture or an enlightened sage’s words, but it becomes your own experience that cannot be negated when you SEE.

The following Wake-Dream-Sleep exploration or Swapna Nidra Gnyana Sadhana resources might help: