7 - Mind Going Beyond Mind | Swami Tattwamayananda - a podcast by Vedanta Society, San Francisco

Verses: 32, 33, 35, 40, 41
- Psychological problems can have no permanent solutions at the psychological level.
- They can have permanent solutions only at the spiritual level.
- Ascent in self-identity: Contrasting examples of Fyodor Dostoevsky and Valmiki, the great Sanskrit poet of India and the author of the ancient classic 'Ramayana'.
- Only the non-participating Witness ( the 'Self' - साक्षी) is Absolutely Real because it is unchanging.
- The appearance of 'Jiva' is only because of the association of 'Upadhis'.
- The two powers in Maya:
- The power of false projection (vikshepa-sakti)
- The power of concealing the true nature of the reality (avarana-sakti).
- 'Maya' is neither Absolutely Real, Nor Absolutely Unreal.
- अवछ्छेदवाद, आभासवाद, and प्रतिबिम्बवाद further elaborated. (verse: 33)
- Who is the highest devotee of God? How to reach that level?
- The three levels of Reality in Advaita Vedanta explained.

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