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The Inner Consciousness How to awaken and direct it - Swami Prakashananda
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Title: The Inner Consciousness
How to awaken and direct it
Author: Swami Prakashananda
Release Date: November 8, 2012 [EBook #41319]
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The Inner Consciousness
How to Awaken and Direct It
By
SWAMI PRAKASHANANDA
Published by
THE VEDANTA SOCIETY
OF SAN FRANCISCO
2963 Webster Street
San Francisco, California
U. S. A.
Copyright, 1921,
by
Vedanta Society of S. F.
THE INNER CONSCIOUSNESS
How to Awaken and Direct It
In theoretical as well as applied psychology no term is more misleading, or confusing than the term consciousness. We use the term often in our conversation; we come across it in our study; but when we are asked to define it properly, to explain its significance, its meaning, or the idea for which that word stands, we are unable to do so. And that is because there are so many varied ideas concerning consciousness. There are so many aspects of consciousness, there are so many states of consciousness that we get mixed up—that is, we confuse one with the other. So we must know thoroughly the true significance of the term. Then we can make such distinctions as inner consciousness and outer consciousness.
What is truly meant by consciousness, or what is the principle back of that term? There are many ideas which cannot be expressed properly for lack of words, or lack of terms. The word consciousness is really derived from the Latin root scio, to know, and con, together; so the word consciousness from