turiya: lit. the "fourth," being the fourth state of consciousness, beyond waking, dreaming, and deep sleep. This state is so far removed from all normal states of consciousness, that it is utterly beyond words to describe it.
Turiya
The fourth, highest , transcendent state of consciousness, transcending the ordinary states: waking, dreaming and deep sleep. This refers to the experience of samadhi or the state of spiritual illumination.
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fourth dimension of consciousness; super consciousness; simultaneous awareness of all three states of consciousness ...
Turiya ("fourth"): The fourth, or transcendental state, beyond the waking, dream, and deep-sleep states, in which the true nature of reality is directly perceived; the state of samadhi, or deep meditation.
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Turiya
("fourth"), also called cathurtha: the transcendental Reality, which exceeds the three conventional states of consciousness, namely waking, sleeping, and dreaming / The state of superconsciousness, the fourth state transcending the waking, ...
TURIYA - superconsciousness - samadhi
TYAGA - sacrificing, renouncing ...
turiya the fourth, the fourth plane of our consciousness; the superconscient; the Absolute.
turiya atman spirit in its fourth or transcendental state.
turiyam dhama the fourth placing or poise of existence.
Turiya is not a 'state' like the others, since it is present in all the states and is actually the whole of reality, pure consciousness in itself.
Turiya - superconscious state
Unmesa - the flow of the Spanda principle that takes place between any two things: two thoughts, two steps, two observations, etc.
Upanishads - a collection of Hindu spiritual writings following from the Vedas ...
[113] He was accompanied by Sister Nivedita and Swami Turiyananda. He spent a short time in England, and went on to America. During this visit, he founded the Vedanta societies at San Francisco and New York.
The sounds in Om (AUM) represent the waking, dream and deep sleep states and then silence which surrounds Om represents the "Turiya" (blissful) state.
The Yogi should realise the oneness of the Visvatman and others up to the Turiya.
By using the correct approach with the sacred sound this will eventually lead to the fourth state called turiya.
In the language of the Mandukya Upanisad, it is a rising of the experiencing individual from the three states to the fourth state, called Turiya - from the three dimensions of waking, dream and deep sleep you go to the fourth dimension of Turiya.
When we perceive all form and everything as movement (including the body), we have reached the stillness of the central axis where all time and space converge in turiya. This is Reality.
TRIPUTI: The triad-seer, sight and seen.
TRISHNA: Sense-hankering.
TURIYA: The state of superconsciousness, the fourth state transcending the waking, dreaming and deep sleep states.
TYAGA: Renunciation (of egoism, desires and the world).
The third sound of "M" represents the Prajna, the casual, subconscious deep sleep state. The fourth sound is the silence that follows the sound of Om which represents Turiya, ...
As a tool, yantra meditation is used to withdraw consciousness from the outer world, so as to help the student to go beyond the normal framework of mind to the altered states of consciousness known as turiya.
 See also: Yoga, Spirit, Ananda, Mantra, Brahma
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