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Commentary on the Srimad Bhagavad Gita- Discourse- 9.4. - Swami Krishnananda.

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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday,  June 17, 2021.8:04. AM. Chapter - 9. The Fourth Chapter Continues: The Performance of Action as a Sacrifice - 4. Post-4. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The thickest part of our karma is in the anandamaya kosha. This is what psychologists called the unconscious level. The slightly thinner part is in the subconscious, which we experience in dream many a time, and the thinnest part is in the waking condition. Because of its transparency, consciousness is reflected so clearly that even through that karmic residuum we begin to perceive things in the world as clearly as if it were in the waking state. But we perceive things dimly in the dreaming condition because it is subconscious and not as clear as the waking condition. And we know nothing in the sleeping condition because the cloud is very thick and consciousness does not penetrate through ...