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    The Inner Consciousness How to awaken and direct it
    The Inner Consciousness How to awaken and direct it
    The Inner Consciousness How to awaken and direct it
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    The Inner Consciousness How to awaken and direct it

    By Swami Prakashananda

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    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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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]

      Language: English

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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

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