and dissolution of created things (prabhav-apyayau hi bhutanam)". This is the causal body. In the waking consciousness, there is a sense of 'I' (self-identity) and awareness of thoughts. In the sleep or dream state, there is no or little sense of 'I'; however, there are thoughts and the awareness of thoughts. Waking and dreaming are not true experiences of Absolute Reality and metaphysical truth, because of their dualistic natures of subject and object, self and not-self, ego, and non-ego. Kashmir Shaivism Kashmir Shaivism holds the state called turya – the fourth state. It is neither wakefulness, dreaming, nor deep sleep. In reality, it exists in the junction between any of these three states, i.e. between waking and dreaming, between dreaming and deep sleep, and between deep sleep and waking. In Kashmir Shaivism there exists a fifth state of consciousness called Turiyatita - the state beyond Turiya.'' Turiyatita, also called the void or shunya is the state where one attains liberation otherwise known as jivanmukti or moksha. Based on the Tantraloka an extended model of seven consecutive stages of turiya is presented by Swami Lakshman Joo. These stages are called: Nijānanda Nirānanda Parānanda Brahmānanda Mahānanda Chidānanda Jagadānanda While turiya stages 1 - 6 are attributed to the "internal subjective samādhi" (nimīlanā samādhi), once samādhi becomes permanently established in the seventh turiya stage it is described to span not only the internal subjective world anymore but beyond that also the whole external objective world (unimīlanā samādhi). See also Hinduism Brahma Samhita Rasa (theology) Rasa lila Samādhi Shuddhadvaita Buddhism Mindfulness Dhyana in Buddhism Shikan-taza Mahamudra Dzogchen Sunyata Buddha-nature Two truths doctrine Cross-over Choiceless awareness Therapy Morita therapy Gestalt therapy Acceptance and commitment therapy Notes References Published references Web-references Sources Some editions spell the author Isayeva. Hindu philosophical concepts Vaishnavism Nondualism Advaita Vedanta