COSMIC IDEAS
Vedantic way: (Mandukya -Upanishadic view) : - Our mindd works in four ways. (!)Vaishwanar is the state when our Mind is totally externalised and we know the perceptual Universe thru divisions and may glimpse truth thru Samkhya process of Analytical study. Yet the Absolute or TRUTH, at-once, is only possible thru meditaion alone [ mind turned inward totally(Vision in Samadhi).
Next is (!!)Taijasa or Dreaming state or journey thru the desiring Universe either when awake (day -dreaming) or ( dreamig state ) in sleep.
Next is (!!!) Prajna, when the Lower state of mind (material mind) is overpowered by higher mind( Psychic) thru self- control and the reality of the world of Relativity is understood and absorbed for spiritual Ascent..
The Final and fourth (!V ) stage is Turya , which is beyond the reach of mortal men but reached in meditation by saints ,divine men or Avatars 0nly. Truely the SELF ,the psychae, our intelligence with ego and last of all, our mind are the either pole of our soul , in different states of our existence & attaiment.
[In the present world of technological supremacy 90% or more of our mind is externalised by perceptual attractions , atachments ,worldly needs etc .]