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A Man Living Cosmic Consciousness does not go somewhere Part 1. Student: ‘Today in our discussion group we were discussing levels of consciousness, and this rose [sic] a couple of questions. The first one is, at what level of consciousness is it unnecessary for an individual to incarnate again.’ Maharishi: ‘At the level of consciousness where the development of the Self is full. And that is..’ Student: ‘[interrupting] Is this Cosmic Consciousness then?’ Maharishi: ‘Right.’ Student: ‘I see. And at this point if the person leaves the body or dies, if you want to call it that, and goes on to wherever he goes, does he have his individuality? And if he does, can he incarnate again?’ Maharishi: ‘He doesn't go.’ Student: ‘I don't understand.’ Maharishi: ‘Cosmic Consciousness is a state where the small “s” has become big “S”. Self. And Self-big “S” Self-means unboundedness. Unboundedness. Eternity. When the status of the individual has expanded to unboundedness, that is his status and that is he. Hmm? When the status is unbounded, he is beyond time and space. He's all over. Once he is all over, where he can go? Hmm?’ Student: ‘He's individual, but yet he's unbounded everywhere?’ Maharishi: ‘This is what the small self becoming big Self means. In our meditation that unbounded awareness, that awareness, it has already expanded to eternity, to infinity. Infinite is the boundary of the individual consciousness, huh? On the level of consciousness. On the level of the body he is so many feet long and so many feet wide. Individual. But his awareness is so much unbounded. When the individual is so much unbounded, and the body ceases to function, then what will happen to that unbounded awareness? Nothing can happen to It. Hmm? That it is I' capital. It is unboundedness. And therefore, it doesn't leave the body and doesn't go anywhere, because being everywhere it cannot leave a place and go to another place. It cannot leave one time, go to other time. So the unboundedness is free from the boundaries of time and space. And that is why a man living Cosmic Consciousness does not go somewhere. His body goes from manifested state to unmanifested state. The body goes, he doesn't go.’ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Humboldt State College, USA August 1970