“For it means the universe is consciousness.”

“At the level at which there is only pure pran, a number of labels are interchangeable. This place could also be called pure light or pure consciousness as well as pure pran. The implications of this are far reaching. For it means the universe is consciousness. It follows that when you have succeeded in fully breaking the identification with your body, senses, and thoughts, then you merge into pure consciousness – Universal Consciousness. What you thought was ‘your’ consciousness turns out to be only a part of a Consciousness caught in the illusion of separateness. A person who has severed all attachments and has thus become one with Consciousness is said to be in SAT CHIT ANANDA: total existence, total knowledge, total bliss. This is the highest form of samadhi.”

~ Ram Dass, in the book, Be Here Now