![]() The eternal witness, pure consciousness, He watches our work from within, beyond The reach of the gunas (attributes of mind)." ( Shvetashvatara Upanishad Sl. With regard to the word, साक्षी ( sākṣī), used in the following verse from Shvetashvatara Upanishad, Mind ( manas), Ego ( ahankara) and Sakshi, all perform different functions but that difference of functions does not mean difference in nature or essence. It lends its shine ( Chitchhaya) to the "ego" part of the subtle body, which consists of the everchanging Mind, the decision making Intellect, the Memory & the Illusory Ego. It is the timeless Being which witnesses all this ceaseless flow and change in the world of thought and things, the 'Witness' or the higher 'Ego', the faculty which perceives the individual personality. साक्षी or शाक्षी means 'observer', 'eyewitness' or the 'Supreme Being', is the Atman, the unchangeable eternal Reality, Pure Consciousness and knowledge. Sakshi or Shiva, along with Shakti (will/energy/motion), represents the Brahman, the totality itself in its most fundamental state, the concept of all mighty, revealed in ancient philosophical texts of Hinduism. Sakshi is beyond time, space and the triad of experiencer, experiencing and experienced sakshi witnesses all thoughts, words and deeds without interfering with them or being affected by them. In Hindu philosophy, Sakshi ( Sanskrit: साक्षी), also Sākṣī, "witness," refers to the 'pure awareness' that witnesses the world but does not get affected or involved.
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