Concept and Nature of Consciousness in Shiva-Sutra: An Applied Scientific Approach

This paper provides a theoretical introduction and review of research on higher states of consciousness described in the Psychology of Shiva Sutra. Consciousness is a natural human phenomenon. It is associated with the human mind-body problem. A many efforts have been in exploring and discovering the reality of consciousness. Modern sciences have tries to solve this Knott. Ancient literature and traditions have also attempted to handle the case. Shiva Sutra is valuable corpus of knowledge, science and logic. It represents a unique encoding and explanation of consciousness. Within the Shiva Sutra it is customary to trace fundamental nature of consciousness. Shiva sutra presents the modern methodologies and techniques in understanding of enquiry. It keeps resemblances with modern sciences and scientific understanding.