Indian Philosophy on Consciousness (vedas)

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I have been reading about Indian Philosophy for a few days now. while reading , the introduction of Consciousness, Brahman and Atman comes again and again.

In the context of all three terms, one word is used repeatedly i.e เคธเคค เคšिเคค เค†เคจंเคฆ। Sat Chit Anand. ( Truth - consciousness -bliss)

As we know that we are conscious creatures in nature.
But i was wondering...
What happens when someone is in coma??
Yes , every wild thought in my head starts with  
“i was wondering ”and from there on its just chaos..
So let's just wonder and wander around indian philosophy ( vedas on consciousness)
 As we know medically,
‘A coma is a prolonged state of unconsciousness. During a coma, a person is unresponsive to his or her environment. The person is alive and looks like he or she is sleeping. However, unlike in a deep sleep, the person cannot be awakened by any stimulation, including pain.
With these conditions some questions in my head popped up like popcorns.
Is Life Consciousness?
If so, medically speaking when one is in Coma,when one’s consciousness is absent, he is said be alive , then what is Life?
One is not aware of consciousness while in deep sleep, or even during the Dreaming State.
Where does it go then? 
We recollect, some times, what we have dreamed.
It is said to be because of Consciousness.
How does this happen?
In Psychology, there is a term which normally does not make sense.
The term is ‘Unconscious’
How does one say he has unconscious state in his make up, when the very term indicates you are not Conscious of it.
Then what is Mind?
What is Brain?
The activity of the Brain is Mind,(Science)
Activity of the Mind is Intellect, activity of the Intellect is Chitta เคšिเคค (Indian Philosophy).
Yoga speaks of this in the first Sutra,
Yoga;chitta Vruthi Nirodhithaha’ เคฏोเค— เคšिเคค्เคค เคตृเคค्เคคि เคจिเคฐोเคง.
The Cessation of the modification of the Chitta is Yoga.
Mind is like a CPU , it receives sensations /Data.
No factual or judgemental pronunciations are made.
The Judgemental portion is made by Buddhi(Intellect).
How does Buddhi pass judgements or values to an even or sensations.
It is by the directions of the Chitta, Consciousness.
Consciousness in an attribute of Reality.
It is the Subject in the process of Cognition.
It is not an object of Cognition.
It can not be known or perceived by any thing other than by itself, Consciousness.
It is a Sate of Being.(Sat) เคธเคค
The state of Being has as its attributes Consciousness, which has Bliss or Ananda as its attribute.
Sat Chit and Ananda.
sat เคธเคค् [in Sanskrit , “to be“ “Truth”, “Absolute Being”. Sat describes an essence that is pure and timeless, that never changes.
chit เคšिเคค् “consciousness”, “true consciousness”, “to be consciousness of”, “to understand”, “to comprehend”.
ฤnanda เค†เคจเคจ्เคฆ “bliss”,”true bliss”,”happiness” “joy”, “delight”, “pleasure

“Sat-Chit-Ananda” or “Saccidฤnanda” is the Sanskrit compound form of the word, which can be translated in various ways:
“Eternal Consciousness Bliss”
“Absolute Consciousness Bliss”
“Consisting of existence and thought and joy
These attributes are inseparable from each other.
These three together constitute the Attribute of Brahman.
Brahman is the Ultimate Reality.
It is never an object of perception. Inferred it is.
It is the Perceiver, the process of Perception and the Perceived.
Perception is removal of Ignorance, Avidya.
This Avidya is at the individual level.
At the Universal level it is called Maya.
The state of Being, Consciousness and Bliss are expressed as Sat Chit and Ananda in the Upanishads.
This is the interpretation of Advaita by Shankaracharya.
Prajgnam Brahma (Upanishad)เคช्เคฐเคœ्เคžाเคจเคฎ เคฌ्เคฐเคน्เคฎ.
Brahman ,Reality is Consciousness.
The one wants to know what Mind or cognition is.
Cognition happens when consciousness illuminates.
Consciousness itself is Knowledge.
Further what i have understood is that The Upanishads on conciousness and Brahman.
Described them like following.

(“You are Brahman”)
(Tat Tvam Asi)
เคคเคค् เคค्เคตเคฎ् เค…เคธि

“The Self (the Soul) is Brahman.”
Sanskrit: ayam atma brahma. (Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 4.4.5) เค…เคฏเคฎ् เค†เคค्เคฎा เคฌ्เคฐเคน्เคฎ

“I am Brahman.”
Sanskrit: aham brahmasmi. (Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.4.10) เค…เคนเคฎ् เคฌ्เคฐเคน्เคฎाเคธ्เคฎि

“Brahman is Consciousness.”
Sanskrit: prajnanam brahma. (Aitareya Upanishad 3.1.3)เคช्เคฐเคœ्เคžाเคจเคฎ् เคฌ्เคฐเคน्เคฎ 

All this is Brahman.
Sanskrit: Sarvam khalvidam brahma. (Chandogya Upanishad 3.14.1)

All this is, indeed, Brahman. This Atman is Brahman.

This same Atman has four quarters. (Mandukya Upanishad 1.2) [The first three quarters correspond to the letters of AUM: 1 = A, 2 = U, 3 = M. The fourth quarter is silence.]

 

SAT (Existence)
“In the beginning, my dear, this [universe] was Being (Sat) alone, one only without a second.”
(Chandogya Upanishad 6.2.1 also Aitareya Upanishad 1.1.1)

“All this that we see in the world is Brahman.”
Sanskrit: sarvam khalv idam brahma. (Chandogya Upanishad 3.14.1)

“Brahman is Reality, Knowledge, and Infinity.”
(Taittiriya Upanishad 2.1.3)

ANANADA (Bliss)
“Brahman is bliss (ananda).”
(Taittiriya Upanishad 3.6.1)
“Brahman that is immediate and direct—the Self that is within all.”
“You cannot see That which is the Seer of seeing.
you cannot hear That which is the Hearer of hearing.
you cannot think of That which is the Thinker of thought.
you cannot know That which is the Knower of knowledge.
This is your Self, that is within all;.
everything else but This is perishable.

This is my little understanding of indian philosophy on Consciousness till now from the Book เคญाเคฐเคคीเคฏ เคฆเคฐ्เคถเคจ เค•ी เคฐूเคชเคฐेเค–ा by
เคช्เคฐोเคซेเคธเคฐ เคนเคฐेंเคฆ्เคฐ เคช्เคฐเคธाเคฆ เคธिเคจ्เคนा.
Well these vast philosophical thoughts made me more calmer i guess.
In a sense that human consciousness is still under hit and trial method to fully understand this aspect of human beings.
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