This [consciousness] is a single mass, luminous wherever it shines.

Ekaghana—a singular, compact, and seamless mass—stands as one of the most potent terms within the Vāsiṣṭhian lexicon. It does not denote “uniformity” in a homogeneous and tedious sense, but rather ghanatva: density, plenitude, the absolute absence of interstices. Consciousness possesses no parts, no interior or exterior, no gradations of awareness. This resonates profoundly with the Chāndogya Upaniṣad VI and its declaration of tajjalān: that from which all is born, by which all lives, and into which all dissolves. The appearance of multiplicity—manifold beings, manifold worlds—constitutes mere vilāsa, an expressive play rather than an actual division. When the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā proclaims tvaṃ eko devas sarvatra mukto (II.1), it articulates this very ekatva. The yogin who internalizes such a realization ceases to pursue extraordinary experiences; every experience, whether ordinary or supreme, manifests the selfsame cid-ekaghanatā. The morning meal holds no less sanctity than samādhi: both are vilāsa of the non-dual