This is Sivarātri day. Sri Bhagavan was beaming with Grace in the evening. A raised the following question:
Enquiry into the Self seems to take one into the subtle body (ativāhika sarīram or puriashtakam or ). Am I right?
M.: They are different names for the same state, but they are used according to the different points of view. After some time puriashtakam (the eight fold subtle body) will disappear and there will be the ‘Eka’ (one) only.
Vritti jnāna alone can destroy ‘’ (ignorance). Absolute is not inimical to ajnāna.
There are two kinds of (modes of mind). (1) “vishaya vritti” (objective) and (2) “ātma vritti” (subjective). The first must give place to the second. That is the aim of “” (practice), which takes one first to the puriashtaka and then to the One Self.