Three Bodies & States

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sense-organs 7. The inner chamber Deep sleep in which the causal body is

manifest 8. The middle chamber Dream in which the subtle body is manifest

9. The outer court Waking state in which the gross body is manifest The Self

which is the lamp (1) shines of its own accord in the inner chamber, i.e., the

causal body (7) that is endowed with nescience as the inner wall (4) and sleep

as the door (2); when by the vital principle as conditioned by time, karma,

etc., the sleep-door is opened, there occurs a reflection of the Self in the

egoity-mirror (5) that is placed next to the door-step - Mahat-tattva; the

egoity-mirror thus illumines

the middle chamber, i.e., the dream state (8), and, through the windows which

are the five cognitive sense-organs (6), the outer court, i.e., the waking

state. When, again, by the vital principle as conditioned by time, karma, etc.,

the sleep-door gets shut, the egoity ceases along with waking and dream, and the

Self alone ever shines. The example just given explains how the Self is

unmoving, how there is difference between the Self and the egoity and how the

three states of experience, the three bodies, etc., appear. Sivaya Namah

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