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Aptavani-8
that which evaporates away, has a subtle (sookshma) form. In the same way, the body has a gross (sthool) form which you can see, but the other subtle (sookshma) form is one you cannot see. But the subtle body (sookshma sharira) is very much like this one, there is nothing different in it. The subtle body means the electrical body itself!
Questioner: But at the time when the soul (jiva) leaves, how does the causal body (karan sharira), and the electrical body (tejas sharira) go with it? Why does anything else not leave with it?
Dadashri: If you boil water, the hydrogen and oxygen in the water, will evaporate together! And later, even they separate. But when they evaporate, they evaporate together. They separate and then come back together. That is an account (hisaab). It is because of the karmic account that the electrical body stays bound to the Atma. That is why there is no other mixing. That electrical body remains the same, life after life, throughout its existence, and nothing on the outside can touch it. Just as this physical body does not allow another physical body to fuse with it, the same is true for the subtle body (sookshma sharira). The only difference is that the gross and tangible (sthool) body is visible to the eyes; whereas the subtle body is not. There is even a form to it, and everything else, except you can see the physical body and you cannot see the subtle body; that is all. So there is no mixing of any kind. The subtle body does not mix with anything else. There is the 'my-ness' (mamata) in this physical body and there is the 'my-ness' in the subtle body as well.
It is like this: as long as there is the state of worldly life (sansar avastha), the subtle body stays with it. The state of worldly life (sansar avastha) means the state of illusion (bhranti). It is there, as long as the subtle body is there.
Questioner: So within the subtle body, is the Atma separate, or is it bound?
| SR No. | 030038 |
| Book Title | Aptavani Shreni 08 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Dada Bhagwan |
| Publisher | Dada Bhagwan Aradhana Trust |
| Publication Year | |
| Total Pages | 436 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 1 MB |