The trinity – the meditator, the meditated form and the process of meditation – dissolves and becomes ONE. This is how “Sabeeja Dhyanam” becomes an experience of “Nirvikalpa Samadhi”.

As all “doership and experiencership” vanish, the Yogi becomes unaware of his own body. In ignorance you are unaware of your Self; similarly in Self Realization, you are unaware of your body. Even death is not experienced by the Yogi. This is like a drunkard becoming unaware of his clothes – whether they are on his body or not. This state is called “Jeevanmukthi”. As you are separate from your child and your house, Self is separate from your body.

Yet, as the clay remains even when the pot breaks, Self remains even when the body perishes. Fire woods vary in their shapes, but the fire in each and every one of them is the same. Similarly, the Chaithanyam in all these forms of plants, birds, animals and humans is the same! The feeling of separation is at the form level only, not at the plane of Self.

Remember Mother Devahoothi’s question, “As Prakrithi is never separate from Purusha, how can the Jeeva attain moksham?”. Lord Kapila concludes the answer to this question, “By the grace of Easwara, Jeeva transcends the “Easwara Maya” and attains his Swaroopam”.