31.
WHERE CAN THE SELF BE
FOUND?

IN the state of deep sleep (sushupti ^[?]), the Self experiences
repose and unmixed bliss, and has the experience of
coming out of it refreshed -- from that `something' into
which the Self has receded while in deep sleep.

      What is that `something'? That is the Self, the Pratyag-
atma, the unaffected Witness-Conscious-Self Aware. This
is the unchanging Truth, the ground of one's real Being,
in the presence of which the states of waking, dreaming
and sleeping pass in succession. It is this real Being that is
the `I-I' in the Heart.

      Sri Bhagavan urges that the basis of all manifestations
be realised as the Self, self-aware as `I-I' in the inmost core
of the Heart, the Witness-Consciousness unmoved and
unconditioned.

      This realization alone can give the experience of
Oneness of the Self with All; and only on realization of
That can selfless work (nishkama-karma) become a matter
of course. Then everything one does becomes spontaneous
and natural (sahaja-dharma), and that is the universal
religion (viswa-dharma), so inner experience and the outer
life become co-ordinated in Integral Existence. That is
pure Devotion (bhakti ^[?]), true Yoga, and Full Knowledge
(purna-jnana).

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