In this sense an individual may be
classified broadly as 'a material man,' 'an energetic man,' or 'an
intellectual man.'
"A man identifies himself about sixteen hours daily with his
physical vehicle. Then he sleeps; if he dreams, he remains in his
astral body, effortlessly creating any object even as do the astral
beings. If man's sleep be deep and dreamless, for several hours he
is able to transfer his consciousness, or sense of I-ness, to the
causal body; such sleep is revivifying. A dreamer is contacting
his astral and not his causal body; his sleep is not fully refreshing."
I had been lovingly observing Sri Yukteswar while he gave his
wondrous exposition.
"Angelic guru," I said, "your body looks exactly as it did when
last I wept over it in the Puri ashram."
"O yes, my new body is a perfect copy of the old one. I materialize
or dematerialize this form any time at will, much more frequently
than I did while on earth. By quick dematerialization, I now travel
instantly by light express from planet to planet or, indeed, from
astral to causal or to physical cosmos." My divine guru smiled.
"Though you move about so fast these days, I had no difficulty in
finding you at Bombay!"
"O Master, I was grieving so deeply about your death!"
"Ah, wherein did I die? Isn't there some contradiction?" Sri
Yukteswar's eyes were twinkling with love and amusement.
"You were only dreaming on earth; on that earth you saw my
dream-body," he went on.
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