Self Withdraws
“Self Withdraws”
All analogy shows us that as the Self withdraws from sheath after sheath, he does not lose but gains in Self- realisation.
Self-realisation becomes more and more vivid with each successive withdrawal; so that as the Self puts aside one veil of 
matter after another, recognises in regular succession that each body in turn is not himself, by that process of withdrawal his sense of Self-reality becomes keener, not less keen.
It is important to remember that, because often Western readers, dealing with Eastern ideas, in consequence of misunderstanding the meaning of the state of liberation, or the condition of Nirvana, identify it with nothingness or unconsciousness–an entirely mistaken idea which is apt to colour the whole of their thought when dealing with Yogic processes.
Imagine the condition of a man who identifies himself completely with the body, so that he cannot, even in thought, separate himself from it–the state of the early undeveloped man–and compare that with the strength, vigour and lucidity of your own mental consciousness.
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