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this! How can the tongue utter it when even the mind and intellect cannot express it? This is the fourth state of the saints and is designated as Turiya. Generally people do not know about the causal body, the subtleties of upasana or Upasana Bheda, and the mystery of happiness. As such, the series of questions has to be maintained regarding this matter only.
The eyes see everything, but do not see themselves. The nose smells everything, but does not smell itself. The ears hear everything but do not hear themselves. You see everything but you do not see yourself. This is ignorance. To ward off this ignorance you will have to take the help of an artificial mirror which you are already using. The help has started. And gradually when you look at your image in the mirror, you will yourself be satisfied and keep quiet. Then the chain of questions will automatically stop.
One cannot experience it without following the opposite path. It is mere substratum; so much so that as long as you and I are seen in manifested form, we are all body-minded. That is why the soul, Brahman etc., are explained in terms of having body. All these, in fact, are bodies – whether they are gross or subtle or causal. All these three are respectively the names or definition of body. Name and form themselves are bodies. Formless, attributeless and having attributes also are bodies. Neti, Neti, Neti!