Light Mirror · Self-Inquiry

Levels of Existence

A reflection on Brahman, Atma, and the subtle body.

This is a reflection, not a test.

These questions are an invitation to sit with what you have received and notice what has taken root. Some answers can be named. Others are pointed to, never fully captured in words.

Trust what arises. Write in your own voice.

Om Kriya Babaji Namah

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Part One: The Nature of Reality

Reflect in your own words. There is no wrong answer here, only your present understanding.

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1. Though Brahman cannot be defined, what is your understanding of Brahman?

Let the words come from your direct sense, not from memory of a definition.

2. How is Isvara different from Brahman, and what is Isvara?

3. What is Atma in relation to Brahman?

4. Which aspect of us falsely identifies with the causal, subtle, and physical bodies and thinks that is "me"?

Name it, and if you wish, describe how you have noticed this identification in your own experience.

Part Two: The Fabric of Creation

These questions point to the building blocks of all that appears. Recall what you have received.

5. What are the three qualities or attributes that the whole of creation is made up of?

Name all three.

6. What are the five elements, and which senses are they related to?

Name each element and the sense it corresponds to.

Part Three: The Subtle Body and Prana

Moving inward, from the gross to the subtle.

7. What are the two broad categories that our subtle body is made up of?

8. What is Prana, and what are the five types of Pranas?

Define Prana, then name the five.

9. What are the five Koshas?

Name all five sheaths.

Closing Reflection

A final pause before you send this in.

What is one insight, question, or shift that has arisen for you while completing this reflection?

Optional. Write only what feels true.

Thank you for sitting with these questions.

What you have written is a mirror of where you are right now on the path. Return to it in a few months and notice what has shifted.

With love,
Ragini · Light Mirror