Bhagavan said, “Did you see that? It is like the natural state, ‘sahaja nishta’. For the Realized One the Self (Atman) which sleeps in the body, all three states are the same, namely, that of waking, dream and deep sleep. For example, this cart is going, the man in the cart is asleep; that is like the working of the body ofa Realized Soul. Supposing the man continues to sleep even when the cart stops on reaching its destination, is unloaded and the bullocks removed, and he continues to sleep all through. That is like the sleep of a Realized Soul. The body is for him a cart; while in motion, while standing still, or while being
unloaded, that man goes on sleeping.’