Sri Shirdi Saibaba
Happiness or sadness is the dharma relating to the heart. The heart gets the consciousness only when it is conjoined with the soul. This consciousness shines in the beings in the form of paramadharaka, vyavaharika and pratibhasika depending on the progression and spiritual maturity of the beings. Even though the body is one it has the various forms of youth, maturity and old age. It is the same case with the consciousness.
The paramadharaka consciousness may be seen only in the saints. Those who model their conduct as enjoined by the sastras and know what is to be retained and what discarded and progress towards salvation are the vyavaharikas. Those who believe the untruth to be the truth and whose intellect is steeped in ignorance are the pratibhasika. You should know that the pratibhasika are the ignorant, the vyavaharika are the wise and the paramadharaka are saints. Even so, the same Atman shines in all. The king, his officer and his emissary are all parts of the same kingdom. The basis and the foundation of their power is the constitution of that country. Even then, there are differences among them. One rides in state on the elephant and sits on the throne. He moves about as he fancies. All the people follow the constitution. It is the duty of every one to follow it without demur. The king, his officialdom, the servants, and the people are all different but they all follow the same constitution. The king may die but the constitution lives on. The successor to the king obtains his power from that. That constitution is not a thing to be purchased or sold commercially but all weal is available because of it. By which constitution the king sits on throne, by the same constitution the servants serve him and look after his every comfort. The king gets the greatest benefit from it; his officialdom gets lesser benefit, his servants even less benefit and the common people the least benefit. In the same manner he who has realized and experienced that his soul and Brahman are one gets the Brahman in full form.
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