Paramhansa Yogananda

Man's conscious state is an awareness of body and breath. His subconscious state, active in sleep, is associated with his mental, and temporary, separation from body and breath. His superconscious state is a freedom from the delusion that "existence" depends on body and breath. God lives without breath; the soul made in his image becomes conscious of itself, for the first time, only during the breathless state.” 

 (Autobiography of a Yogi)

Dear All,

What does Paramahamsa reveal in the above Gospel??

When we are awake       -    Body and Breath conscience present

When we are asleep.     -   Body and Breath conscience is missing temporarily

When  one 
gets Realization.            -     Body and Breath awareness is eternally 
                                             gone

And, the last state, the Paramahamsa aligns / relates with God's state and states that God has no breath.

So, only when we reach that ultimate state of SELF REALIZATION which Swamiji has referred as super conscious state, both we ( existing as soul and not as this body) and God's state are same and that is why THAT state is called SELF realization or GOD REALIZATION where,

SELF                =/ Merges with           GOD!!
(Atman).                                             (Brahman)

And, the author concludes for Nth time in this blog, "The above = or merging" with is the only purpose of our birth/ existence on this earth.

Love