Mi~Beloved wrote:

However greater than that is when the atma or core-self itself translates into itself being whatever senses are required. Then there are no adjuncts. Then the self itself is experienced with perception which is not based on additions to itself but which is itself in various formations. That is called a spiritual body as compared to a higher level of the subtle body.

Email question:

I wondered, in this state of existence, do you have a permanent spiritual/divine body and identity (i.e. are you in a spiritual place as a cowherd boy, as in Vrindaban, or in any other permanent configuration  there?  It sort of sounded like you were describing a shape shifting sort of identity where the core self has the ability to assume various forms in different environments. Or have I totally misunderstood?

Mi~Beloved’s Response:

It is not a shape shifting. That form is preset according to the needs of that environment. It is not determined by the yogi. Just as we find sometimes that a person discovers himself to be in an astral place in a certain body of a certain age with a preset role which he has to play, one finds the self to be such that one has a permanent spiritual/divine body and identity with preset relationships to others who are already existing in that divine place.