Some sad unexpected questions indeed. However, since you were brave enough to inquire, I can only hope that you have the courage to face the reality which is that without the adjuncts the core self as it is in this reality, turns out to be a big hullabaloo about nothing.

This is because it cannot directly perceive anything in this physical and subtle reality because it is not equipped with the proper detection devices. It cannot by itself convert itself into a down-shift of itself which would match these realities and cause that longed for direct perception.

The mere idea that the natural and supernatural reality supplemented the coreSelf with the adjuncts is the most glaring suggestion to it, that it should remove itself from its ignorance and realize that it cannot directly in any way comprehend this reality. Its show and tell about this, is a manifestation of its ignorance. Please check in the Yoga Sutras about a declaration about the mundane nature (natural and supernatural) being in touch with the coreSelf because of the core’s primeval ignorance.

The self is a brilliant reality but brilliance as in the brilliance of light does not mean objective perception and keen knowledge of the illumination it provides. That should not be assumed because otherwise it would be a false presumption.

• What are the coreSelf’s benefits in separating from the adjuncts?

The advantage of that is that the core can come to its senses and realize its helplessness and its lack of understanding because it cannot without the adjuncts see anything here either in the natural or supernatural environments.

The only reason I wrote this is due to the fact that you pressed me hard with the question. Patanjali defined kaivalyam (kevalam) as two positions. The first is the separation of the core from its adjuncts. The second is the re-unification of the core with its purified accurate adjunctions. What was the need for two definitions or conditions?

It was necessary because the core needs the adjuncts to supplement what it lacks and what it cannot directly apprehend. I am hopeful this provides some clarity. The explosion is psychological and not every ascetic survives it because it blows arrogance to the smithereens.

Yes, every ascetic must meditate and answer the question for himself/herself. Here it is again with a few words added:

• When the coreSelf loops its attention without taking assistance from the adjuncts, does it have direct interaction with the objects which it relied on the adjuncts to perceive?