The Self is the substratum on which life rests. Obscured by the mind, the intelligence and the ego, the ecstasy of the Self remains unknown. Life is the process that is experienced by the senses, in the mind differentiated by the intelligence, limited by the ego and ecstatic in the unlimited Self. This life is united as one. 5. From the first original god and the expansions to the worlds with their inhabitants and objects, all are living this One life.
Life is free to be manifested or to be unmanifested.
Life observes itself through all the different egos. Forgetting their common interest, the egos engage in conflict. and loose the ecstasy of the Self. In the individual the ego dominates the Self. The purpose of the manifested world is to lead to the fulfillment of desires and to ultimate liberation. The practice of the Brahmananda Tantra Sadhana reminds the ego how to participate in this.