(1) The mental body in which thoughts arise as a result of Sanskaras = Impressions from past experiences. These thoughts may remain latent in the mental body, as seeds, or they may be expressed. If they are expressed, they first take the form of desires, and pass first through

(2) The Subtle body, or "desire body," which is composed of the five psychic senses. They may rest there, as in the case of dreams or unfulfilled desires, or they may be further expressed through

(3) The physical body with its five physical senses.

The three states of consciousness, corresponding to the three vehicles mentioned above, are:

(1) Unconsciousness, as in deep dreamless deep;

(2) Sub-consciousness, as in dreams or obscure, unformed, unfulfilled desires;

(3) Waking consciousness, as in active daily life.

The process by which thought passes from mental through the subtle into physical expression, may be called the "expression of human will."

In order for thought to be expressed effectively, all three of the vehicles used in its expression, must be perfectly clear, and the interaction between them must be harmonious. The head and the heart must be united, intellect and feeling must be balanced. In order to convey thought to others, man uses speech or writing, or some other physical means of expression; or in some cases, as in telepathy, thought is transmitted and received through and by the subtle body.

The Godman neither thinks nor desires. Through Him, the Divine Will flows inevitably into perfect manifestation, passing directly from the spiritual body (which, in the ordinary human being, is not developed) into physical expression. For Him, the superconscious is the normal state of consciousness. He does not convey thought, but Truth, which He either awakens in the individual whom He is helping, through deep, inner experience, or which He transmits directly from the superconscious to the conscious, from the spiritual to the physical, by means of either the physical eye, the physical touch or the spoken word. When He speaks, Truth is more powerfully manifested than when He uses either sight or touch to convey it.

So when Shri Meher Baba speaks, He will manifest the Divine Will, and a world-wide transformation of consciousness will result.

Q. How will Shri Meher Baba be able, by speaking, to ease the world depression, to solve the problems of unemployment, prohibition and crime?