The body is merely an imperfect means of apprehending One's True Self...

The body is merely an imperfect means of apprehending the world, which is nothing but One's True Self that simply Is and is non-different from anything else. It simply Is and is all-pervading and is the state of ultimate peace and Bliss. Its Power being Shakti that manifests as the three guNas, play, and all that is perceived is merely a play of these three guNas. See the same Self in everything or see God in everything and know your true nature is non-different from God or the Self. The seeming passage of time, which is nothing but the mind's forgetfulness of Shakti, and the experience of objects and life are merely for bhoga (experience) and liberation from ignorance. Recall Yoga SUtra: Bhoga apavargArtham dRShyam.

In fact, trying to perfect the body reveals the ignorance from delusion arising from annamayakosha. Trying to perfectly cleanse the nADis and cakras through prANAyAma is ignorance from delusion arising from prANamayakosha. Trying to perfect the mind is ignorance from delusion of manomayakosha. Yet all these are necessary and only by purifying the non-existent mind, by situating oneself in the imaginary vijnAnamayakosha, and practicing dhyAnam is all this to be known. Only then can Anandamayakosha and the Self at its core without distinctions be known.