Individual. (Glossary for the Vahinis)

The individual is called by us as Vyakti. do you know why? Because we expect him to make Vyakta, that is to say, to manifest his divinity!

ishvarah sarva-bhutanam

hrd-dese rjuna tisthati

bhramayan sarva-bhutani

yantrarudhani mayaya

(Bhagavad Gita, 18:61)

ishvarah sarva-bhutanam hrd-dese Arjuna tisthati: the Lord is residing in the hearts of all beings, O Arjuna! Demonstrate that it is true, realise Him within your heart, let Him become manifest,that is the obligation of the Vyakti. (SSS Vol.3, p. 167)

Man did not come here to sleep and eat; he has come to manifest, by disciplined processes, the divine in him. That is why he is called vyakti, he who makes vyakta (clear) the Shakti (power) that is in him---the Divine energy that motivates him. For this purpose he has come endowed with this body and the intelligence needed to control it and divert it to useful channels of activity. You must achieve this by Dharma-nishtha and Karma-nishtha---steady pursuit of morality and good deeds.

When your hearts are parched by the burning desire for equanimity, you must dip in the cool company of the spiritually great. Have a time-table for spiritual sustenance, just as you have now for physical sustenance. A breakfast of pious repetition of Lord s name (japa) and meditation (dhyana), a lunch hour of ritual worship of the Lord (puja), tea and snacks of reading scriptures or sacred books (pravachana) in the afternoon and a light dinner of devotional music (bhajana) in the early hours of the night. If you follow this regimen, you can sleep soundly and wake up refreshed. Feel that you are born with the dawn of every new day; that you nestle in the lap of death when your eyes close in sleep. For, what happens in deep sleep? The body, the senses, the mind, the intelligence, all are negated and there is not a trace of awareness of the world. (SSS Vol.5)