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ago by a certain multitude of particles, was actually done by them, if they were not there then. It does not answer in a satisfactory way the question-What is it that preserves unity amid the continuous changes that are goidg on all the time in the body? This unifying entity that is in every living thing is what the Arrans call fhe Atmın the soul. A11 living beings, therefore, are Atman material body not mixed up in a mechanical way as water and sugar are in syrup, but both of them phenomenally acting upon each other and creating important changes in each other. The similarity then between an animal and a human being lies in the fact that both are susceptible to hunger, sleep, fear and animal passions, but that which constitutes the special characteristic of the human being is that he can practice "Dharma'' i. c., understand, realize and bring into operation the spiritual law of the universe which teaches hirn how to control his lower nature and bring into pro:ninence the higher one. The buman being is a Dharmic (and in that sense, religious) being.
How has he reached this stage? In one word, through the Law of Sacrifice. The first beginning of consciousness is made through the body and while in the lowest life there is only the body without organs of sense, even then, the finer the body is, the greater is the sensitiveness. The increase in consciousness and elevation in type take place by reason
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