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TAE SIDDHANTA.
719 cal pain on the receipt of a message that his house is on fire, however much he might be distressed by the piece of information mentally, in the same way and precisely for the same reasons it is not possible for the soul to experience pleasure or pain in a place where it is not. And, lastly, even if it be assumed that physical pain could be caused by the message, then the feeling would be confined to the substance of the soul itself, and thus to the cavity of the heart or wherever else the soul might be located, but not at the seat of trouble. Actual experience, however, demonstrates only too clearly that the feeling of pain is not confined to any particular locality in the organism, but may be experienced all over the body. This unmistakably proves the pervasion of the whole body by the soul.
A possible objection to this view is that because our sensations are felt successively and not simultaneously, therefore, the soul cannot be present in every part of the body. But there is no force in it; for the succession of sensations arises from and is due to the fact that exclusive attention to any particular part of the system affects the sensitivity of the soul in other parts, rendering it insensitive to other stimuli for the time being. If it be said now that the sensitivity of the soul is not affected by exclusive attention being paid to any particular sensation, but that the succession is due to the barrier of mind which can only be crossed by the centripetal impulses one by one, then there ought to be no limit to the number of interviewers' with the soul on the other side of the mental bar, for the barrier being once crossed, there is no further obstacle to prevent these
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