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(iv) Indra is also the father of his own father. The correspondence of these is as follows: (i) (a) The adultery is the penetration of spirit
into matter, a forbidden act, since emancipation only signifies release from the
embrace of matter. (6) Life and Intellect are the two faculties of
the soul of which Lise is continuous or enduring but Intellect subject to vicissitudes,
e.g., its suspension in sleep. (c) The source of education to Life is Intellect,
external books and teachers being only ins
trumental but not the real causes. (d) Intellect is as a rule inclined towards mat
ter and but rarely turns to the study of Life, e.g., European Intellectualism which has hitherto been confined to soul-less'
materialism. The conception of the penetration or entry of
pure spirit into matter is that of a forbidden act (adultery) with what is most intimately related to (hence the wise of) Intellect, that is the true teacher of Life (hence its own
guru). (ii) The disease-marks are the ignorant jivas, the
product of the interaction between spirit and matter; they are blind' at first on: account of ignorance.
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