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Contemplation upon the Self
I am the Soul.
Chetan is my true original form.
I am chetan. The world is inanimate.
Chaitanya is the Soul. Soul is itself chaitanya. Chaitanya is my special characteristic...
My unique characteristic, . . . which is not to be found in ... Any substance of this world... Other than in me, the soul. I am different from this world... because I am chetan. All the substances visible to the eye are inanimate. They are masses of pudgals.
Invisible to the eyes, I am... a mass of energy.
All substances are inanimate.
This body is inanimate ... the senses are inanimate . . the mind too is inanimate.
separate from me.
All the inanimate substances are... I am chaitanya, the atma alone...
The body is not mine. . . neither do I belong to the body. The senses are not mine... neither do I belong to the senses. The mind is not mine... neither do I belong to the mind. Independent of the body, senses and mind...
I am the chaitanya atma. The body, sense and mind... are but media of expressing my chaitanya.
The chaitanya manifests itself through the medium of the body; ... that is, it gets recognised.
It is recognised through the medium of the senses... through the medium of the mind.
But the body is not the Soul. The senses are not the Soul. The mind is not the Soul either.
The body is active...
because the chetan is merged with the body.
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