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Contemplation
I am the Soul The senses are active ... because the chetan is merged with the senses. Similarly, since the chetan is merged with the mind, the mind is active. If the chetan were to detach itself ... from the body, senses and mind ... all their activity would cease. The activity that is there ... is that of the chetan. Once the chetan leaves the body ... Neither the body nor the senses can do any thing.
Therefore, chetana is the characteristic of atma ... and not that of the body, nor of the senses ... and neither that of the mind. I am the Soul. Chaitanya is my characteristic. Chaitanya is my natural disposition. I want to attain my true original form. I want to enjoy the engrossment in my own bliss. I want to experience the chaitanya.
Hence, if I stabilise in my Self ... If I encompass myself within my Self ... forgetting the entire world ... remaining aloof from all the inanimate substances of the world . . . rising above the body, senses and mind, ... I shall be able to believe in, and experience ... the bliss of chetana.
Therefore, becoming more engrossed ... For a few moments more, ... Let us contemplate upon the Soul.
I am the Soul. I am the Soul.
Aum, Shanti! Shanti! Shanti!
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