I am The Soul Part 02

SR No.: 006791
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Tarulatabai Mahasati
Publisher: Shri Gujarati Shwetambar Sthanakwasi Jain Association
Total Pages: 466
Language: English, Hindi
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 18 MB

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I am the Soul
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get pearls, it is necessary to risk your life and go touch the bed of the deep seas. Only those who put their lives at stake and play in deep waters can get the valuable pearls.
सागर किनारे ऊभी विचारुं मोती हशे क्यां जळना उदरमां, क्षण एक दोडी मूठी भराणी, मोती नहीं हा! रंगीन छीपलां,
हा! व्यर्थ दोडी पामी न मोती; सागर जळे न कदी होय मोती,
पूरो वचन त्यां आव्या स्मरणमां, ऊंडे जो ऊतरीश पामीश मोती.
To attain the soul too, an extremely tremendous effort is necessary. It doesn't suffice to perform a little penance and sacrifice at the superficial level. That amounts to fishing in shallow waters. It is necessary to reach deep into the depths of the Self and shake it up. Constant contemplation alone can enable the learning of principles.
Here the disciple has done deep thinking. There is a great curiosity in him for learning the principles and therefore an effort has arisen from within him. Foremost in it is the total dedication at the feet of the Sadguru. Then there is the humility and the urge to know as seen in the starkly true questions. He is not asking haphazard questions, but they are doubts which are substantiated by logic and proofs. Therefore he is saying that body and the soul are one and the same. The principle by name atma is accepted but its not as if it is separate from the body. For in every atom of the body there is its own all pervading life energy; if anything happens in any part of the body there is an immediate sensation, no part is without sensation; therefore, soul is not separate from the body.
Since there is a creation and destruction of the body, there has to be a creation and destruction of the soul too. Since all the