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VICHAR MALA.
87 malled, -secondless. Unreality of plenomena is thus spoken of in the Triptidwipa of the Panchadasi "This material world (a duality) for its unthinkable composition is unreal.”
Self is not the physical body.
• Residing in the body, he is not it :
For he is free and Intelligence. Beyond d votion, and its reverse Neither one with them is he.
East and west, high and low; North and south, nor is he : Neither long nor short, Nor out porain.
Without birth and death ; Without the distinction of form, taste etc., Neither an agent nor enjoyer, Neither subject to grief nor steady.
The collective interpretaion of the above verses goes to establish Self distinct from the body though seated within it (the physical body), and a theosophist sees him everywhere but never mistakes either the body or the whole material expanse with Self. But it may be objected, How is Self who is one, capable of being seen by theosophists in one way, and generality of mankind in the opposite manner ?
Therefore it is said,
Impure sight produces all manner of illusions
When that defect is gone, actuality is discovered. As for example, when seen in connection with the associate of water the reflected shadow of the sun appears many and moving, and if the associate water be removed, he is one light and known accordingly.
