Atmatatva Vichar Or Philosophy Of Soul

SR No.: 023322
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Vijaylakshmansuri, Ghanshyam Joshi, Kirtivijay Gani
Publisher: Mohanlal D Mehta
Publication Year: 1963
Total Pages: 568
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 39 MB

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PHILOSOPHY OF SOUL
themselves demonstrate and produce life activity by the combination of these five elements, but till this day no scientist nor a materialist ever could produce or generate such life activity thus.
The modern science claims progress of an appreciable degree but it cannot produce or manufacture, an ear, an eye, or a nose. You know well the distinction between natural eye and artificial eye, a natural ear and an artificial hearing apparatus. One has unrivalled finish and the other is quite terse and raw. When a single human limb is impossible to be created, how can the whole human system be created ? Sometime back, the news reports went that the Russian doctors could revive dead bodies through injections. But such reports are incredible. In fact, such reports create illusionary conception in the minds of the people. If life activity is submerged and revived through injections it cannot be said as revived. If a scientist could revive a dead man how could he allow anyone to die in his country ? Atleast prominent leaders of the country would be made immortal. But thousands of people including leaders expire daily in every country. Thus the theory that life activity is generated through combination of certain elements does not stand to reason and so is not worth any value.
Now let us examine the hollowness and absurdity in the theory propounded on "Death" by these scientists or materialists. They hold, severance of any of the five elements leads to cessation of life activity resulting in death.
But which element is severed ? air or fire? Then patients provided with oxygen cylinders also embrace death and none could stop death by addition of wind in such dead body which is supposed to have suffered from lack of air. So theory of death resulting from lack of air is untenable and the same is the fate of the theory of lack of fire element causing death. Dead body heated or consumed to fire does not come back to life!
Thus the propounders of the theory of holding body as soul do not stand to reason and consequently we are led to believe that body and soul are distinct and separate entities and not one and the same thing. This should be accepted undoubtedly.
SOUL IS DISTINCT AND SEPARATE ENTITY FROM SENSES Some hold that senses mean soul as through senses, man attains perception and perception or knowledge is the characteristic of soul.