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Aptavani-8
There is no Atma in the part of hair we cut off. If someone cut your hair in your sleep, you would not know it, because there is no Atma there. But in the places where there is Atma, you would feel the prick of a pin right away.
Questioner: Generally, is Atma not in the brain? And is it not because of the nerves that we feel the pin prick?
Dadashri: No. The Atma is in the entire body. There is only the brain in the head, which is machinery. It is a tool that provides internal information. The Atma exists throughout the body. If a thorn slightly pricked you on the foot, would you not immediately feel it?
So what you see is indeed a "photo" (image) of the Atma. The only thing is, that it is covered up with layers. Otherwise it is the same photo. The Atma's photo then, remains the same.
So you know that the Atma is present, in whichever part of the body you poke a pin and you feel it. Would you not even feel it, if someone poked you with a pin in the night? When you feel pain anywhere on the body, from a pin prick, it is the Atma that knows it. Or else, if the Atma has gone, no matter how many times you poked the body with a pin, Chandubhai would not utter a word or flinch at all.
Questioner: Can we say that the Atma feels pain?
Dadashri: The Atma can never feel pain. If you put a burning flame on ice, will it burn the ice?
Questioner: It does not hurt when we cut our hair, so does that mean the Atma is not there?
Dadashri: No, it is not there. Questioner: So where we feel pain, the Atma is there? Dadashri: Yes, there is Atma there.
| SR No. | 030038 |
| Book Title | Aptavani Shreni 08 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Dada Bhagwan |
| Publisher | Dada Bhagwan Aradhana Trust |
| Publication Year | |
| Total Pages | 436 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 1 MB |