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In the circumstance (saiyog) of the sun, a shadow will be cast, and in the event of a mirror, there will be a reflection. But how much doership does the sun or the mirror possess in this? From seeing the shadow or the reflection, simply the belief changes as to 'What has happened to ‘me’? As a result of the established wrong belief, the ego and the intellect (buddhi) become established. And this is the reason why the mind-speechbody complex of the non-Self (prakruti) becomes bound. In reality, the original light illuminates the ego and the intellect, which subsequently begin to illumine the mind-speech-body complex. And so the Vision (drashti) towards, and the awareness of the original light vanishes; a curtain of illusion is drawn over the original light. And believing the mind-speech-body complex's gestures to be one's own, one relinquishes the seat of the Absolute Soul (Parmatma) and becomes and behaves as the body complex. It is like a sparrow that repeatedly pecks at its own reflection in the mirror, perceiving it to be another real sparrow. What an entrapment! How the Parmatma has been entrapped by the circumstances! In spite of it all, the Absolute Soul (Parmatma) has maintained its own true nature (swabhav), all throughout the three time periods (past, present and future).
Owing to the pressure of circumstances, a phase of the Atma's property of knowledge has become contrary to its nature (vibhavik, unnatural). But not the real Atma (Self). In this unnatural (vibhavik) state, whatever the whim and imagination, the non-Self body complex (pudgal) too became contrary to its nature (vibhavik), and as a result, the mind, speech and body were created, and they are bound by the rules of scientific circumstantial evidence (vyavasthit). And for that reason only, a person who comes into contact with the knower of this profound science - the Gnani Purush, can acquire the Vision of the Self through him, which leads him to the state of liberation. The story of Gajasukumar illustrates this: The father-in-law of Gajasukumar fixes a burning hot cauldron on Gajasukumar's head (as he sat in meditation). At that moment, Gajasukumar was able to remain
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