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body, is called loma ahāra. 4. Sperm of father and blood of mother taken by a child in the womb as food is called oja āhāra.
Speaking from a subtle point of view, according to the Jaina theory of karma, the soul grasps karma particles i.e. paramānu-units of karmana Vargana from the space points which are non-distant from the space - points in which he lives. 15 Then the soul incorporates them in his karmana body. Later on the soul somehow becomes inseparable from them.
Does the extrasensary perception of Shri Dutt suggest loma ahāra? Or does it suggest absorbtion of paramānu - units of karmana Varganā described from a subtle viewpoint? This cannot be unnderstood. Perhaps he did not think of making such a line of demarcation because it seems that it is impossible for him to make such analysis or classification of his experience without complete knowledge of the Jaina theory of karma.
Regarding the armour of energy i.e. an aura, he says that the greater circumference of the aura, the greater its capacity for grasping the particles of energy and preventing them from being wasted or going away. It can perhaps be said that as the living beings develop spiritually, their energy-armour i.e. aura becomes larger, purer and clearer. That is why the aura of divine beings, Gods and Goddesses and of Tirthankara (paramatma devadhideva) is pure, clear and visible to the eyes. Non - living objects can also have such an aura. But it is not like the aura of living beings, which is stable and develops according to spiritual progress. Day by day, it becomes weaker and weaker and loses its lusture. When Deva have six months of their life - span left, their aura begins to lose its lusture, their flower-garlands begin to wither and their body becomes dirty. But these gods who are ekavatari, i.e. who are to take the next birth as a human being and are then to attain the final liberation, are exempted from this rule. Their aura becomes more and more lustrous and their flower - garlands do not wither. The intensity of the energy-armour i.e. aura or bio-electro-magnetic field, depends upon the capacity of mind and will power. As the will power of a living being becomes intense, his circle of aura becomes large and intense. Man should, therefore, make his capacity of mind/will-power intense by means of constant auspicious thoughts, prayers and worship of his God.
In order to avoid unnecessary repetition, I have taken the analysis of Shri Ashok Kumar Dutt's extrasensary perceptions of sound and alphabet, along with the analysis of the article entitled The Secrets of Sanskrit Alphabet and Sound of Incantation.'
Arhat Vacana, July 2000
