Book Title: Atmatatva Vichar Or Philosophy Of Soul
Author(s): Vijaylakshmansuri, Ghanshyam Joshi, Kirtivijay Gani
Publisher: Mohanlal D Mehta
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PHILOSOPHY OF SOUL
which obscure right conduct, as they generate false conviction and eliminate right conviction. Till false conviction prevails, the soul has no scope of spiritual welfare. He wanders in the worldly existences and undergoes various sufferings. Only on the arrival of right conviction these wanderings are limited and he certainly gets emancipation in half a moment.
One who preaches the wrong path contracts intuition-obscuring Karmas. But what is the wrong path? No sooner do you realize the right path than you come to know what is wrong path automatically. The path of right knowledge, right intuition and right conduct is the right path-the path of emancipation. The path contrary to this path is the wrong path. Let us understand properly this matter.
That which fosters falsity (untruthfulness) is the wrong path. On the same ground education which does not impart knowledge about righteousness, sins, karmas, nature of soul and the knowledge of god is the education improper or false and such false education merely aggravates prejudice, passions, quarrels and pride. By encouraging such education karmas obstructing intuition are contracted and the worldly existences multiply.
One might argue that in the absence of such false knowledge the worldly affairs cannot continue but such false knowledge does not amount to achievement of religious merits. Similarly man cannot but marry or he cannot but earn money and such acts of marriages or earning money do not amount to earning religious merits.
Fulfilment of worldly affairs is the root of worldly existences. When you help a poor man in business out of compassion, would it not amount to aggravation of worldly ties? You might naturally doubt. The reply is that it would not amount to aggravation of worldly ties as you are inspired to act out of compassion. Omniscient Lords have ordained that we should be compassionate to all creatures and the scriptures also lay down the same. Such compassion entertained leads to soul's elevation. This does not mean that we have aggravated worldly affairs by engaging the poor man into business but we have on the contrary diverted him to the path of righteousness which would beget great welfare for him. The man who helps also must care to see whether the man helped carries
