Book Title: Atmatatva Vichar Or Philosophy Of Soul
Author(s): Vijaylakshmansuri, Ghanshyam Joshi, Kirtivijay Gani
Publisher: Mohanlal D Mehta
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down. You enjoy reading the poems of Shakespeare, Milton or Shelly but you do not like to read the words of wisdom laid down by our Saints and sages. One of our wise sayings runs as:
PHILOSOPHY OF SOUL
Reflection about an entity is the reward of intelligence, observance of a vow is the reward of physical frame, extending alms to a deserving person is the reward of wealth and proving ourselves affable is the reward of speech". This means, man is endowed with intelligence and therefore, he ought to reflect over any material problem with his intelligence. If he does so he would be able to discriminate between right and wrong, beneficial and detrimental, and such discrimination enables him to act for his own welfare. Those who do not reflect thus despite their asset of intelligence hardly distinguish themselves from animals.
Just look up to a few more words of wisdom :
"Those who do not acquire learning, do not practise righteousness, do not achieve laudable merit or do not observe religious rites inspite of being endowed with intelligence are indeed burdensome on the surface of the earth and merely while-away their life-period as animals though human beings in appearance".
The youth said: "I also admit what you say".
We replied: "If you so admit then reflect with all seriousness as to who are you and what is your duty. Man has not abruptly fallen on this earth. Some remark that we are the products of our parents' sexual encounter and thus we appeared on this earth. We say, mere blending of semen and ova does not produce life. This is merely mechanical process and life is only produced when soul descends hereover. Thus sexual encounter of parents is the circumstance and anti-natal Karmas performed by the soul form the material cause.
The soul forced under Karmas is wandering in this universe since the times immemorial. He is produced in various states and various existences according to various species of karmas performed by him, whereby he attains birth as a human-being on amassing meritorious deeds. The authors of scriptures have valued human existence as extremely difficult to earn and that is why the soul earns human existence with great efforts and after many ages. You in the beginning remarked that there are people in this world
