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
diamond was worth a sugar piece. Thereafter, he put the diamond in his mouth and started chewing it. .
You act in this world presuming the sugar piece as the diamond and still you claim to be highly intelligent and wise. You work and toil for day and night and pile wealth, but what is the use of that wealth which does never accompany you?
One day a man's house caught fire. His life-time earnings were closed up in an iron safe. In one case there were blank papers which he took out and carried with nervousness and agitation.
Thus when you leave your house in the form of your body, beware that you do not run away with useless blank papers only!
The earnings of wealth are not genuine earnings as nothing therefrom shall accompany you after death. Tell me if bundles of currency notes or jewel-decked ornaments are going to follow you up after your death. You cannot take along with you even a piece of straw. Only your righteous acts and sins shall follow you. Righteous acts will secure good birth, good body, and favourable circumstances for you.
THE POWER OF A MERITORIOUS SOUL
An astrologer arrived in the court of a chief of villages. The chief inquired of future incidents and the astrologer predicted famine for the next year and further advised him to store up food provisions to avoid starvation. The king said that he would store up the foodgrains but in case of no famine the prices would fall down to put him to heavy loss.
The foreteller said, “Take out my tongue if I go wrong."
Then the foreteller was confined to simple imprisonment and the chief started hoarding foodgrains.
The monsoon set in with dark clouds and there was heavy rain. Crops were plenty and even surplus. The king feared heavy loss and decided to punish the foreteller, the main root of this calamity.
Meanwhile some learned and wise saint arrived and flocks of people approached him to listen to his religious preachings. The chief also joined them and he continued to listen with full devotion.
