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one is awake, it prevails even during the sleeping, dreaming, or slumbering state. If a fly or mosquito sits on the body while one is asleep, he moves it away by waving the hand. Moreover, awareness continues to stay while undergoing changes in physical states. For instance, one grows from childhood to youth or to old age, his health may improve or deteriorate, but he remains aware of the changes taking place in such states.
Further, there is elegance in every part of the body. They look different from what they would look in absence of life. That difference is the sign of consciousness. Similarly, one usually remembers what he might have experienced during a dreaming state. When he wakes up after a sound sleep, he realizes that he had gone through sleep and experiences the freshness gained thereby. It indicates that consciousness, the knowing capability, prevails in such states. That is the sure and manifest sign of the existence of the soul. In fact, being alive or dead can be ascertained by the existence or non-existence of consciousness.
ઘટ, પટ આદિ જાણ તું, તેથી તેને માન; જાણનાર તે માન નહિ, કહીએ કેવું જ્ઞાન ?
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Ghat, Pat Ädi Jän Tun, Tethi Tene Män; Jänanär Te Män Nahi, Kahie Kevun Inän.
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