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Chapter 6: Guru's Explanation about the Existence of the Soul
જડ ચેતનનો ભિન્ન છે, કેવળ પ્રગટ સ્વભાવ; એકપણું પામે નહીં, ત્રણે કાળ દ્વયભાવ.
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Jad Chetanano Bhinna Chhe, Keval Pragat Swabhäv; Ekpanun Päme Nahin, Trane Käl Dway Bhäv.
Manifest properties of lifelessness and consciousness are different; they can never become one, duality prevails forever.
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Explanation & Discussion:
It has been explained earlier that the basic properties of lifeless matter and consciousness are different and distinct. Their manifest characteristics are different. When two lifeless things come together, they can either form a homogenous mixture like that of milk and water or heterogeneous one like that of sand and sugar. In either of the cases, the things retain their own lifeless nature. Neither are they transformed into some different substance, nor do they become conscious matter.
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If the things that come together are subject to a chemical reaction, a new substance can emerge out of their composition. For instance, the combination of hydrogen and oxygen can result in water vapor. But that composition also does not give the property of consciousness to water. Moreover, even in the composed form, hydrogen does not become oxygen nor does
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