Beyond Doubt

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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"There is no ghata" (Pot). This statement proves the very existence of the pot because if the ghata is not within the sight it does exist at the potter's place. In the same way when you say "There is no Atman or soul" it stands proved that though it does not exist in a dead body it surely does exist in all living beings. You cannot see the words uttered and the innumerable sounds you hear in the world because they are formless. So also the formless Atman cannot be seen, but is only subject to experience.
In the pitch darkness of a no moon day, where you areunable to even see your body, the feeling of “I am" is always there & this is the most authentic proof of one's existence; you may be doubtful of the existence of other things but you can never doubt the existence of yourself. In the morning when you wake up from deep slumber, you are always able to remember whether you had a good sleep or a trouble some one. You are able to recollect your dreams too. Now, who was the one who experienced all this and was also a witness to the dreams? lam happy orlam sad, this body is mine, these kind of feelings can be expeenced only by the soul and not by the body or any kind of matter.
What is this body after all? It is a house erected on the two leg like pillars of which the five sense organs are the windows, the stomach is the kitchen also there is the skin. Kidney etc., which are the excretory systems. Who is the master of this house and also who lives in the house? None but the Atman, the soul, the conscience.
The soul is the master of the body. The mind is the manager. When the owner of the body falls sick and the tongue is not prepared to take the bitter medicine, what persuades it to take the medicines? The sick person is also tempted to take sweets and other etables but what makes him to give up sweets and