Book Title: Faith Knowledge and Conduct Author(s): Champat Rai Jain Publisher: Champat Rai JainPage 40
________________ THE TRUTH along the sensory nerves in the form of vibratory motion or agitation. Consciousness then responds to the vibratory force with its innate ' ideas,' when cognition is had. Sensory nerves themselves do not perceive the agitation which they communicate. If they did so, we should be conscious of the object all along the route of the excitation. If the units of the sensory nerves are living cells endowed with consciousness, they will perceive and take notice of the disturbance passing over them in a certain measure, according to the type of their mind,' but what each of these living cells will notice will not be communicated by it to its neighbour, for perceptions are not alienable things. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.orgPage Navigation
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