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I am the Soul
163 somebody?" He works, learning from the experience of his predecessors.
In the same way, with us, while referring to attaining the scientific knowledge of the self, not mere knowledge (51) but the term scientific knowledge (fasrn) has been used. This use implies that, you should go deepest within yourself and conduct a research. Who are you? Of what sort are you?' Only from these can you arrive at the true principle. But before you do this you will have to accept in full faith, the essence of the experiences of our learned sages. If we are unable to believe what the Omniscient said, if we are not able to digest all the principles he propounded, it is because we are accustomed to evaluating them only with our intellect. But that's not how it should be. Just as you accept so many things in good faith in your practical life, you will also have to accept the basic principles in good faith.
Nobody tastes poison before accepting the fact that poison kills. It is believed from others' experience. That is why, as the saying goes, “Poison is not to be tested'. So only when our faith in the words of the Veetaraga awakens, our attachment for things will subside, and the false pride will vanish. This faith is the most priceless treasure of our Soul. But how terrible are these times! A person who does not have faith in religion, who does not believe in the Omniscient, proclaims from the roof-top that he does not believe in religion. What irony! The biggest parody is that he takes pride in the place where he should be shameful. It is a reverse flow. This itself is the self-conceit of a jiva. And where there is self-conceit, there is bound to be egoism. So understand this, that a conceited person is always egoistic.
An egoistic person cannot accept anything spoken by others. If we were to speak of topics other than spiritual principles, the universe is full of a variety of things. We have not been able to measure them all. In spite of these things being perceptible to our senses, have we been able to know them all? You may read
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