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I am the Soul "Look, Brothers! I do not know this friend of yours. But I shall believe because you say so. So now do this. Remove his intellect and place on this table here, so that I can also remove my soul and place it next to it!"
“Whoa! What do you say, Sir! Is intellect something that you can remove from the head and keep somewhere? Or is it something that can be seen with the eye?"
“So what is it then? How can I know intellect?”?
“Sir! It is something to be experienced. This friend of ours experiences it and as a result of his intellect we see his strengths. But intellect can never be removed or seen.”
“That's it, my dear Children! I too have been saying that atma is a thing to be experienced. The self can experience it. And as a result of the atma being in the body, we can see the activity that occurs in the body. Talking, walking, eating, drinking, movement and all our life is the result of the atma being in the body. Do you understand? Atma is not something that should be pulled out and seen on your palm."
And Brothers! The students realised and left. So that is to say that all things are not tangible to the senses. But the disciple has a doubt in his mind so he insists, 'If the atma is visible like the ghata-pata then I would accept it. And with all the arguments that I have posed, atma is not proved. So now there is only one thing left to say in this regard -
माटे छे नहि आतमा, मिथ्या मोक्ष उपाय,
I sine pichlauit, 40 hguru .....80
O Gurudev! With all this logic I believe that atma does not exist. When atma itself is not there, then what bandha and what Moksa? And then what for the tremendous effort? If atma is there then it has a bandha and if there is a bandha - bondage
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