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... but Soul is aware
The devoted pursuit of three gems breaks through the path of material world and places the jiva on the way to Moksa. The path that needs to be traversed to reach this goal is long and full of thorns. It is full of hurdles and hindrances. If one remains steady on this path and also gets the blessings of the Guru, one can certainly reach the goal. That is the reason why the traveller asks for succour -
मेरी धीरी है चाल, और पथ है विशाल हर कदम पर मुसीबत है अब तो सम्हाल
पैर मेरे थके, ये चले ना चले
grah IT SEIT HET ... आसरा इस जहांका मिले ना मिले
Estant ater HERT HEIJIFU...
The sadhak can remain steady and progress on the path of devoted practice only with the guidance of the Gurudev. Such a sadhak is anxious to attain spirituality. Therefore, he has placed with all humility and in a child-like way, his doubts before the Gurudev. The disciple is inspired to believe the senses to be the atma, thinking that the senses rule everything and as if the entire life is dependent on the senses. He has not noticed the inanimate nature of the senses. But the learned Gurudev explains what the reality is, how far the senses are useful and how atma and senses are related and thus uproots the doubt that had remained in the mind of the disciple. Gurudev says
छे इंद्रिय प्रत्येकने, निज निज विषय- ज्ञान,
wie Schat faudri, qur GTAM 4H ......43 Every sensory organ can absorb its own subject. Each of the organs has a different subject. Ears can hear sound. Eyes can see form. Nose can experience smell. Tongue identifies tastes and skin can feel touch. This is what we say practically and this is how the practice goes.
Here every sensory organ has been restricted to one subject. Each of the organs cannot absorb any subject other than its own.
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