Book Title: Mysteries of Life and Eternal Bliss
Author(s): Anantprasad Jain
Publisher: Tirthakar Mahavir Smruti Kendra Samiti Lakhnou UP
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steel pole or before a mirror, they will not feel or know anything about the same, except the non-life matcrial vibrations which may be caused inside material body of the pole etc. due to such movements and happenings. Nothing will be consciously felt or perceived by the pole etc. as they are nonconscious or lifeless, i. e. without Soul.
While a reflection created in a mirror does not beget or produce any knowledge, feeling or conception in it, reflections created in the eyes of any living being produce instantaneous feelings, conceptions and other conscious knowledge and reactions. This clearly proves that the living being has consciousness, while the pole or the mirror has none. Thousands of examples can be cited of similar types to prove and show the presence or manifestations of consciousness and its difference from nonconsciousness. This knowing or feeling or conscious conception is the attribute of Soul, the Atman or the Self. This consciousness, solely, is the root cause of any feeling of joy, sorrow, fear, pain, anger, hatred, love etc. etc. In a dead or lifeless body all the faculties of
