Mysteries of Life and Eternal Bliss

Author(s): Anantprasad Jain
Publisher: Tirthakar Mahavir Smruti Kendra Samiti Lakhnou UP

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supressed or not allowed to function fully and freely. Never the less all the attributes of Atman are present with it all the time. Just as in any electrical machine, instruments or appliance the work; capacities and range of manifestations differ due to differences in design, size, shape, details of construction and make etc; in the same way in different bodies Atman becomes limited in action, power, capacity, doing, perception etc. The electric energy remains the same or similar and so the Atman too.
Now again take the example of the Mirror, Any reflection cast inside the mirror is the same but if the surface of the mirror is not clear, the vision will not be clear. If a cloth is placed before the object then even when the image of the object is alwayspresent inside the mirror it is hidden behind the image or reflaction of the cloth, but as soon as a hole is made in the cloth the image of the other object becomes visible or if the cloth is removed then also the image becomes visible. So is the case also with the pure knowledge of Soul being obscured, shaded or covered due to presence of the Pudgala body or contamination.