Philosophy of Soul and Matter

Author(s): Chitrabhanu, Clare Rosenfield
Publisher: Jain Meditation International Center

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initiator and response, between outer and inner, between I and Thou. It was a merging of this tiny drop of soul into an ocean of vastness. It was an opening of this small self to receive the purest of the pure.
It felt as if all the millions of people who for hundreds of centuries had been drawn there to meditate had left invisible heartprints of their beautiful feelings and experiences in self-purification. Deep compassion streamed out from the eyes of the images of the prophets of Jainism, reminding us of those Perfect Souls who had triumphed over their inner enemies. Their vibrations inspired and healed me and recalled to me the compassionate eyes of my living Master, Shree Chitrabhanuji.
The series of talks which are compiled in this book and which were delivered in springtime 1976 clarified in so many ways the experiences just related. I now realize that those vibrations which elicited in me such an intense response are none other than what Gurudev means when he speaks of sentient energy. The animating force behind all living forms, that indestructible energy exists at the heart of each one of us.
Gurudev's deep message in this book is to open each
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