Philosophy of Soul and Matter

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

Page 22

•
energy will be moving towards ultimate complete awareness of itself.
By expanding our understanding of the relationship between atura and atom, by being in tune through meditation with the permanent qualities of our self, we can be of service to ourselves and to the entire family of man and all living beings. The expression of our meditative balance in everyday life will come according to our individual nature-to be actively calm or calmly active.
How can we know the difference between sentient and insentient energy? How can we know the relationship between these two? To begin to understand these questions, the real seeker discovers right away that intellectual analysis and logic will not help him. He is aware that the mind is a fine form of matter and cannot see beyond its own self. Mind always dissects and finalizes on a material level.
What the seeker wants is to go beyond that which is tangible or visible. He sees that the world of mind is primarily a business of words and arguments, of discussions and quotations. He observes how mind
S