Philosophy of Soul and Matter

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

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relative, relative to your naya, viewpoint, or level of perception. When you are engaged in something you love to do, time seems very short or nonexistent, and when you are doing something you do not like, time seems to drag. So you have to know from which level you are viewing life and then there is no quarrel as to whether time does or does not exist.
Through becoming aware of these five categories of insentient energy-matter, motion, rest, space, and time, you come to realize that only the indweller is conscious, using these five to further its spiritual evolution. Knowing this, you will watch carefully the way each process you take in life can help you to break your fetters and flow in a purposeful direction. You will choose that process or that path which will become conducive to your growth. When it is right, you will have the unmistakable feeling of moving toward your destination. This is the result of directed movement of sentient energy You will not circulate aimlessly in the world, but you will niove with purpose and with a deep sense of your relationship with the universe.
Now insentient and sentient have a very close