Philosophy of Soul and Matter

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

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relationship; they live in partnership like husk and grain, flower and fragrance, dross and gold. Sentient energy operates in the universe with the help of insentient. They are moving together from beginningless time, manifesting the whole world.
Even if we know the properties of both, we cânnot understand the partnership unless we go deep into inner experience and see it as the function of relation and union. You can know the property of H2 andi O but still you may not be able to make water. H2 and O must come together to make water. Similarly, when you go into meditation and really touch the center, the heart of consciousness, in that moment you will experience, “It is nothing but sentient energyit is I!”
You will not quote any scriptures, any talks. You will go on gliding until you reach that center which is beyond words. Later you will reflect that “What I was calling me is only a shell. The real bird is inside !" We call ourselves by names, by our outer shells, because we have not seen the "bird” inside. That “bird” cannot be seen unless we go deep.
Once we experience this deep experience, we will understand more clearly the relation between sentient
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