Philosophy of Soul and Matter

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

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and the natural processes of life, continually coming into contact with different vibrations, continually shedding old forms and putting on new ones. At last it reaches the level of human consciousness or "Who ann I” consciousness, No other form of life can ask itself that question.
When a human being undertakes to ask himself that question, he has embarked on a journey to uncover his own reality. He has committed himself to flowing forward with evolution. He has begun to enlighten his mind and start using it in the way it was meant to be used to help sentient energy to become aware of itself.' .
When sentient energy becomes aware of itself, it stops permitting the mind to give form to negative clements. When the mind stops creating images of accident, illness, and death, these, negativities will no longer bombard the mind and negative events will not take place. ::
When themind acts as a help rather than a hindrance, it becomes a link between sentient and insentient, between soul and body, between consciousness and expression of consciousness. It will act as a light bulb reflecting the source of the power to which it is
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