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The Path to Real Nature
Pure soul as Glass House of Knowledge - Key to Moksha-The path to Moksha lies in change of perception. The moment one perceives oneself as the pure self, the journey to Moksha begins and when the same perception is pursued relentlessly, one achieves Moksha. The key to Moksha lies in the knowledge of the self. The word 'right' refers to the eternal nature of the soul, as distinguished from the temporary/transient forms or manifestations. Therefore, right faith implies unflinching conviction of existence of eternal nature of soul, i.e., knowledge that the souls constitution is of knowledge and knowledge alone. The soul does not “possess” knowledge in the sense of “belonging" or ownership (like a house owned by a person or belonging to a place) but refers to complete identification with the same. The 'identity' is not a forced one but that is its nature. A ‘glass house is nothing but glass itself. A soul is nothing but a “knowledge house' indicating that knowledge itself is its nature and identification. Similarly, right knowledge refers to the knowledge of eternal nature of soul which is identical to knowledge and right conduct means the conduct which follows the eternal nature which is synonymous with knowledge.
A gold necklace' is said to be made of gold. The necklace is the present form of gold, as distinguished from the gold matter, which can take several forms. The gold has permanent nature (here referred as eternal) which does not change even if the gold necklace is converted or changed into gold bangles. Right faith, thus refers to the absolute conviction of the matter as gold (distinguished from other substances). Right knowledge implies knowledge relating to properties of gold and different forms it takes. In case of gold, Right conduct means that gold changes forms according to its properties. Thus, all these three principles
