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Pure Soul and its Infinite Treasure < 57
4. Most beautiful, powerful and precious state of the soul,
the crown of the universe, a state that never ever exists in any other substance.
A king is a king as he is believed to be a king, known as king and being followed as a king-thus a king is a sovereign entity. So also, the state of the pure self is the king of all forms. Once a person believes in the pure self, knows the pure self and follows (contemplates on) the pure self, the process of self realisation and emancipation begins.
The pure self has been described by hundreds of names such as Hari, Shiva, Brahma, Buddha, Vishnu, Ishwara, etc. It has infinite names and infinite manifestations describing a particular property and hence it is really nameless. These properties are always sovereign and absolutely independent; cannot be conquered or taken away by anybody. Nor its power can be diminished or diluted by any other object. Just as jewels adorn the crown, these properties adorn the pure soul; but these are not known. Imagine happiness of a person who remembers the jewel he kept in the fist but had forgotten it. When he knows the jewel, believes it to be the same and rejoices getting his own jewel (conduct), he really becomes the owner. One who knows the value of jewels, knows the value of the crown; Likewise, one who knows the infinite power of the soul knows the infinite value of the pure self. The crown of a King is the most beautiful and most precious object which symbolises power, sovereignty, rule, independence, etc. In the same manner, the state of Moksha is the crown of the pure soul and is the most precious and beautiful form of the soul, not found in all other forms of the soul or other objects.
Just as a King protects the subjects from enemies and ensures peace and happiness for all, the realisation of the
