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The Self Realization
(b) The True Teacher's reply : 4
भास्यो देहाध्यासथी, आत्मा देह समान । पण ते बन्ने भिन्न छ, प्रगट लक्षणे भान ||४९।। भास्यो देहाध्यासथी, आत्मा देह समान ।
पण ते बन्ने भिन्न छ, जेम असि ने म्यान ॥५०॥ Bhasyo dehadhyasathi, atma deha samana, Pana te banne bhinna chhe, pragata lakshane bhana. 49 Bhasyo dehadhyasathi, atma deha samana, Pana te banne bhinna chhe, jema asi ne mijana. 50 The Teacher true does so explain, The body and the soul seem one, Distinct are both, the signs are plain,
Remove body - infatuation. 49 The body and the Soul seem one, Distinct are both, but this deceives, Alone the body-infatuation, Distinct are both as swords and sheaths. 50
From times immemorial the Self of the Soul is in close contact with material body. The Soul is ever hunting after external objects through the bodily senses. Hence it has completely identified itself with its body through which it works. It is by constant association of the Soul with the body that the Soul is felt as identical with its living body. In fact the soul and its living body are quite different in nature as is the sword from its scabbard. The embodied Soul has forgotten its original Selfhood so much so that it doubts its independence of the body when the realized Souls actually advise and guide one to an experience of such independence. For such souls proper concentration on the nature of the Self can be attained by constant contact with a living and enlightened Guru. By such contact the seeker of
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