Soul Science Part 01

Author(s): Parsmal Agarwal
Publisher: Kundkund Gyanpith Indore

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Pre-view (Purva Ranga)
Ahamedam edamaham ahamedassa mhi atthi mama edam. Annam jam paradavvam saccittācittamissam vā. ||20|| Asi mama puvvamedam edassa aham pi āsi puvvam hi. Hohidi puno mamedam edassa aham pi hossāmi.||21| Eyam tu asabbhūdam ādaviyappam karedi sammūḍho. Bhudattham jāṇanto na karedi du tam asammuḍho:||22|| अहमेतदेतदहं अहमेतस्यास्मि अस्ति ममैतत् ।
अन्यद्यत्परद्रव्यं सचित्ताचित्तमिश्रं वा ॥20॥
आसीन्मम पूर्वमेतदेतस्याहमप्यासं पूर्वम् । भविष्यति पुनर्ममैतदेतस्याहमपि भविष्यामि ||21|| एतत्त्वसद् भूतमात्मविकल्पं करोति संमूढः ।
भूतार्थं जानन्न करोति तु तमसंमूढः ॥22॥
About other living beings (spouse, son, daughter, friend, etc.), non-living (house, gold, grain, etc.), or mixed objects (city, country, living being with ornaments, etc.), one may have notions that I am this, this is me, I belong to this, this is mine, in the past this was mine and I belonged to this, in the future this will be mine and I will belong to this. [20-21]
A deluded one has such false notions about oneself. [But] one who knows the reality does not have such wrong notions and is a Jñānī (an enlightened soul, or one with right belief and knowledge). [22]
Annotation
In day-to-day life everybody speaks sentences such as: This is my body. I am his son. This was my house. Soon we will have our baby..., and so on. One who knows the truth transcends such views. He does not identify himself with the body or house or family or possessions. A Jñānī person understands the real point of view. A Jñānī knows that he is not the physical body. He is eternal and changeless soul.
In short, to identify oneself with others (I-ness with others) (Ekatva) as well as to own others (my-ness with others) (Mamatva) is spiritually incorrect.