Soul Science Part 02

Author(s): Parasmal Agrawal
Publisher: Kundakunda Gyanpith

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We know that by passing white light through a celluloid movie film the movie appears on the screen. We also know that the movie on the screen is not possible without the white light that passes through the film. However, on the top of all these we know that the celluloid film and the source of white light are separate and different. This analogy may be useful by taking the Upayoga of the soul as the white light, the celluloid film as physical body having memory-etc., and the movie screen as the vocal, mental and physical actions of the personality. We understand very well that the white light does not contain any recording of the fire, rain, train, fight, etc. appearing on the movie screen. In the same way, the Upayoga does not contain any memory, emotion, physical body, etc. .
(Taken from annotations of stanzas 181-183) Stanza 184 conveys a significant point that even an enlightened person may be under severe hardship due to fruition of the previously bonded Karma. However, an enlightened person has clear knowledge about the true nature of his Self even during the stressful circumstances. He has an understanding of the science-of-separation; he realizes that he is the soul which is separate from the difficulties associated with his physical body and emotions.
(Taken from annotations of stanzas 184-185) Question: If acts or thoughts of liking and disliking are different from the nature of the soul then why do these happen to living beings only? Why not to dead bodies? Answer: Let us take an example of a beautiful lake appearing blue (see Diagram-3). It is easy to check that the lake appears blue but its water is not blue. It can be verified by looking at the water taken out from the lake in a glass cup (see the inset in Diagram-3). On the basis of this observation, one can say that the color of the lake (blue) does not reveal the color of the water contained in the lake. One should accept the fact that water is not blue. Scientists know that the blue color of the lake is not possible without the water but they also know that the water is not