Soul Science Part 02

Author(s): Parasmal Agrawal
Publisher: Kundakunda Gyanpith

Page 13

The ownership of the difficult circumstances frightens a person. The non-ownership or detachment may give a better perspective to respond to the situation.
(Taken from annotations of stanzas 218-219) Question: An enlightened person does not become the owner of his personality. After reading this point one question arises: Does it mean that a Jñānī would introduce himself as a soul while opening his bank account or while applying for a job? Answer: No, he is not expected to do so. Neither soul can be the doer of the job nor can open any bank account. Neither a soul can be hired nor is it hired by anyone. Therefore, for the job or bank account the relevant information regarding the person is required. A Jñānī knows himself as a soul and he also knows his role as a person. Even while a Jñānī is involved with his role of the person he is aware of his real identity (as a soul) which is eternal. Playing more than one role is not uncommon. Even in a non-spiritual context, the professionals such as collectors, judges, doctors do remember their personal identification beyond their professional titles even while they execute their professional tasks as collector/judge/doctor.
(Taken from annotations of stanzas 220-223) Some description is given by preceptors with a focus on the acts of the physical body and some description is given by the same preceptors with a focus on the soul. When a preceptor writes: “A householder Jñānī should carefully discharge his/her duty towards his/her parents, spouse, sons, daughters, family, office, nation, temple, teachers, saints, etc.," then the preceptor is describing the Jñānī as a person. When the same preceptor writes: “Even a householder Jñānī does not become the doer of any act of eating or earning or helping,” then the preceptor is describing the Jñānī as a soul.
(Taken from annotations of stanzas 220-223)