Soul Science Part 02

Author(s): Parasmal Agrawal
Publisher: Kundakunda Gyanpith

Page 96

Stoppage of influx of Karma (Samvara)
confusion, discussion presented in stanzas 126-127 and 167 is worth noting. There it has been discussed that a MithyāDịşti becomes owner and doer of Bhāva Karma, therefore, he
acquires the new Kārmika bonding. Question: Many times we become angry or sad when we get some
unexpected disturbing information. How can we say that the
knowledge/perception attribute is not the source of anger? Answer: The information, memory, and emotions associated with
mind are not to be confused with the knowledge/perception attribute (Upayoga) of the soul. The soul transcends the physical body and mind. Let us consider an analogy of a movie appearing on the screen. 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. Through the above mentioned analogy the separateness between the pure Upayoga and emotions can be visualized. However, it should be noted that it is just an analogy and cannot be stretched too far. An analogy covers only some aspects. Many aspects such as the link between the emotions and the soul as described by the relative point of view cannot be found in this analogy.