Vicharmala Granth Satik Pustak 1 to 8

Author(s): Anathdas Sadhu, Govinddas Sadhu
Publisher: Heeralal Dhole

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VICHAR MALA.
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And the Guru replies,
Site of enjoyment is the body, its Means are the external organs of sense ; Mind and intellect are the enjoyers,
You are none of these four. Subjects of the senses,--sound, form, taste, smell and touch are enjoyed by the physical body ; the senses helping the perception of these objects, to be enjoyed by the astral body recognized in mind and intellect ; you are their discovering intelligence, distinct from them all, and therefore neither an agent nor enjoyer.
From an absence of similarity between Self and not-Self, there can be no cognition of the Atma in the physical and subtle bodies, though he pervades them.
The three bodies cause, subtle and gross, Mind, intellect, vital airs and sense, Are all insentient; you are not they,
But Intelligence which is proof. The cause-body is that primordial, unborn Prakriti or Ignoravce ; the subtle has seventeen features-five senses, Hve active organs, five vital airs, mind and Intellect, tho physical body is the foodful sac, or what is derived from food, and depending entirely upon it for growth, sustenance and health. Now these three bodies have not the distant sem. blance with You' for they are insentient and yourself is intelligence. Thus' from want of similarity, or resemblance between them and yourself, you connot be mistaken for them, nor coguised so. If it be asked where is the proof of this intelligence? We have the evidence of Sruti to the purpose as"This Atma is the internal, invisible heart and discoverer of all [objects]."
If a wise person never mistakes Self with not-Self, please say from what relation is Self discovered in the three bodies ?