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mere observer of these responses. It does not experience or feel pain or pleasure.' I thought about that sermon almost all night... Mahavir's these words awakened me to the Reality, and, in a sense calmed me down.
When I woke up in the morning, my pain was gone! I concluded that this was the result of my awakening to the reality of my soul. It was a glimpse of what can happen if soul is freed from the imprisonment in a physical body. A pure, free soul will then be the ruler, not a prisoner of this body. The blissful soul will always be generating pleasure. So far, I was an orphan, but now I have found my guardian! I knew I must follow Mahavir's path to learn how to liberate my soul.
My dear Emperor, being helpless is, in a true sense, being an orphan. Such helplessness is because of our dependence on our body and its external trappings. Bhagwan Mahavir tells us that overcoming this dependence is possible. However, to choose to ignore Mahavir's message and not to become his fellow traveler leads to even greater helplessness.
We are all orphans as long as our soul is the prisoner of our body. Such an imprisoned soul suffers immense pain. Our liberated soul,
however, becomes the body's ruler, and is our true guardian. No more
are we orphans!
Gurudev, I was amazed by the wisdom of this young monk. I asked for his forgiveness for disturbing him during his sadhana. He is just a young disciple of Bhagwan Mahavir, yet what a beautiful message he
gave me!
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