In the circumstance (saiyog) of the sun, a shadow will be
cast, and in the event of a mirror, there will be a reflection. But
how much doership does the sun or the mirror possess in this?
From seeing the shadow or the reflection, simply the belief
changes as to ‘What has happened to ‘me’?’ As a result of the
established wrong belief, the ego and the intellect (buddhi)
become established. And this is the reason why the mind-speech-
body complex of the non-Self (prakruti) becomes bound. In
reality, the original light illuminates the ego and the intellect, which
subsequently begin to illumine the mind-speech-body complex.
And so the Vision (drashti) towards, and the awareness of the
original light vanishes; a curtain of illusion is drawn over the
original light. And believing the mind-speech-body complex’s
gestures to be one’s own, one relinquishes the seat of the Absolute
Soul (Parmatma) and becomes and behaves as the body
complex. It is like a sparrow that repeatedly pecks at its own
reflection in the mirror, perceiving it to be another real sparrow.
What an entrapment! How the Parmatma has been entrapped
by the circumstances! In spite of it all, the Absolute Soul
(Parmatma) has maintained its own true nature (swabhav), all
throughout the three time periods (past, present and future).
Owing to the pressure of circumstances, a phase of the
Atma’s property of knowledge has become contrary to its nature
(vibhavik, unnatural). But not the real Atma (Self). In this
unnatural (vibhavik) state, whatever the whim and imagination,
the non-Self body complex (pudgal) too became contrary to its
nature (vibhavik), and as a result, the mind, speech and body
were created, and they are bound by the rules of scientific
circumstantial evidence (vyavasthit). And for that reason only,
a person who comes into contact with the knower of this profound
science – the Gnani Purush, can acquire the Vision of the Self
through him, which leads him to the state of liberation. The story
of Gajasukumar illustrates this: The father-in-law of Gajasukumar
fixes a burning hot cauldron on Gajasukumar’s head (as he sat
in meditation). At that moment, Gajasukumar was able to remain
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