Passage 7

In English

, THE LIGHT OF THE BODY:

It is sheer foolishness on the part of man to identify himself with a house while he is only a simple resident in it. It is as good as identifying oneself with a car which one is driving. As the body is a harmonious composition of eyes, ears, legs, hands etc. and not a mere eye, ear or hand, similarly the is the harmonious entity embracing the entire universe including , etc. In fact, it is which activates the senses and makes them function. This fact can be substantiated with the example of a car. Though the car has different parts like steering, clutch, brake etc., these parts cannot function by themselves unless there is a driver who operates them. Similarly, for the car of the human body, the is the driver who operates the senses, the organs etc. It is the which makes the eyes see, the ears hear and the hands work. It is the driver who forms the life of the car, because he is the one who operates the different parts of the car and makes it run. The body is (auspicious) as long as dwells in it: it becomes (dead body) once leaves it. Though the eyes, ears and other senses are very much existent in the body, they do not function once the leaves the body. It only proves that is the true master of the body. An earnest enquiry into the human system reveals that the different organs in the body are only instruments, the is the master. The conglomeration of Mind, and (tendency) is . Mind is called because it has the quality of doing (remembering and reflecting).