Athma Jnana from Gita
Soul and Body:
Soul and body are the two components of an individual (consciousness and matter). Soul can know and experience its own existence and that of body also. So soul otherwise is called consciousness. But body or matter cannot experience its own existence or of other bodies. So the soul is considered as 'alive' and body is considered as 'inert'. Soul or consciousness is independent and non-relative. Body or matter is dependent and relative.
Body is not alive and so it is subjected to transformation or change. Body has the nature of birth, existence, growth, transform, decline and ruin. Even if body has all these changes, the soul is without any change.
An individual experiences outer world by the presence of soul or consciousness. Without consciousness there cannot be any experience. Senses help to experience every thing in the universe. Senses and sense matters(vishaya) can be considered as relative aspects on the consciousness. Senses(indriya) and vishaya have no existence without depending on consciousness. If vishaya and indriya are removed then consciousness starts to shine.
Soul is alive and body is inert. Body cannot leave its inertness and soul will not become inert. An individual (jiva) is a combination of these two components, soul and body (consciousness and matter). So a jiva cannot show full characteristics of either soul or matter, but shows a mixed characteristic. Thus by combining with soul, the inert body or matter seems to be with 'liveliness' and with emotions like happiness. Similarly the soul seems to be affected with emotions like sorrows. Here in this circumstance, the eternal soul with ananda happens to forget its real nature. Soul becomes confused as affected with birth and death. All these feelings comes because of the effect of senses and mind. So, for the soul, how to overcome these false state? As a solution to this, the soul has to remain free from the characteristics of body or matter. Soul has to be free from the effects of senses and mind.
Consciousness and Matter
Consciousness and matter are the two components on the existence of universe. Consciousness is the one and only object that has the capability of knowing its own existence and that of others and so it is alive. Matter do not have this capability and so it is inert. Matter is with nothingness in real existence. Consciousness or soul is the one and only object or thing that really exist. All matters or things in this whole universe is considered as just 'names and forms' on the eternal consciousness. These are seem as existing but without consciousness they do not have existence. All living and non living things are just virtual 'scenes' on consciousness. These scenes appear and disappear, but nothing is happened to soul. Now the modern science also proved that all the things that are seen in this universe are merely energy.
The ultimate cause of universe
The inert matters are just 'names and forms'. They appear and disappear on consciousness or soul. The cause of all names and forms that are seen as universe is consciousness (soul or Brahma or Paramathma). As everything is just the names and forms on consciousness, they are nothing else but consciousness itself. So, the consciousness fills up totally in the universe. It is all pervading and undivided truth. It has no beginning or no ending.
Individual Soul or Jivathma
Soul has no beginning and no ending. It has no birth and no death. It is free from all changes and ruin. Consciousness was into being before the formation of all bodies. No destruction is happened to the soul when body is destroyed.
Paramathma or Supreme Consciousness
Consciousness is eternal. No ruin can happen to the soul by time, it is ever existing. Soul does not end by the permeation of space. It does not vibrate or move. It is without emotion. Always it knows its existence. It is always into being. In such a circumstance there is no possibility to exist for any other thing. Nothing can originate from the above said condition. So in a final analysis, all the vision of those inert matters in universe can only be considered as just mirage in a desert.
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