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The Atman is present in the form of consciousness. It is the consciousness, alone that appears to be born or to move or to take the form of the matter. But the Atman or the consciousness, the innermost self, is really ever unborn, immovable and free from the traits of materiality; it is all peace and non-dual.
The Atman is present in the form of consciousness. It is the consciousness, alone that appears to be born or to move or to take the form of the matter. But the Atman or the consciousness, the innermost self, is really ever unborn, immovable and free from the traits of materiality; it is all peace and non-dual.
The atman or the consciousness, the innermost self is never subject
to birth. All beings, too, are free from birth. Those who know this do not fall
into false knowledge.
A substance may be the cause of
another substance and a non- substance, the cause of another non-substance. But
the true self cannot possibly be anything like the substance or the non-substance.
Thus, three states are not caused by the mind, nor is the mind caused by them. As long as a person clings to the belief
in causality, he will find cause producing effect. But when this attachment to
causality wears away, cause and effect become non-existent.
