शिवज्ञानबोध (मेय्कण्डार - शैव सिद्धान्त का आधारभूत दार्शनिक सूत्र ग्रन्थ)

60 SIVAGNANA BOTHAM.
Supreme Intelligence as it understands through some sense or
other, forgets what it has learnt, learns from others, is not
conscious of itself, does not understand of itself."
On the other hand God is described as 'Swa Para Prakasam'
'He who is self luminous and illumines others.' On this subject
the same authority raises several other questions and gives beauti-
ful replies.
If God illumines all souls, He must illumine all of them equally
well. If each one's intelligence follows his own Karma, then no
God is required. The answer is that Karma itself acts through
God, though God cannot change Karma. And the analogies of
the earth which yields according to the labour of the peasant, and
the sun who can only ripen those fruits that are matured, are
pointed out.
The theory that the soul is self luminous or self intelligent
is refuted by the fact that the soul is only conscious when in
union with the senses; and the opponent is compared to a man
who would say that a man, with the full power of eye sight, finds
out objects by feeling with his hands.
Man's intelligence is in fact analogous with his eyesight.
He is not blind (non-intelligent) nor is his sight such as to make
him see in the dark and dispense with the aid of the sun's
light (God's grace.)