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

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working order, these feelings and movements are present.
It is therefore established that something (which thus
suppresses the faculties or brings them into play, causing
the absence or presence of the feelings and movements)
is the soul.
Illustration.—(In profound sleep) the body, which has
cognition of the world, losing it, has no feeling of pleasure
or pain and no movements, though the breath (respi-
ration) fully plays. Hence, there is an intelligence
which has such perception other than breath. Under-
stand that when the soul is active in the body, it has
such feelings and movements.
Sixth Argument.
Churnika.—The soul becomes conscious of one thing
when it forgets another. Therefore the soul is different
from Hara, whose consciousness is not subject to such
change.
Varthikam.—As it can only understand when taught
by its Guru that it is different from God whose under-
standing is perfect, it is established that this is the
soul (and not God).
Illustration.—When becoming conscious of objects, it
only apprehends one at a time, and when proceeding to
apprehend another, becomes unconscious of what it knew
before, and when it undergoes the five avasthas it be-
comes perfectly unconscious of everything. What is it
which so apprehends? It is not Intelligence (Arivu). If
the truth seeker examines, it is the soul whose under-
standing becomes identical with what it becomes united to.