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

42 SIVAGNANA BOTHAM.
In fact, it is in the Sthula Sarira, all the faculties are
present and in full play ; and in the Sukshuma Sarira 10 of the
Tatwas (5 elements and 5 senses) are wanting. In dream, there
is merely reproduction of ideas as determined by the previous
Karma (experiences) and without the command of reason or will.
This sensorium and blind reproduction is not the subject. It
can be so, if in that condition the Soul is in its full working order.
5. Nor is the Soul in its full working order and undergoing
movements, feelings, &c., in dead sleep and hence the respira-
tory organ is not the Atma. In Jakrutha, respiratory function
is working but in conjunction with other organs, external and
internal senses, and certain sequences follow, feelings and actions.
If the first is the sole cause or Atma, then we must eliminate
other antecedents and see if the sequences still continue. In
Sushupti, the other antecedents are absent and the respiratory
function is the sole function present and it is not accompanied
by the sequences. This is the inductive method of elimination
of antecedents as causes which are not followed by the same
effects. This same method is also used in the last argument.
6. The law of human consciousness as here stated is the
same as that postulated by Dr. Bain, "change is essential to
consciousness." Unless we change our thought to another, our
consciousness of the thought ceases. To be conscious of the
next we must forget the present. So the Tamil axiom is
stated as "நினைப்புண்டேல் மறப்புண்டாம்" "When we are
conscious we are also subject to forgetfulness." When we
continue to think of a particular object or idea for a time and do
not change it, we in fact do not continue conscious of it. Our
mind becomes incapable of thinking, owing to its inherent weak-
ness. Man's intelligence therefore is weak or changing; and it
is this which distinguishes it from God who is all Intelligence,
who is cognizant of all at the same time. One other distinction is