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

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brought in contact with human body, by getting frequent births.
That is, by evolution alone, man gets himself perfected.
3. I have not seen any objection to regarding the Soul as
a separate entity more formidable than this, viz.
"If so, while I am in my objective state of consciousness,
my Ego is something existing as a real entity in the physical
body itself. How is it possible to transfer the same to the astral
body ? Then, again, it has also to be transferred to the Karana
Sarira. We shall find a still greater difficulty in transfering this
entity to the Logos itself; and you may depend upon it that un-
less a man's individuality or Ego can be transferred to the Logos,
immortality is only a name." This objection which is stated
with so much confidence will, on examination, be found to be
groundless. In the first place, it is not shown, how it is not possi-
ble to effect the tranference from one Avastha to another under
this theory and that it is possible under the objector's theory.
Besides, the difficulty is more in the language employed, than in
actual fact. And it is, often, in our experience what a fruitful
source of error is the inadequate language we employ, in describ-
ing laws of thought. The objector speaks of the tranfer from
one body to another. On the premises already laid down in the
preceding Sutras and on the view of the Avasthas as discussed
in this argument, it will be apparent that there will be no trans-
fer at all. The atma does not fly from the Sthula Sarira into
the Sukshuma or astral body and leaving this into the Karana
Sarira. It did not enter any new cosmic body at any one time.
Its connection with Maya is eternal. And the law of mental
evolution or evolution of subjective consciousness correspond s
exactly to the evolution of objective consciousness. The huma n
mind cannot evolve unless there is a corresponding evolution
in its body. A pure disembodied mind or Atma is not recog-
nized by this school. In the human as well as in the freed state
(Moksha) it is connected with matter and between 'matter and