Who am I

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Who am I ? The science of the soul
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Who am I ?
My real identity
is NOT this temporary BODY, but...
the eternal SOUL !!!
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Proof for the existence of
the Soul

• Common sense

Difference between the dead body and the living
person

• Intuitive understanding

The real self I distinct from body, mind and
intelligence
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• Consciousness - the symptom of the
• existence of the soul

Eg. Sun rays are sympton of sun
Consciousness distinguishes a dead body from a
living one
Conciousness gives the proof of the soul

• Near Death Experiences (NDEs)

• Past-life memories

• Astral body travel

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Knowledge of the Soul
The Soul is

• indestructible

BG 7.7
The soul can never be cut to pieces by any
weapon, nor burned by fire, nor moistened by
water, nor withered by the wind
nainam chindanti sastraninainam dahati
pavakahna cainam kledayanty apona sosayati
marutah
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• individual

BG 2.12
Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor
you, nor all these kings nor in the future shall
any of us cease to be
na tv evaham jatu nasamna tvam neme
janadhipahna caiva na bhavisyamahsarve vayam
atah param
BG 15.7
Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor
you, nor all these kings nor in the future shall
any of us cease to be
na tv evaham jatu nasamna tvam neme
janadhipahna caiva na bhavisyamahsarve vayam
atah param
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• sat-cid-ananda

Body is asat, acit, nirananda

• situated in the region of the heart

Soul gives the energy to the heart to flutter

• changes bodies

BG 2.22
As a person puts on new garments, giving up old
ones, the soul similarly accepts new material
bodies, giving up the old and useless ones
vasamsi jirnani yatha vihayanavani grhnati naro
'paranitatha sarirani vihaya jirnanyanyani
samyati navani dehi
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BG 2.13
dehino 'smin yatha dehekaumaram yauvanam
jaratatha dehantara-praptirdhiras tatra na
muhyati
As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this
body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul
similarly passes into another body at death. A
sober person is not bewildered by such a change
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• infinitesimally small

Kesa agra sata bhagasya Satadha kalpitasyaca
The size of the soul is 1/10,000 the size of the
tip of hair.
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• inconceivable

BG 2.25
It is said that the soul is invisible,
inconceivable and immutable. Knowing this, you
should not grieve for the body.
avyakto 'yam acintyo 'yamavikaryo 'yam
ucyatetasmad evam viditvainamnanusocitum arhasi
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Matter is formless, The Soul gives form to
matter. Eg Shirt
Matter is dead, spirit gives life to matter Eg.
Car
Matter undergoes tranformations
Takes Birth
Grows
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stays
Produces offsprings
dwindles
Dies
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Spirit soul does not undergo these tranformations
BG 2.20
For the soul there is neither birth nor death at
any time. He has not come into being, does not
come into being, and will not come into being. He
is unborn, eternal, ever-existing and primeval.
He is not slain when the body is slain
na jayate mriyate va kadacinnayam bhutva bhavita
va na bhuyahajo nityah sasvato 'yam puranona
hanyate hanyamane sarire
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Gross body Subtle body
Earth Mind
Water Intelligence
Fire False ego
Air
Ether
If one gives up his subtle body before the time
of death, he gets liberated
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Is man just a powerful computer or a robot ?

• Machines are designed and
• programmed by humans.

• Humans have an independent
• consciousness.

(comparison between a camera and a panel
of judges watching a drama)
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Am I GOD ?
We are

• not GODS

• GODs

• can never become GOD

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Soul
Supersoul

• Humans (jivatmas)

GOD (paramatma)

• Infinitesimal (anu)

Infinite (vibhu)
Cognizant of everyone and everything

• Cognizant of
• ones body

• A loving
• servitor

Eternally a loving master
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Simply saying is not enough, one should act
accordingly
Eg of Birds and the sage
By chanting mantra, Person becomes
Brahmabhuta prasannatma
We are one in quality with GOD, but different in
quantity. Our salvation depends on the
acceptance of this reality.