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Chapter 16
A feeling of egoism, is born out of the identification of the real, with the unreal. A man performs, virtuous or evil actions, having egoism. When he follows the spiritual path, there remains predominance, of the real in egoism, while there is predominance of the unreal, when he follows a mundane path. Divine nature, is revealed in a person; when there is predominance of the self, and demoniac nature goes on aggravating in him, during the predominance of the non-self. This human body, has been bestowed upon him, to enable him to be free, from demoniac nature. Every human being, is independent and strong to get rid of it. It is because of a person's affinity with the perishable, that he cannot get rid of it.
A man (soul), identifies himself with matter. Actually, there is no desire in a man (pure soul), desire abides, only in the unreal portion of ego. But the soul is said to be, the cause of experience of pleasure and pain[1]. Actually, the soul is not the cause, but the soul seated in nature, becomes an experiencer[2]. Actually, the unreal (insentient) undergoes modifications, such as pleasure or pain. But, because the real (sentient), has identification with the unreal. So, the real has to experience, pleasure and pain. As, after marriage wife's needs become the husband's needs, similarly, the soul by identification with, body and thus assuming itself, as a doer has to become the experiencer of pleasure and pain, while all actions are performed by nature[3]. In effect, when a man has a desire for God-realization, there is predominance of the sentient (real), but when he has a desire for the mundane, there is predominance, of the insentient. The predominance of the sentient, gives birth to divine nature, while predominance of the insentient, gives birth to demoniac nature. The sentient in spite of its identification with the insentient, has a desire for truth, consciousness and bliss. All the worldly desires, are included in these three desires (to live forever, to know all, and ever to remain happy). But man commits an error, that he wants to satisfy these desires, by the insentient (world).
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