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I am the Soul
655 In the scriptures, there is a mention of “samudghata'. When the kevali parmatma performs samudghata to wipe out the other aghati karmas at the end of his lifetime, he spreads the infinite atmapradeshas in his body in the entire world. He establishes one atmapradesh on each of the akashpradeshas of the world. He again collects all the atmapradeshas spread out in the world and makes them fit a body. In doing so, not even one atmapradesh is broken, reduced, or separated; they always remain together. All these atma pradeshas are in the form of chaitanya. There is not a trace of achetanta anywhere. Even when the atma gets liberated, it is chaitnyaghan. When it leaves the last body, it contracts the atma pradeshas in the ratio of 2:3 of the body, i.e it lets go of 1/3 part and occupies 2/3 area. All atmapradeshas remain in this proportion in the dense state. For eternity they remain so. That is why atma is ‘chaitanyaghan'.
Atma is 'swayam jyoti'. It is enlightened by itself. What does not need external lights to light itself up is swayam jyoti. Since atma is enlightened, it lights itself, with itself, for itself, in itself by its self. Atma does not need any external light to know itself. It is self-enlightened and has the ability to know other substances too. For instance, the sun; it is not necessary to hold up a lamp to find out if the sun has risen. The sun itself lights up as it rises. You can learn about it even if you are sitting in the corner of your house. It lights up the entire world. Once the sun has arisen, the most powerful of flashlights are useless. Further, no oil, wick, battery or electricity is required to light up the sun. It is self-lit. The atma too enlightens itself through its own infinite knowledge, and also knows the lokalok. The flame of knowledge of the atma is self-ignited. It needs no manifestation. Hence it is “swayam jyoti”.
Atma is “sukhadham'. Atma itself is the lord of unrestrained, infinite bliss. Bliss is the original nature of the atma, for, veetaragata is also the nature of atma. Where there is
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