Sage Vasishtha
The self is not affected by the body, nor is the body in anyway related to the self. They are like light and darkness. The self, which transcends all modifications and perversions, neither comes into being nor does it vanish. Whatever happens, happens to this body which is inert, ignorant, insentient, finite, perishable and ungrateful: let it happen. But, how can this body ever comprehend the eternal consciousness? For, when either is seen as reality the other ceases to be. When thus their nature is totally different, how can their experience of pain and pleasure be the same? When they do not and cannot have relationship whatsoever, how can they exist together? When either arises the other ceases, even as when the day dawns the darkness of night ceases to be. Self-knowledge can never become self-ignorance even as the shadow can never become hot.
The self is not affected by the body, nor is the body in anyway related to the self. They are like light and darkness. The self, which transcends all modifications and perversions, neither comes into being nor does it vanish. Whatever happens, happens to this body which is inert, ignorant, insentient, finite, perishable and ungrateful: let it happen. But, how can this body ever comprehend the eternal consciousness? For, when either is seen as reality the other ceases to be. When thus their nature is totally different, how can their experience of pain and pleasure be the same? When they do not and cannot have relationship whatsoever, how can they exist together? When either arises the other ceases, even as when the day dawns the darkness of night ceases to be. Self-knowledge can never become self-ignorance even as the shadow can never become hot.
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