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sense objects. This becomes the normal course of ordinary
human life. Among such persons, some rare few may have
the discretion that the one who is born has inevitably to
die and after death one cannot continue his relation with
the objects of senses. The one who happens to be fortunate
enough to have this discretion, will detach himself from the
sense objects and engage in the enquiry of the Reality. That
person will put to himself the following three questions,

1. Being the enjoyer of this material world “who am I?”

2. What is the enormous universe in reality?

3. What is the true relationship between this world and
myself?

……..The answers given by the spirit (person who is dis-
attached) for the previous mentioned three types of questions
are essentially of two types viz., characteristic answer and
multifarious answer. A doubt may arise in this regard that,
when the individual spirits are universally homogenous
(of the same or a similar kind) principle why they will
provide various diverse answers to the same questions?
The cause of this controversy is explained as follows: - The
unalloyed spirit is a purely transcendental principle. When
they remain in their characteristic nature, all of them will
provide the same answer to a given question. But this world,
which has been inhabited by the bonded souls, is not the

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