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The Identity of the Soul

Once the sun arises the true color and nature of this world will automatically be seen. A sādhaka attaining svarūpa-siddhi is like the rising of the sun—prema suryaṁsu samyabhak. At that time everything, including the…

From our Prema Bhakti Candrika Commentary:

The svarūpa of the jīva will not change. When perfection is achieved that eternal form will be revealed. When the sun rises all darkness disappears and everything can clearly be seen. Other forms of light can never be compared to the light of the sun. If one uses a blue or red light to see in the darkness then everything he sees will seem to be blue or red. But this is an illusion; it is caused by a temporary artificial light.

Once the sun arises the true color and nature of this world will automatically be seen. A sādhaka attaining svarūpa-siddhi is like the rising of the sun—prema suryaṁsu samyabhak. At that time everything, including the spiritual form and identity of the soul can be witnessed clearly. Yet before the sun of svarūpa-siddhi arises in the heart of the sādhaka, he may, according to his association, develop many attractions and identify himself with these attachments.

But these attachments and identities are temporary and stem from mundane conditioning. They are not the true identity of the soul, for that is fixed and can never change. This is seen in the life of Gopa Kumāra. He went to so many places and took shelter of many different personalities, being attracted and impressed by all of them. But these attractions were eventually transcended when he finally attained his eternal identity as a sakhā of Kṛṣṇa. At that time he became fully and eternally satisfied.

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