17. Please explain the above by illustration.
There is nothing so subtle andpowerful as Surat. An illustration of water is given to make the point clear. Only the point of similarity should be considered. At first, water was very subtle and invisible. It successively assumed the forms of gas, cloud, vapour and finally fell as rain on the ground in a course form. At some places, as mud, it became very course, and at other plqaces due to cold, it turned into ice and became altogether motionless and lifeless. Thus from ice to cloud, water assumes different forms and gets endowed with different powers; it sometimes assumes form and at other times becomes formless. But, when it passes into the gaseous state or becomes still subtler, it becomes very powerful and rises up and merges into higher regions. In the same way, Surat has no form, but on mixing with Maya (matter) and assuming covers, it takes the form of the covers. As the admixture increases, the power of Surat goes on diminishing, concealed under the covers. Just as fire blazes forth when ash is removed from smouldering embers, so on being detached from these covers and attached to Shabd, Surat will regain such powers that, loosening the knot of jarh and Chetan (matter and spirit) and removing the barriers of Brahmand, it will enter Sat Lok and Radhasoami Anami Pad. Then only will t be released from the cycle of births and deaths.
18. What is the know of jarh and Chetan (matter and spirit)?
The mind and senses, body and all worldly objects are jarh (inanimate, material). Surat is Chetan (life, energy). They began to mix at Trikuti, which is the region up to which Maya has influence. The knot of jarh and Chetan was first tied there. If, by means of Abhyas (spiritual practices), Surat rises to this spot, stage by stage, penetrating the regions through which it had descended, then the knot of jarh and Chetan will be untied, and the covers of Maya will be left behind at their respective stages below Trikuti. They cannot rise higher up.
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