Throughway to Happiness 7

by the bodily sense organs, the real enjoyer is that
spiritual spark. That spark always has the potency of
enjoyment, but it is not always manifest due to be-
ing covered by the material tabernacle. Although we
may not be aware of it, it is not possible for the body
to experience enjoyment without the presence of
this spiritual spark. If a man is offered the dead body
of a beautiful woman, will he accept it? No, because
the spiritual spark has moved out of the body. Not
only was it enjoying within the body, but it was
maintaining the body. When that spark leaves, the
body simply deteriorates.

It follows that if the spirit is enjoying, it must
have its senses also, otherwise how can it enjoy? The
Vedas confirm that the spirit soul, although atomic
in size, is the actual enjoying agent. It is not possible
to measure the soul, but that is not to say that it is
without measurement. An object may seem to us to
be no bigger than a point and may seem to have no
length or width, but when we perceive it under a
microscope we can see that it has both length and
width. Similarly, the soul also has its dimensions,
but we cannot perceive them. When we buy a suit
or dress, it is made to fit the body. The spiritual
spark must have form, otherwise how is it the ma-
terial body has grown to accomodate it? The con-
clusion is that the spiritual spark is not impersonal.
It is an actual person. God is an actual person, and
the spiritual spark, being a fragmental part of Him,
is also a person. If the father has personality and in-
dividuality, the son also has them; and if the son
has them, we can conclude that the father has them.
