Body and Soul
We’ve had this discussion going on for some time already now. Last time Adi wanted to know when he will die and his Amma had told him the ditinction between his body and his soul. That the body does die, but the soul cannot because it was always there. What was amazing to me was that he understood the concept infinitely faster than it took me to understand it.
And today sitting in the balcony as we do every morning looking at the birds and the trees and we almost always delve into a conversation. It’s almost as if from nowhere that the questions suddenly start popping up. He asked “Will I also become old....and will you also become old?”. “Will I die....will you also die after some time?”. And I had to reiterate to him what Amma had told before. I asked him if his legs were Adi...to which he said no...whether his nails were Adi...or his nose or his tongue.... to which he said “...no..none of this is Adi...Adi is the soul that is inside”.
I told him it’s like he’s the driver of his Zen. If the engine dies down, does it mean he the driver is dead. No. He can just walk out and sit in another car and start driving. He understood.