SELF DOES NOT INDULGE

Lord Krishna has beautifully summarized the illuminated embodied self soul.

On realizing the reality, embodied self soul while appearing to be doing all activities of senses does actually nothing as it has realized that it is mere divine spark illuminating the body, mind, intellect, senses and itself is merely onlooker seeing the material body undergoing the reactions in form of dualities of life in that particular body.

It is noteworthy that being divine spark the self soul is incapable of doing any thing itself. It merely ignites the material nature. Finding expression through material nature, the self soul identifies itself with material body.

Lord Krishna says in chapter 5 of Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta:

neiv kinchitkromiiti yukto manyet tatvavit I


pashayanshrivarhsparshanjigharannashangachhanswapansavshan II


parlapanvisrijinangreharhanunmishannimishanapi I


indriyarhiindrayartheshu vartant iti dharyan II (5.8-9)


The wise man who has come to the reality of things must believe, even though seeing, hearing, breathing, smelling, eating, or drinking , walking, sleeping, breathing, speaking, answering call of nature, grasping, opening and closing the eyes,, that he does nothing, holding that senses are moving in their objects.
Thirteen activities have been given in these two verses and there is no activity of embodiment has been left over.


Seeing

Hearing

ouching

Smelling,

Drinking,

Walking,

Sleeping,

Breathing,

Speaking,

Answering call of nature,

Grasping,

Opening and

Closing the eyes

The self soul on being aware of its reality stays unperturbed.
With knowledge that Lord is present in all and every animate and inanimate, thing one comes across or those are celestial and invisible are having modification of Lord alone, a self soul never laments.

Whether they are in nature or in shape of nature it is very modification of Lord himself.

Karamyogi thus knowing this conquers mind, masters senses and by devotion to Lord his heart purified, sees Lord every where.

Action is the result of three qualities of nature and the spirit in embodiment has nothing to do with action and it is only witness of action.

yogyuktovishudhatma vijitatma jitendriyah I

sarvabhutatmbhutatma kurvanapi na lipayate II (5.7)

The Karamyogi who has conquered his mind and mastered his senses, with pure heart and who has identified himself with self/Lord of all beings remains unaffected, even though performing action.


The wise man having come to know the reality of worldly things percepts that while doing every act, he is not the doer and senses are playing with their sense objects and soul seated in embodiment is not doer.

Lord has enumerated all sense actions in these verses and directed that having seen through thus reality a renounced soul should be considered aloof from all these acts and being witness is not the doer dispassionately observing every act but remaining unattached.