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>                                                                                     A.C.Sekhar                                                              29 July 2003

                                          In everybody there is something which is one’s own and which cannot be separated from them from birth to death  and which is the only thing which helps one to observe the real truth of one’s actions and observations. This is the ‘Self’ which is quite powerful  and can help to achieve whatever one needed at any time. The dictates of ‘Self’ and the  directions given by ‘Self’ guide the path of oneself to reach one’s goals. In various  Hindu literature this ‘Self’ is also designated as Brahman or Atma and it is also the same as the ‘Self ‘ that exists in everybody and every where. Thus it is part of an Universal Self which is infinity itself.  Logically the characteristics of any part are the same as of the whole, and the whole remains the same  even if the part is taken out of it. Such hypothesis may develop good explanation of Life and Nature but it  is doubtful if any laboratory can ever develop any experimental proof for the same as required by the modern man.. Thus philosophy and logic seem to be the only tools  for any understanding of all the characteristics  of ‘Self’. On an examination whether the ‘Self’ that exists  in one person is the same that exists in other persons like friends, relatives and even enemies, the conclusion that it is the same is based on the assumption that at the time of birth all are same, and the ‘Self’ is also born at the same time and it will cease to exist in the person only after one’s death.  It is basically a very pure entity not being able to be corrupted or adulterated and does not apparently interfere with the emotional consequences of human body and its physical existence as these are controlled by  the chemistry of body structure,  hormones etc. But what type of ‘Self’ exists in  other living beings or even in inanimate objects, if the whole Creation is supposed to be filled with the infinite Universal Self? This is a question that baffles many a common man. If it is accepted that Creator and Creation are one and the same and inter-convertible as per some theories of Hinduism, then the theory of re-incarnation exists and the theory of Universal Self can also be sustained to a large extent