The Householder's Dharma (Ratnakaranda-Sravakachara)

whatsoever for alleging the existence of any of those unknowable attributes beyond a wilful refusal to be reasonable. Thus, there is no escape from the position that all things are knowable.

Now, since the natural properties of a substance are to be found in all its units or individuals, it is obvious that what is known to one individual is capable of being known by all others. It follows from this that if there be an infinity of ideas, each of which is known to only one individual at a time, the consciousness of each and every soul is potentially able to know the whole infinity of them. Hence, each and every soul is potentially omniscient, that is to say, the consciousness of every living being is endowed with the capacity to know all things, unlimited by Time or Space. There is nothing to be surprised at in this conclusion, since knowledge merely means a state of consciousness, which, being an affection or modification of the substance of its being, is felt by the soul. This amounts to saying that the soul is made of pure intelligence, in different language, the jiva living soul is a pure embodiment* of knowledge.

The soul is also endowed with such faculties as clairvoyance, telepathy and the like, of which the

For a further explanation of the subject, see the Science of Thought* by the present writer.