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Jiva – Ego & Body

Jiva is the reference point in the consciousness field from where consciousness is reflected in a way that this point of reference appears to be animated to other Jivas. Jiva has limited free will and an ego (sense of separateness) as long as there is an alert body. In case of humans, ego (sense of separateness) is predominantly due to the left brain. No matter how much Self Actualised an enlightened being is, there will be a sense of separateness as long as there is body. In fact, sense of separateness can be removed from even an unenlightened person with no interest in spirituality by using drugs that affect left brain in certain manner. A decease can do the same thing by affecting the left brain. In this state, there will be a feeling of oneness and bliss etc. as left brain is subdued. Our left brain appears to be acting as a filter and hence seems to be responsible for converting one (oneness) into many (separateness).