We can also take e.g. of moon. Moon does not have it's own light, but it reflects the light of Sun. In the same way, Light of Atman (Brahman) falls on mind and intellect, which in turn gets reflected. It is this reflected light that we see.
Moonlight has different characteristics than sunlight. Moonlight is cool and milky while, while sunlight is golden yellow and warm / hot in nature. One can look into the full moon at midnight, but one cannot look into the sun at midday.
Even though we say that there are differences and so duality, in reality, the reflected light of moon, was never moon's own, nor moon has capacity to retain the light by itself even for few minutes. There is no question of moon becoming self luminous. No part and whole theory
In the same way, the consciousness (light), which is falls on mind, gets reflected by mind.
In other words, consciousness (light) shines the mind, and from within the mind it itself shines, as though appearing that it is the mind that is actually emanating light (moon emanating it's own light).
We can say in the e.g. of moon and moon light -
Never was the light separate from sun,
Never did moon independently emanated light by it's own,
Never did moon reflected only a part of light
Never did moon retain sunlight and reflected own it's own.
Never did moon separated sunlight and divided into small fragments. Moon reflects everything that falls upon itself.
In short moon does not have any capacity to remain self luminous.
The part and whole philosophy does not account in this e.g. of moonlight.
Mind which stands for moon, is jaDa (gross). It cannot function by itself without the power of soul (moon light). Moon does not have it's existence on new-moon day
Soul was never separated. Moon light is actually sun-light.
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