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thought-activity causes no bondage or chemical compounding the incoming Pudgala is dispersed automatically.
Had there been no consciousness there would have been no thought activity or no action, and no vibration capable of karmic attachment and therefore no attachment too. It is only because the Soul is contaminated with Pudgala since eternity and possesses consciousness, which is the further cause of further changes in the Pudgala body by constant effective vibrations, that the need arises for getting the Soul liberated from such contamination,
Liberation or full consciousness is the nature of Soul and bondage is entirely due to its happening to be in close contact with Pudgala. It is most un-naturally bound up or contaminated and its full consciousness marred due to mere chance of association. It is neither the nature nor the qualification of the Soul to be associated with Pudgala.
But because its nature is pure consciousness and totally opposed to that of the unconscious-lifeless nature of Pudgala, Soul obtains its liberation in due course due to
