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PHILOSOPHY OF SOUL
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ched with water and cannot be dried by wind. It can transcend over any height in the wink of an eye. None can interfere with it. That is why it can traverse from one end to the other end of the universe.
When the soul's journey commenced is very difficult to express in terms of years. Even before millions of years he did make his journeys in the world. He was undergoing his journeys even before crores of years-even before that time. His journey con tinued since the time with no beginning.
Just as gold is adulterated with earth right from its excavation from the ground, soul is also polluted with impressional anti-natal acts. At every period he is being fettered with actions. So he has to assume the physical body in order to reap the rewards of his own actions. When the new acts cease to pollute the soul and the old karmas are consumed, the soul is not required to assume the physical body. Then under his buoyant and intrinsic power he rises up high at the highest pinnacle of the universe known as Siddhasheela, and enjoys endless bliss. Then the journey of this great traveller ends and he stays on to that place for eternal times to come.
