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Questioner: But is it not said that the Atma is constantly heading towards moksha?
Dadashri: Absolutely. It is indeed going upwards, but when it gathers heavy subatomic particles (parmanu), it will start going downwards. Its own nature is to rise (urdhvagami), but it is the non-Self complex (pudgal), that pulls it down. And so this tug of war has started. It is for this reason that I tell you; become free from karma! That is why, when you attain the state of Shuddhatma (the pure Soul), the pull from the non-Self complex (pudgal) will lessen. Otherwise, until then; time, karma, illusory attachment (maya), will all hinder you. Therefore, when the entire matter (prasang - added association) of the non-Self complex is settled, the Atma, while remaining in its own nature, will then go off to final liberation.
Now, the nature of the non-Self complex (pudgal) is to descend (adhogami). But how does the non-Self complex's nature become even more descending? The answer would be that, it is not based on one's body (sharira) being too fat, nor is it based on one's body being too heavy, but it depends on how big, how long, and how wide, one's ego (ahamkar) is. A person's body may be skinny, but his ego could be as huge as the universe; whereas, someone who has a strong body and weighs two-hundred and fifty kilos, but has no ego; will not sink. Ahamkar (ego) means weight. The very meaning of ego, is weight.
Therefore, this world is boundless, but it exists within prescribed laws. That is because the nature of the Atma is to rise upwards; its nature is to ascend towards Siddha gati (location of Liberated Souls).
From Human to Lower Life-Form
Questioner: How can one reconcile the concept of evolution in the Theory of Evolution, in terms of worldly science,
