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Absolute Soul (Parmatma); however, that which the world considers to be soul (chetan) is actually lifeless life (nischetan chetan). If you heat a ball of iron, it becomes like fire (red hot), which is just how lifeless life (nischetan chetan) is. (It appears alive, but it is not. It appears to be Atma, but it is not).
What is lifeless life (nischetan chetan)? Something that is being charged in the presence of the original Self (muda chetan), which then continues to discharge, is referred to as nischetan chetan. The components (parmanus; subatomic particles) have been charged and the charged parmanus are called karan or causes. These causes accumulate throughout a person's life and when he dies, these causes or the causal body (karan sharira), will in the next life become the effective body (karya sharira).
The effective body means that the three batteries of the mind, speech and body are ready, and from them, new causes continue to arise. So in this life, the mind, speech and body continue to discharge, while on the other hand, a new charging is occurring within. The batteries of the mind, speech and body that are being charged, are for the next life, while these are from the past life, that are discharging in this life. The Gnani Purush stops the new charging and so the old ones continue to only discharge.
So after death, the soul migrates to another yoni (place of birth). Until a person realizes the Self, the soul wanders around from one yoni to another. As long as one becomes engrossed (tanmayakar – to become one with) with the mind, engrossed with the intellect (buddhi), the worldly life (sansar) exists. That is because, to become engrossed (tanmayakar), means to sow a seed in the place of creation (yoni), and Lord Krishna has told us that the worldly life exists because the seed is sown in the place of creation. Once the seed is no longer sown in the place of creation, one's worldly life ends.
