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T he Self....
The infernal beings are subjected to incomprehensive tortures and pain. Their worry is only about avoiding tortures. They cannot reduce their life span even by committing suicide. They have no escape.
They cannot live according to their desires. 3) Tiryanca (Sub Human) Gati: The lower forms and sub-human beings
consist of invisible and visible, immobiles and mobiles, vegetation, Earth. Water etc., and other creatures having 2 to 5 senses. They do not know what is tomorfow or did not know what was yesterday. · They are after food and their survival is at the mercy of others.
They also cannot live according to their desires.
4) Manusya - Human Existence : The fully developed mankind enjoys
an infinite advantage over all other existences. The most precious human beings only can attain self-discipline - renunciation and thereby acquire eternal salvation. Man (Human) is his own creator of weal or woe, happiness, contentment or pain, miseries and sufferings and only he can attain the Eternal Bliss.
The Soul is immortal. It has no beginning and no end. No one has created us. There are no births and deaths of the soul. It is only the outer shell that is everchanging and disintegrating that will be destroyed or buried in the grave or consumed by fire. It is only the modification until it reaches the final salvation, where there are no births or deaths.
From somewhere your Soul enters the Mother's Womb and starts creating a body (Outer Shell) from impure materials therein. After spending 9 months in the most horrible condition and acute sufferings due to merits of previous life, with a complete, healthy body, accompanied with 10 life forces (Prāna) i.e. 5 senses, mind, speech and body, respiration and life span, was born as a child. Some days after your birth, your soul with your body was given a name "LAXMI NANDANA" (Son of Goddess of Wealth).
The Soul in "Laxmi Nandan's" body grows up from childhood to young age falls in love with his body which has now come under the domination of wind, which releases the 5 senses to act according to his wishes. With the sole aim of acquiring a pleasurable life and happiness of the body, how he -
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