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technique does not lead to the creation of soul. If soul could be created by cloning or any other technique, there are quite a few corporations that would produce it and the soul could then be purchased from the market. No one has, however, succeeded in doing it.
The explanation given under this stanza (Vachanamrut # 718) is pertinent in this connection. It states: "The compositions like bodies that come to our sight are the objects of seeing for soul, the experiencer; it means that they are the objects of sight and knowledge for the soul. If you examine the nature of such compositions, there would not seem any composition that could turn out soul". The soul is thus not an outcome of any composition; it is an uncomposed, original, eternal substance.
Jadathi Chetan Upaje, Chetanthi Jad Thay;
Evo Anubhav Koine, Kyäre Kadi Na Thäy.
No one can ever experience the emergence of consciousness out of lifeless matter; nor the consciousness turning into lifeless matter. (65)
Explanation & Discussion:
Lifeless matter and the conscious soul are two distinct and separate substances. They are independent of each other and one cannot emerge or be created out of the other. The lifeless matter that is pertinent here is known as Pudgal. Whatever we see with the eyes or experience with the help of any other organ is termed as Pudgal. It is a composite of infinite Paramänus (smallest particles), which are the most subtle, indivisible parts of matter. In scientific terms, subatomic particles can be treated as approximation to Paramǎnus.
It is possible to bring about different articles by combinations of Paramänus or by composing them suitably. Such bringing about is called production. Actually, it is transformation, because what is being done is to bring out something by processing the articles that were in existence. What thus happens in the name of production is really transformation.
It is now necessary to consider whether lifeless Pudgal can be transformed into soul or whether a soul can be transformed into Pudgal. Such transformation is not possible. With the help of science, we have brought out many lifeless objects by combination or composition of Pudgals. We have also been successful in producing the robots and putting them to work, but no one could put life therein. No permutation, combination or composition of Pudgal can thus be visualized to bring about the conscious soul. On the same analogy, the conscious soul can never be reduced to lifeless matter.
Koi Sanyogothi Nahin, Jeni Utpatti Thay;
Näsh Na Teno Koimän, Tethi Nitya Sadäy.
That, which cannot arise out of any combination, cannot merge with anything else, and is therefore eternal. (66)
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