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PHILOSOPHY OF SOUL
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placing his hand on a particular machine and said: “This machine would not work. It would rather put you in great difficulty". The Manager smiled with repugnance and said: "Mr. Peter, what do you talk? This machine is brand new and there is no reason why it should not work".
Peter replied: "I am sure, it won't work”.
Someday telephonic call resounded: "Mr. Peter, your prediction has come absolutely true. We tried our best to work on the said machine, with no result”
Peter was neither a Mechanic nor a Chemist and still, owing to this very faculty, he was appointed on a high ranking position in Phillip's Company which manufactures Radio and T.V. Sets.
Peter formerly was an ordinary labourer and he painted buildings and lived simple and common life. Once in 1943 when he was spraying a window of a tall mansion, his foot slipped and he fell flat on the ground. His head was seriously injured and he was unconscious. For weeks together despite medical aid he did not regain consciousness but later on when he regained normalcy. the faculty of apprehending past, present and future was revealed to him. With this wonderful power he could perceive the imperceptible. Peter himself was wonderstruck to realise how he could know all this. We can describe such knowledge as a kind of 'Vibhangagnana'. Whatever may be the cause of the origin of such knowledge but such incidents certainly justify that soul is possessed of the faculty of perceiving past, present and future and consequently omniscience is a matter of fact with no reason to doubt.
Great men acquire such knowledge and guide the world to the path of bliss. Infinite number of souls acquire the right path with the result that they attain permanent bliss and happiness. The life, the knowledge and the conduct of such saintly persons lead to the welfare of all the souls of the world. Such great men do not try to foster temporal happiness but enlighten people to the path of truth.
