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PHILOSOPHY OF SOUL
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Some say, "We are prepared to believe that the souls staying at the Siddhasheela have no miseries whatsoever but then how would they experience highest bliss" ?
To this we reply, “It is not necessary that happiness or bliss results as a contact with any object. The bliss enjoyed by the soul is not the result of any contact and so no other object is necessitated thereby. Bliss is the inherent virtue of soul. No sooner do the obstructing factors disappear than the soul begins to experience bliss and continue to enjoy bliss till eternity.”
Suppose a prisoner is confined in a prison for a long period. Suddenly he is released from the prison as the Queen delivers a son: Can you imagine the magnitude of joy experienced by the prisoner ? Certainly not. It is very immense. Similarly the soul which is under the bondage since the times immemorial for last infinite number of births would certainly enjoy inconceivably immense joy when freed or emancipated from these bondages. You may stretch your imagination.
If you fail to imagine, let us help you with some illustrations: Suppose a man has fine clothes, precious ornaments, palatial building six-seven motor cars, cultured and noble wife. modest sons and daughters, loyal servants, perfect health, no interference, no doubts, no troubles from the government, fullfledged business, and a capital of millions of rupees. A liberated soul enjoys infinitely more happiness than what this man enjoys.
The authors of scriptures have termed “Chakravarthi’ as a man of "Enjoyments incarnate” as among human beings he can be compared with Indra. The entire Bharata Country is under his control, 16000 gods within his command, 64000 women in the harem, and he can enjoy with all of them simultaneously having assumed 64000 various forms. His main body rests with his chief Queen. This Chief queen is the beauty incarnate, treasure-house of all grace, and matchless in Bharata Country.
Moreover his body is radiant with health. He has no worries. He commands loyalty of all the kings, entire army and his subjects. The bliss or ecstasy enjoyed by the liberated soul is infinitely more than that enjoyed by the Chakravarthi king described above.
Indra is the Lord of numerous gods. He is never deteriorated in age by the passage of millions of years. He is never emaciated.
