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PHILOSOPHY OF SOUL
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Question : Does any stage of attributes accompany the soul after
death?
Reply: The first, the second and the fourth stages accompany
the soul after death but the rest eleven stages do not do so.
Here it should be clarified that when a soul, before the attainment of mixed stage, acquires either right conviction or false conviction contracting the next existence, then it acquires after death good or evil state with which the soul has expired
This stage has the beginning and the end, and it exists for Antarmuhurta. It is quite natural that a person entertaining mixed feeling of right and wrong convictions is bound to be fickle.
(4) STAGE OF RIGHT CONVICTION WITH ATTACHMENT
Spiritual progress really commences from this stage of the Soul's attributes. Let's understand its nature properly. This stage is briefly called the stage of right conviction. You must have come across the well-known lines, “Acquired the stage of right conviction and the joy of self restraint". These lines occur in worship-prayers composed by Shri Vir Vijayaji Maharaj. Some blessed persons arrange the recital of these prayers daily and affirm their right belief thereby. Some persons enjoy the privilege of devotion of the Lord by arranging the recital on sacred days. Some institutions are formed in this city for arranging such recitals. Indeed such activity deserves encouragement.
We would like to point out why the phrase "With Attachment” is used after "Right Conviction". The anantanubandhi passions are not unfolded but Pratyakhyani are unfolded. Due to this reason non-attachment does not exist and that is why the word Avirat (with attachment) is used.
In preceding discourses much has been said about right conviction from various points of view, but here we are specially dealing with right conviction and therefore we shall elucidate some of the important matters on the subjects.
Right conviction or belief is classified in various ways. We shall consider three varieties out of them (1) Aupshamik (Pacified)'.
