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dence, which had been in the beginning a specially Supreme Soul or which had created this universe. This is the nature's natural process of Evolution that from a Human Being becomes God or from ordinary soul to Divine Soul. There is no such God different from Man, or Supreme Soul different from ordinary Soul. There is no such evolution which might directly come from sky. Each Evolution takes rise from the Earth, commences from unevolved stage, Knowledge points out the path of the Evolution (amelioration). Perception inculcates faith in it and action moves unflinching on that path, then only begins the journey or Right Development. The farthest end of the enlightened. Evolution is Salvation.
The doctrine of Soul being Supreme Soul ignores all differences and stabilises faith in every high or low soul and infuses in it inexhaustible impetus to attain the highest evolution. Some souls are superb and shall always remain superb-such kind of hypothesis will be deemed far away from the principle of Equanimity. The very path of Equanimity is that all pro-emancipation soulsul are potent enough with the faculty of attaining equal evolution. This is a separate matter that some of these souls may not be ablə to sprout forth that potentiality or may not go ahead in ihe direction of right development. In the eye of equanimity, there is no difference of Evolution, there may be difference of action. and one who performs as much and kind of actions that much and that kind of Evolution he achieves. This is why Equanimity at the root awakens the dynamic spirit (energisation).
31. The souls who by nature possess the capability to attain salvation,
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