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I am the Soul Even the Siddha Bhagawantas would not have been stationary in their Siddha Kshetra. The stability of the Siddhas is owing to Adharmastikaya. Indeed, the Siddhas go and stabilise at the pinnacle of the Loka, because in the Aloka beyond, there is no Dharmastikaya. Had there been Dharmastikaya in the Aloka, why would the Siddha Bhagwantas remain at the pinnacle of Loka? Wouldn't they go away into the Aloka? But the reason that stops the Siddha bhagwantas from going into the Aloka, is the absence of Dharmastikaya and Adharmastikaya in the Aloka.
Here it may just be a relation of motivation and motivated, but the fact remains that even for the Siddhatmas Dharmastikaya and Adharmastikaya are necessary according to Vyavahara. Of course, Dharmastikaya etc. do not have the ability to make any alteration in the substance of the Siddha Bhagawant's atma. Yet, they certainly are helpful.
In fact, the space, which the Siddha Bhagawantas occupy in the Siddhakshetra, is provided by the akash. Here although the usage “provided by' is a formality, the fact remains that the Siddha Bhagawantas need the space in the akash pradesh to be in. Otherwise, where else would they stay? Not even one jiva, whether Siddha or sansari and pudgal would be able to stay without the space in the akash. Whether large or small, it still stays in the akash. So even the Siddha Bhagawant has the dependence on akash. It is without a purpose. Akash is unaware that it has to offer space to Siddha. There is no involvement of its own, yet the relation of motivation and motivated remains.
Thus the principle, which says that one substance cannot do a thing to another, also says that except for the relation of motivation, no substance holds any other capability towards another. The relation is established effortlessly, it does not have to be established. Where it is necessary to do, and done with a knowledge, there the feeling of doing exists. Of course, it is true that one substance cannot intentionally do anything to another.
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