I am The Soul Part 02

Author(s): Tarulatabai Mahasati
Publisher: Shri Gujarati Shwetambar Sthanakwasi Jain Association

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I am the Soul substances of the universe are momentary, the soul too has to be momentary. The disciple says, 'Well, I accept the soul now, but I cannot accept that it is eternal.' Gurudev too is quietly inspiring the disciple to come out with the curiosity about the second statement after having cleared his doubts about the first and after the faith in the disciple's heart has strengthened. After strengthening the foundation, he is allowing the superstructure to gain momentum. With these feelings, Gurudev offers the clarification of the doubt -
देह मात्र संयोग छे, वळी जडरूपी दृश्य;
TAHT rufe tu, atat 31747 aga.....?
O Disciple! You say, the atma is created along with the creation of the body and gets destroyed along with the destruction of the body. But it is necessary to first understand what a body is?
Body is a substance produced out of the interaction of atoms. If the human body were to be considered, the jiva that arrives in the womb of the mother first takes in blood and semen, which are poudgalik substances. And thereafter, with its own ability, it processes this intake into pudgal, body, senses, respiration, language, mind and such energy forms. This is called "paryapti'. The jiva has brought along its earlier karmas, among them one is called paryapti karma. The strength of this karma is that it provides the jiva with the energy to sustain for a period of six months in whatever species it enters. Thus right from the moment of conception this energy begins to collect. A human body gets all these energies. The atma enters the womb as an atma. Only later does it keep on attracting various types of atoms to convert into a body form for itself. What a massive body it creates in the time-span of nine months!
Even after birth, the atma attracts smaller and larger groups of atoms rampant in the atmosphere. Whatever solids and liquids