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The Jaina world of Non-living
found in the last cosmic ocean of Jaina cosmology (having a canonical size of 1000 x 100/9 * 1.66 = 18440 kms ) occupies the maximum spacepoints in the space. 11. The explanation of expansion or contraction of spacepoints of embodied souls has been a subject of scientific speculation also. Max Born (1935) has expressed there are many observed facts which seem baffling for the scientists. He has mentioned some of them - (i) seeing without eyes, (ii) clairvoyance phenomena, and (iii) coming out of gold particles out of solidly closed ball-box. Many of such phenomena have come under paranormal experiments and quantum mechanics. They support the capacity of mind ( sometimes equated with soul of the east ) to extend itself upto distant places. Kit Peddler has mentioned many such phenomena in his 'Mind Over Matter' (1980). 12. The protoplasmic basic cell of the living unit has been shown to have property of contraction under different impulses. It also expands through its specific reproductive processes. Thus, the material living units have observable expansion and contraction properties.
It is correct that the qualities of colour, taste etc. are different from each other because of their specific characteristics like occularity for colour etc. despite their homo-location etc. However, no such special differentia have been detailed for the realities of medium of motion and rest etc. to justify their difference from each other. The aphorism 5.17 intends to begin describing such characteristics of different realities: Q. It seems logical that the mattergy has two varieties-atomic and aggregatal and that it occupies 1,2,3............etc. spacepoints. Similarly, the embodied souls have innumerable spacepoints and they occupy innumerable spacepoints. Thus, though it does seem logical that the realities of motion and rest pervade the whole occupied space despite their spacepoints being innumerable only, it does not seem proper that they occupy innumerableth etc. parts of space. A. The fact regarding these two realities is also logical. It is seen that the aquatic animals like fish etc. cannot move in the absence of water. Thus, water is the beneficiary cause in their motion. Similarly, the realities of motion and rest are also beneficiary causes in the natural and
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