Mysteries of Life and Eternal Bliss

Author(s): Anantprasad Jain
Publisher: Tirthakar Mahavir Smruti Kendra Samiti Lakhnou UP

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Pudgala body coincides with the space occupied by the Soul yet they do not become one Soul remains pure Soul always. Both remain quite separate and distinct from each other yet influencing each other most closely and effectively because of close contact and coincidence.
Without Soul all the Pudgala bodies and formations are lifeless and nonconscious; it is the presence of Soul only which imparts consciousness. Consciousness is the sole attribute of Soul only. All animate activities remain animate only till the Soul is there. The faculty of animateness is imparted to any body only because of the presence of Soul. Their inherent qualities and characteristics are totaly different. Soul cannot become Pudgala, and Pudgala cannot become Soul. So Pudgala remains Pudgala and Soul remains Soul all the time they are in contact, yet they influence each other mightily, and act as one being.
In the modern chemical science it is practically demonstrated that “ions" or "electrons” and “protons” etc. together constitute "atoms” of elements and