Mysteries of Life and Eternal Bliss

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

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been so since eternity and will remain so to infinity and eternity.
In their purest state Souls are all knowing distinct entities and can not be polluted or contaminated by matter or material particles--Pudgalas.
As every soul is formless, many souls can occupy the same space or overlap without combining or becoming one with one another. By their very nature or attribute they remain separate entities and do not combine mutually like the "Pudgala"-- (the material particles) as said above.
All Atmas (Souls) and Pudgalas have been coexistant since eternity. One, many or an infinite number of souls can occupy the same space which may also be occupied by an infinite number of Pudgalas, separately or in combination, as the case may be, at the same time.
Neither new souls are created nor the existing ones can be destroyed.
Similarly new matter or Fudgala can not be created, nor the existing matter can ever be destroyed. They are eternal, only their formations' Combinations, shapes and sizes are changeable and do change but their