Book Title: Mysteries of Life and Eternal Bliss
Author(s): Anantprasad Jain
Publisher: Tirthakar Mahavir Smruti Kendra Samiti Lakhnou UP
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Soul is conscious while the steam and electricity in the Engine etc. are nonconscious and so the examples, though similar in practice, do not coincide and should be taken as an indicator only and not absolute, perfect or exact.
Formation of the material body, containing the Soul, can be viewed in the same way as the steam Engine or the electric appliance. They have different and definite shape and with each definite shape and form the functions and modes of working differ, so is the case with different shapes. forms, and sizes of the bodies of the living beings of all types.
The steam or the electricity are the same or similar in every machine but the functions differ widely in accordance with the construction, make, design, etc. of the machine. We find thousands of various and divergent manifestations of electricity through various types and shapes and kinds of appliances but all the same the potent motive power, present in all these diverse and different machines, is the same electrical energy every where and at all times,
