Philosophy of Soul and Matter

Author(s): Chitrabhanu, Clare Rosenfield
Publisher: Jain Meditation International Center

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vibrations. These vibrations are both the result and the cause of mental, emotional, or physical disturbances or negative states. According to the specific state of attraction or repulsion-whether it be anger, pride, deceit, greed, jealousy, sorrow, or attachment, the mind is setting up a disturbance in the atmosphere surrounding it. It is creating negative vibrations. These vibrations in turn automatically collect insentient atoms and molecules from the universe which create a form around soul and cloud its perception.
In the language of the ancient sages of more than five thousand years ago, these insentient particles were called karmas. According to this philosophy, these karmas determine your form, frame, height, skin texture, refinement, birthplace, state of health, and more. By projecting certain states of mind, sentient energy attracts from the universe atoms of form called rup, atoms of taste called rus, atoms of odor called gandh, atoms of touch called sparsha. These atoms are what constitute a person's karmic make-up, from the physical point of view. They account for the fact that no two people are exactly
alike.