Philosophy of Soul and Matter

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

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lifetimes this living sentient energy went on evolving, taking on and letting off different kinds of matter, as a process of life, without awareness. Then there came a time when it started taking on matter with awareness. At that time we started deciding our form, our intelligence, our condition, our every characteristic.
The procedure is this: in a state of repulsion or attraction, we send out vibrations which are either negative or positive, and we are reborn in such a way as to experience those same vibrations we sent out previously. We receive from the universe on the level of our awareness or consciousness. If we have sent out negative vibrations in thought, speech, or action to someone else, we will experience that pain which we have caused. If we have sent out positive vibrations, we receive them back in kind like an echo. The vibration echo comes back and draws to us particles of matter which create a structure or shell-like form around the soul. These particles we call karmaş.
The vibrations we sent may be from lifetimes ago, from years ago, or from yesterday, but having sent them, they have started working on us. Because of those vibration echoes, there are karmic ties or relationships.
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