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both in the substance and its modes, one will concentrate only on the pure nature and will ultimately realise the same. This is the secret of the process of self-realisation.
In description of properties from 33 to 38, it is to be noted that all the six properties operate simultaneously in one unit of time. These seem to be similar but each is distinct which may be summed up as follows:
Current operating mode of the soul is in accordance
with its nature ► In the current mode, the past/previous and future forms
are absent. ► The current mode does not repeat or is absent in any
future form. ► The current mode has never occurred earlier in the
past. The current mode follows in tandem with the permanent nature of the substance. In the current mode, other substances or impurities are always absent and will remain absent in all current/ future forms.
39. Self-induced Causation (Bhav) - The nature of soul is such that it induces its own causation and changes/ transforms/performs according to its nature. This causation is described in terms of six-fold nature in the narration of properties from 41st to 46th. 39th property refers to selfinduced causation and 40th property rules out any influence of external influence and declares that the self is independent of causation, i.e., there is in fact absence of separate and independent causal factors. That is, the causal factors cannot be external to the soul; these have to be within and selfinduced. External causal factors cannot bring about the
