Book Title: Pure Soul and Its Infinite Treasure
Author(s): Jayantilal Jain
Publisher: University of Madras

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________________ 118 - A Reservoir of Infinite Power this task. Such is the infinite power of the performer. The waves of infinite properties with their infinite power take place in the ocean of pure soul in one unit of time. Thus, the pure soul is infinitely deeper and more powerful than all oceans in the universe put together. No other matter in the universe is a greater performer than the pure soul. Other substances such as matter, space, time, medium of motion and rest cannot perform such an act of infinite happiness and consciousness as they do not possess such properties. Ordinary people do not understand this all-powerful nature of the soul and take refuge in different Gods and Goddesses and perform innumerable kinds of acts, which do not yield the desirable happiness. These Gods have no power to make a human being happy. The dictum that ‘pray to the most powerful is alright but people do not understand as to who is the most powerful. Our soul itself is the most powerful entity and performer in the universe. Infinite properties of the soul perform the functions of the soul and the soul does not even have a single property whereby it can affect others. The soul can know and see the entire universe in the smallest unit of time, but cannot cause even an iota of change in other substances. The soul takes different forms and these are caused by itself. This is natural and spontaneous. As it takes new forms, it does not mean that new forms are caused by other substances. The soul has the immense and infinite power to generate infinite forms. It is neither a slave/nor is it dependent on other substances for these newer forms. The soul neither sheds its properties nor does it imbibe the properties of any other substance. It does not cross the boundary of its nature and performs within it. The divine nature of the soul is beyond words or imagination but can be realised through inward looking as

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