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greatest principle determining the nature of all substances.
The soul is not an instrument to bring about changes in other substances nor other substances can be means for changes in the soul.
44. Obligation to Self (Sampradan) - The soul has the unique nature of gifting to itself all that it stands for. It absorbs its own self. It gifts to itself and retains them with itself. The soul produces infinite pure forms with infinite knowledge etc., for itself and not for anyone else. None can enjoy the bliss produced by the soul except the own self. The soul itself is both the donor and donee. It accepts the forms/gifts produced/created by itself. It has only the capability to receive it-the only privileged one to imbibe and digest. Feelings of attachment/detachment, food, etc., are directed to external objects and a soul does not have the ability/capacity to imbibe or absorb those feelings. These are karmic particles and retained by those particles themselves and never passed on to the soul in the real sense. The giver and the taker are often two different entities in normal human behaviour but the kingdom of soul is ruled by an all together different discipline. Whatever the soul does, it does by itself, in itself and for itself.. For example, the property of omniscience is that of the soul and the state of omniscience is created by the soul and for the soul only. If the soul is not so, it has to beg its happiness from other objects and this will be dependence, which can never produce happiness and bliss.
The following points emerge out of the above description: (a) One's soul itself is the only efficient and privileged
entity to receive the gift of bliss/supreme happiness.
