________________
Pure Soul and its Infinite Treasure
71
fault. The soul is divine in nature and not to know it is the greatest blunder.
In the path to self-realisation of indivisible nature is primary and the momentary form is secondary. Such is the inexhaustible treasure of one's soul that nothing ever gets diminished, no matter how many momentary forms flow from it. It is full of infinite knowledge, infinite vision, infinite power and infinite happiness. These are the four pillars of the wonderful palace of the divine and pure soul. Farreaching insight facilitates manifestation of these infinite powers and this approach removes the limited potential seen in the worldly existence of the soul and paves way for manifestation of perfect and complete nature in the shortest possible time.
14. Non-Causative Nature (Akarya-Karan) – A soul cannot be a causal factor for any work or change in other substances and hence the non-causative nature of the soul. Like any other substance, a soul has its own distinct process of working and has its own causative factors. When one focuses on the eternal nature of the soul, the pure form emerges and this is the work of the soul and realization of the eternal nature is the causative factor. The soul has infinite powers but this power does not cause changes in other substances.
The power of non-work and non-causative is an eternal attribute of the soul and hence the temporary distortions like attachment, aversion, etc., do not belong to the soul. If the eternal soul is a causal factor, then such distortions will always remain and there is no question of the soul ever achieving the pure status. Cause and effect are indivisible in a substance. Distortions do take place when the soul is focussing on the operation of karmic particles, but from the
