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important than others. It is not possible to number them according to their importance. There is no definite sequence in the properties. All properties are of equal importance. Desertion of one or acquisition of one more property will lead to the destruction of the substance. In the indivisible soul, all properties exist and operate simultaneously and cannot be dismembered in terms of importance, time, area, form, etc. A writer or preacher may use some sequence for convenience of understanding, but that does not alter the nature. This nature of non-acquisition and non-desertion clearly removes the erroneous belief that dispossession of external objects is a noble act by itself. The soul's boundaries are eternally impregnable and nothing can enter or exit from it. These external objects are inanimate in nature and hence the soul will lose its nature of consciousness and become an inanimate object if this happens. Such an understanding of the soul has never dawned on it and so it continues to suffer in the worldly sojourn.
The eternal nature is invariable, unitary, without distortions, without acquisition or desertion of any properties, indivisible and impregnable. In the eyes of the seeker the eternal nature of the soul always remains the focus of contemplation as complete absorption in the transcendental nature of the substance, removes the distortions in the modes and thus the modes become pure. There cannot be any other way for liberation, this is the only eternal way.
17. Self-Perpetuation (Aguru-Lagutava) - The soul remains stabilised in its nature with its power of selfreinforcement and self-perpetuation. The soul does not give up this nature and assume characteristics of other substances. The substance, properties and forms – all the three are stable in nature. This is the eternal beauty and dignity of the
