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Pure Soul and its Infinite Treasure * 81
All properties co-exist simultaneously in the spaces occupied by the soul and never desert one another and hence there is no division of properties in terms of time or space. These forms take place in a definite sequential manner, one after another, no two forms can occur simultaneously, leading to happenings at different times. Thus forms are divisible in terms of time.
Sequential forms do not mean any haphazard sequence but a definite sequence. In the eternal infinite flow sequence of a substance, forms of all times (present, past and future) take place in their own time. The eternal flow of forms is never broken. As said earlier, sequence does not mean one after another but in definite sequence, i.e., this form only and none else. Without acceptance of sequential forms, appearance or disappearance of forms is not feasible and without this, there cannot be eternality. Without eternality, existence of a substance cannot be proved. Where from the appearance of forms takes place and where do the forms disappear? The form of a substance appears and disappears but the substance remains the same.
This property of appearance, disappearance and eternality is prevalent in other substances also but that is inanimate. In case of the soul, it is the forms of consciousness (knowledge and vision) that appear and disappear but the soul remains the eternal substance. Further, in case of each property of the soul, this nature operates as each mode of the properties also appears and disappears in a definite sequence but the property remains eternal.
For example, in the case of a piece of gold, its properties such as yellowness, weight, etc., exist simultaneously and do not have a sequence but its forms such as necklace, bangle, etc., do not exist simultaneously but appear in a sequence.
