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nature of karmic particles. In the absence of such particles, the abstract form of soul manifests itself.
The soul has its own indivisible dimensions in which it operates. This dimension is abstract but full of its own properties of infinite knowledge, vision, vigour, bliss, etc., and does not contain anything similar to taste, colour, smell, touch, etc., and their various types such as sweet or sour, black or white, good smell or bad smell, hot or cold, light or heavy.
Atoms or karmic particles have concrete forms and are comprehended by the senses. These co-exist with the soul in the form of body but have never mixed or become one. These co-exist forever in the space of the universe but retain their distinct nature. It is incorrect to say that in the state of Moksha, the soul becomes abstract due to the absence of karmic particles and body, but in the state of worldly existence too, a soul remains abstract. It is only a matter of perception. If the soul is not abstract by nature, how can it manifest later on. In the state of ignorance, one mixes up the nature of these substances and wrongly makes generalisations such as the soul tastes sweets or juices and that these are devoured by the soul. The fact is that soul has only knowledge of juice or sweet but never tastes it or absorbs it; otherwise it has to be concrete like juice or sweet. The knowledge of the soul is beyond senses, i.e., sensory knowledge is of no use in judging the abstract nature of the knowledge of the soul. Similarly, other properties of the soul such as vision, bliss, vigour, etc. are also abstract and cannot be visualised by mere knowledge acquired through senses. The forms or other properties follow the nature of the substance only. Hence, all forms or properties of abstract things are abstract and all forms/properties of concrete matter are concrete. These
