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SPACE TRAVEL OF THE SOUL
D. G. VEDIA
It is known to us all that some philosopers believe that the knowledge acquired, accumalated and increased through perception lies in the soul of the being. While some imagin that the knowledge of the external things already lies in the human being, as one may have perception of the perticuler thing without its existance in the external world nearby. Some believe that soul resides in the most inner part of the body and is covered with the five sheets namely Annamaya, Prāṇamaya, Manomaya, Vijñāamaya and Anandamaya Kosas as bondage. Some worship the soul through Agnicayana Vidya and desire to achieve the goal of emancipation by realising the ownself from the cycle of death and rebirth caused by the bondage of action. Some consider the cit as the soul. "One who accumulates-" (Ciyate) is cittam.
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The soul possesses the bodies of three types i.e. Kāraṇa Sūkṣma and Sthūla. The body is called Deha, Śarira, Vigraha, Vāyava, Tanu, Murti and Pari. The soul is eternal. It has no birth or death. But it resides in the body on account of actions associated by Avidya or Atiśaya i.e. Śukra which results in the physical body through Mana, Prāna and Vāk Sūksma body is Alingika formed by Sun and Moon i.e. Śiva and Umå. While this stula body is constirued through co-mingling of Śūkra and Sonita. This physical body is Annamaya, sustained by food. All these three bodies are considred as the result of the bondage of actions good or bad. The wordly experiences leave their impressions on the mind and give the birth to the desire to have more and more experiences. Such desires are known as Väsanā. Due to Aditya one thinks such experiences and desires are of the soul itself, as one believes the soul and body as one. To them the physical body is the Soul itself. So one has to be free from all the three bodies i.e. Kāraṇa, Sūksma and Stuala to achieve the final goal of emancipation which is the final goal of the human life. So Isoopanisad says after knowing it only, one crosses the death and no other path remains to cross (Tameva Viditvă ati Murtyam eti nänyah Panthäḥ Vidyate Ayanaya). Brguvalli of Kathopanisad calls this Nisreyas mukti, while svarga is
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