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reincarnation of soul realized that the universe is vast and it has no beginning or end with respect to time. All its substances or entities are eternal and indestructible. All things and events in the universe follow the laws of nature and all transformations of the entities of the universe occur on account of their mutual interactions according to their respective intrinsic attributes. Universe is run by its own cosmic laws. There is no need of someone to create or manage the affairs of the universe.
Life is spiritual and material constituents of the body. The soul and non-soul are eternal, uncreated, independent and co-existing categories. All living beings are made of said two substances. There are countless living-beings, organisms, at different stages of personal evolution and are attached to matter or substance and vulnerable to the inflow of matter. They are of two types. They are mobile bodies ranging from bacteria to human, from infernal to celestial beings. They can walk of their own. They can resist and have two to five senses. The immobile living beings are single sensed and in the form of earth, fire, water, air and vegetable bodies. They can neither resist nor walk. There are souls in rocks, plants, insects, animal, human being, spirit and so on.
Spirituality is the source and essence of soul. Soul is an independent, sovereign entity that possesses an inalienable right to its own entity, a right derived from nature as a rational being has its own silence, bliss and ecstasy. Each soul is one complete whole in itself, immortal and retains its individuality even in liberation. Soul remain intact even in the most undeveloped state of worldly existence. Soul is imperishable, inherently
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