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Non-soul, is the lifeless inert matter in all its forms. Soul and non-soul are mutually hetero-geneous entities, one being quite different and opposed to the other. However, the existence of soul and non-soul is interdependent. So neither soul is produced by nonsoul nor is non-soul produced by soul. The animate does not become inanimate nor vice versa. The existence of the one cannot be possible, without the other. The soul has been associated with matter in this way throughout an eternity of beginingless time. The soul and matter are the basic building blocks of cosmos. The affectionate tie between soul and non-soul is the nature of worldly life. In brief, there are two fundamental principles, namely soul and non-soul, which when elaborated becomes six: the five extended substances viz: 1. Medium of motion 2. Medium of rest 3. Space 4 Matter and 5. Soul and the Sixth- time, as path, which is not an extended substance or aspects of reality that fabricate the world we live in. Out of the six, five constitute insentient and the one is the sentient substance, viz: soul. The extended substances namely, the medium of motion, medium of rest and space are numerically single entities. Again considering the quality of corporeality (or perceptibility through senses), the four out of five are non-corporeal, only the matter is corporeal. Soul does not possess any of the attributes of matter, which has shape, size, weight or colour. Soul is non-corporeal and hence imperceptible.
Soul is the dynamic aspect and non-soul the passive aspect. Soul is subject and non-soul the object. For a soul, the non-soul in which it is caught is a burden, a baggage. Even though the soul is formless, and cannot be perceived by the senses, nevertheless because of its
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