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The Self Realization
the Soul namely to do actions and thereby to incur bondage was with it in endless past and continues to be with it at present. That which could not be removed in the endless past, nor in its present, could easily be held to be irremovable even in its future. Looking to the past and the present of this fault of the Soul, its total removal in the future or the Soul's liberation seems to be inconceivable and impossible. Hence, to wish for the Soul's liberation is to live in a fool's paradise.
शुभ करे फळ भोगवे, देवादि गति माय ।
अशुभ करे नरकादि फळ, कर्म रहित न क्यांय ॥८८।। Shubha kare phala bhogave, devadi gatimaya, Ashubha kare narakadi phala, karmarahita na kyaya. 88 Good deeds give heaven and bad, hell, The soul is errent and world wheel, What state is bondageless, please tell, Try any way, result is nil. 88
Under the circumstances one should not think of the Soul's freedom at all. The Soul was never free and will never be free. At best we can admit that the Soul can choose to do good, bad or mixed actions, and that doing good actions leads it to Heaven, bad actions to Hell and mixed actions to the middle world the Earth, to enjoy or suffer the fruits of its actions. Do good actions to enjoy their fruits in Heaven etc. Do bad actions and suffer intense agonies in Hell etc. In none of the four kinds of the living beings Gods, devils, men and lower animals the Soul is free from bondage of actions.
(b) The True Teacher's Reply
जेम शुभाशुभ कर्मपद, जाण्यां सफळ प्रमाण । तेम निवृत्ति सफळता, माटे मोक्ष सुजाण ॥८९।।
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