The Truth

Author(s): O P Jain
Publisher: Veer Nirvan Granth Prakashan Samiti

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THE TRUTH
Thus, the real God for the soul is its own life or being, that is the soul substance itself, which is the material cause of the subsequent Godhood which infact is its real nature and which can be manifested by shedding the impurities under which it is hidden. This amounts to saying that there is only one real God for each soul and man is warned against associating any other with this God.
3.6. However, the concept of God being a Creator, being all powerful, having unlimited happiness and being a ruler can be explained thus. It is well accepted that the only distinguishing feature of living beings from other non-living objects of the Universe is its attribute of knowledge i. e., capacity to know. Life, even in its lowest form, exhibits this quality. Depending upon its evolution, life shows more and more knowledge. Taken to extreme limits, it has the power to know the whole Universe at one time, in all its three states of past, present and future. This is the greatest power that anyone can think of. But this is exhibited by the soul in its pure form (Spirit or God) only and as such, God can be said to be all powerful. The concept of infinite power also implies that no one can dislodge Him from the above Divine attributes, death and other calamities cannot approach Him, and He is the destroyer of the greatest and most powerful foe of living beings, namely the Karma Prakriti or the impurity which keeps the soul in bondage and does not let it enjoy its natural attributes of Godhood.
It is well-known that unhappiness arises primarily from incorrect knowledge or lack of knowledge. Therefore, a soul which has attained perfect knowledge will have unlimited happiness. Everyone says that 'you shall reap as you sow'. This obviously means that your future will be created by your ownself. Hence the soul is also the Creator of the Universe, for what else is the Universe (Sansara) except the drama of continuous change, life and death, happiness and sorrow. Since these states are transitory, people have often called it a dream or maya and not because the Universe has no reality. The soul is also a ruler because it can determine its future states by its own actions or commands.
3.7. The idea of an Avtar is merely a soul, which by a process of evolution (or gradual uplift) starts exhibiting Godly