Every single being in the animal kingdom has a soul. Can we ever say that when I am 25 years of age I have a soul... but when I was a child, I did not possess one! That cannot be. The insect life, the plant life, the animal life and form of human beings... all are stages in the cosmic life cycle of every soul atman. On its cosmic journey every soul is required to work out its karma to remove the impurities within. Only then the soul atman regains its original pure pristine form!

Similar as human beings have four stages in life... the age of learning (from beginning of life to 25 years of age... the age when we want to learn everything), the age of manifestation (whatever we learnt... We try manifesting it in physical life for earning our livelihood), the age of contemplation (after settling the family... one simply broods over meaning of life and searches for root causes) and finally the age of sanyasa (renunciation) when one must leave confines of home in search for a deeper meaning to life.

In the life of soul atman also we have four stages which are not exactly similar but the gist of the same is easily understood... the life of an insect, then plant life, animal life and finally the form of a human being.

Every soul atman reaches the stage of human beings after manifesting 7.3 million life forms. In the human form alone we have 1.1 million manifestations and an earthly journey of 12.1 million years to reach the stage of enlightenment (kaivalya jnana) and finally salvation (moksha).

Every human being has already crossed through every single form of insect life, plant life and animal life. In simple words, I have been a fly, a banana tree, a deer, dog, lion etc. in my earlier manifestations.

What can be more gratifying for the lusting human form that only as a human being... the soul atman within gains final release from the cycle of birth and death! The moment a human being gains enlightenment... one finally reaches the 8.4 millionth manifestation... the last leg in the cosmic life cycle!

Essay by: Kaivalya Jnani... One who realized self in his life time!

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Define Soul
A soul (aka atman in Hinduism) is pure cosmic energy... much beyond the comprehension of most human beings! The spirit as detailed in Christianity and our soul atman within means the same. The definition of soul atman has been wrongly interpreted in Christianity. It is our soul atman that manifests the human form to work out its karma... remove impurities within!

Human Soul
The human Soul... the cosmic spirit... a cluster of pure celestial energy is not different from soul atman within an insect, plant or an animal! The only variance being the level of purity! The human form is the highest manifest stage in the cosmic life cycle of soul atman within. It is the human soul that has manifested the body and not vice versa.

Do Animals have a Soul
If we try to understand the complete analogy of the spiritual system... the cosmic system built by God Almighty... all becomes absolutely clear! Whether animals have a soul atman or insects have a soul atman within is not further debatable! We only need to understand why God made the Cosmos in the first place!

Define Soul Spirit
The soul and the spirit mean the same. The soul atman is of the form of pure cosmic energy! The spirit within every human being... the soul atman within our heart is God Almighty in minuscule form... the essence of all being the same! To remove the dross within (impurities within) every soul atman manifests a cycle of 8.4 million manifestations to work out its karma. It is our soul atman that has manifested the body and not vice versa.

Reincarnation of Soul
I not only believe that our soul atman lives on after the death of the body... I am practically a living example of that! Having realized God in 1993... I reached the last leg of cosmic life... the 8.4 millionth manifestation! This is my last life as a soul atman! Having gained absolute purity I have nowhere else to go but to the kingdom of God (aka Baikuntha in Hinduism). I have reached the Mount Everest of my spiritual pursuit!

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