Human
Being and Soul
If we did not
have a soul atman... we would not be here asking this query. Why?
For the simple reason that it is our soul atman that has manifested
the body and not vice versa. It is not within the capability of
the body to manifest a soul atman within. Every soul atman manifests
a cycle of 8.4 million manifestations on the whole to remove the
impurities within (the dross within). Similar as the metal within
the ore cannot purify itself on its own.
To regain their
original pure pristine form... every soul atman has to work out
its karma and that is possible only after it manifests a body. Starting
from the first manifestation as an amoeba (single cell formation)...
it further evolves into multi-cell formation, insect life, plant
life, animal life and finally the form of a human being. Only after
crossing a series of 7.3 million manifestations does the soul atman
manifest the form of a human being.
In
the human stage alone we have 1.1 million types of manifestations that require
an earthly journey of 12.1 million years. Does this mean that for a human being
to reach the level of enlightenment we have an earthly journey of 12.1 million
years available... yes, the truth is so! Enlightenment (kaivalya jnana) is not
attained that easily. In the last about 150 years only two persons gained enlightenment
amongst 6500 million people living on Mother Earth. They
were Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Maharishi Ramana. Becoming a Mahavira, Gautama
Buddha, Jesus Christ or Prophet Mohammed in ones lifetime is highly commendable.
The journey is tough, uncharted yet not unachievable! The cosmic journey of the
soul atman within ends with one gaining salvation (moksha) in the end. Thereafter
for the soul atman it is a direct journey to the kingdom of God (aka Vaikunth
in Hinduism). Furthermore
the residual balance of karma of all the previous manifestations decides what
the next manifestation would be. The residual balance of karma from one manifestation
to the next gets carried through the complex process of DNA and chromosomes. As
is our karma... so shall be the next manifestation! If the residual balance of
karma demands our being born in the house of a king... it is not possible that
our soul atman manifests life in the house of a laborer. The
journey of life is as clear as the balance sheet prepared by a chartered accountant.
The closing balance of one year becomes the opening balance of the next year.
Similar is the case with cosmic journey of our soul atman within. To blame God
for anything is ridiculous. All
is the result of a karma that cannot err! In the house of God nothing is disordered
at any stage as has been anticipated by the famous physicist Stephen Hawking in
his book, "a brief history of time". God
never plays dice... in the house of God... in the whole cosmic system everything
moves with such perfection that chances of error are not only remote but almost
nil.
Essay
by: Kaivalya
Jnani... One who realized self in his life time! Kaivalya
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