One becomes alive... a body becomes alive when it has a beating heart. Apart from the beating heart... the body... the form of a human being can function properly only when the brain is properly working. Brain in a human being is the controller of all things physical. Instructions to all parts of the body are received and sent by brain. If the brain stops functioning... the human being becomes clinically dead.

Every organ in the body plays its own part. The death of the organ does not necessarily indicate the death of the body. If one loses one eye or even both eyes... one becomes blind, yet survives! But in absence of the brain... nothing survives... the body practically becomes dead! The moment the soul atman within the body leaves... the body immediately decays and dies!

Our soul atman acts like a battery for the body. The moment it is removed... the body becomes worthless! Brain simply acts as the controller of the body... the controller of all functions physical! After the death of the body... the soul atman that resides within the heart leaves to manifest another body. If matching parents are available on Mother Earth... it immediately manifests another body! A new journey of life starts!

Our soul atman resides within our heart. We can never see our soul atman but only feel its presence. Those who travel the path of absolute truthfulness hear the sweet small inner voice of our soul atman within that always prompts us on the right path from time to time. It never guides us on the wrong path! The working of the soul in the body is governed by the doctrine of karma.

Every soul atman manifests a body to work out its karma. On its own no soul atman can remove the impurities within. Like the metal in an ore cannot separate itself and requires proper mining machinery... our soul atman requires a body to work out its karma and remove the dross within.

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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