Inspiration for Freedom 28-Apr-2007
“There’s no such thing as a soul. It’s just something they made up to scare kids, like the boogeyman or Michael Jackson.”
- Bart Simpson
So according to Bart Simpson, there’s no such thing as a soul. What do you think? Do you agree with little Bart that a soul is just something made up to scare kids? When you were little, if you were about to do something wrong, maybe you heard the expression “paap thase”, which means you’ll bind paap (negative) karma to your soul. So what do you say? The soul’s a good thing, or is it a scary thing?
Manish H Shah Said,
April 28, 2007 @ 1:02 pm
Jai Jinendra
I disagree with the quote.
Yes there is no proof of the souls and its nature and feature.
There are so many things that one has to accept and not ask too many questions.
How do you define soul?
Soul is unique and personal.One could never feel the soul but if you are of the kind you could be communicating indirectly with the soul.One’s actions(speech & behaviour) can be controlled by the soul.
Why do some human beings behave so aggressive?
Why does one human being kill/murder another being?
Why have war where humans compete to kill another human?
Does any religion actively promote killing?
We all believe of the karmas and if one lives or inherits positive karmas,the soul could reincarnate.
Theories that could not be proved but in India we hear of lots of stories etc.
These are my views.I do not wish to enter into a debate.I feel good by having such belief.
Regards
Manish
Kinneri Said,
April 30, 2007 @ 6:44 am
We have all experienced this feeling of dejavu at some point in our lives. What is this feeling and who is giving us this feeling? There is another part of us which we cannot see, but only feel. This is what we call the soul. This is the most pure and beautiful part of us.
Regards
Kinneri
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Jitu Said,
May 4, 2007 @ 10:08 am
When a person is living, we call him Mr X and when this Mr X dies and his body is still in front of us, we say Mr X WAS a real good man, he helped so many people, etc., etc., which means he is not there any more!!! Then who is this in front of us?? It is the dead body of Mr X!! Yes so he is Mr X isn’t he? No Mr X is dead, it is his dead body.
Then where is Mr X and who was he?? The answer is in the explanation given below by an enlightened person and this will also help us to re think our reason for existence:
SELF REALISATION
Self realization gives you realization and the experience of your Soul being your real Self. It destroys your false belief of, ‘I am Mr X’ and replaces it with the right belief of ‘I am the pure soul’. It establishes within you the conviction of ‘My real Self is a pure Soul and Mr X is my relative-self.’ After enlightenment, we cease to bind new karmas. The wrong belief of ‘I am Mr X’ is the source of cause for bondage of karmas because inherent in this belief is also the belief of ‘I am the doer of actions.’ All actions performed with the belief of ‘I am the doer’ bind karmas. Self realization enlightens you with the truth about how everything runs in the world and who the real doer is etc.
The knowledge of the Soul will take you to moksha. After acquiring this knowledge, depending upon the degree of your awareness of your real Self you can have as little as one more life before the ultimate salvation or as many as fifteen. Liberation however is inevitable! The journey towards liberation begins once you come into your real Self. It is the inherent nature of the Soul to ascend towards liberation, but the physical self drags it down, however because the Soul is sentient, ultimately it wins. The soul being animate, possess the know-how in order to become free, the physical body however does not have this capability, as it is inanimate. The one who wants to be free, no one can tie him down and the one who wants to remain in bondage, no one can free!
Enlightened Mr X