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Absolute Soul (Parmatma); however, that which the world
considers to be soul (chetan) is actually lifeless life (nischetan
chetan). If you heat a ball of iron, it becomes like fire (red
hot), which is just how lifeless life (nischetan chetan) is. (It
appears alive, but it is not. It appears to be Atma, but it is
not).
What is lifeless life (nischetan chetan)? Something that
is being charged in the presence of the original Self (muda
chetan), which then continues to discharge, is referred to as
nischetan chetan. The components (parmanus; subatomic
particles) have been charged and the charged parmanus are
called karan or causes. These causes accumulate throughout
a person’s life and when he dies, these causes or the causal
body (karan sharira), will in the next life become the effective
body (karya sharira).
The effective body means that the three batteries of the
mind, speech and body are ready, and from them, new causes
continue to arise. So in this life, the mind, speech and body
continue to discharge, while on the other hand, a new charging
is occurring within. The batteries of the mind, speech and body
that are being charged, are for the next life, while these are from
the past life, that are discharging in this life. The Gnani Purush
stops the new charging and so the old ones continue to only
discharge.
So after death, the soul migrates to another yoni (place of
birth). Until a person realizes the Self, the soul wanders around
from one yoni to another. As long as one becomes engrossed
(tanmayakar – to become one with) with the mind, engrossed
with the intellect (buddhi), the worldly life (sansar) exists. That
is because, to become engrossed (tanmayakar), means to sow
a seed in the place of creation (yoni), and Lord Krishna has told
us that the worldly life exists because the seed is sown in the
place of creation. Once the seed is no longer sown in the place
of creation, one’s worldly life ends.