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Perplexities of Life (Cont’d)
Every living entity, as an individual soul, has his personal indi-
viduality and a minute form of independence. By misuse of that
independence one becomes a conditioned soul, and by proper use
of independence he is always liberated. In either case, he is quali-
tatively eternal, as the Supreme Lord is. In his liberated state he is
freed from this material condition, and he is under the engagement
of transcendental service unto the Lord; in his conditioned life he
is dominated by the material modes of nature, and he forgets the
transcendental loving service of the Lord. As a result, he has to
struggle very hard to maintain his existence in the material world.
- BG 15:7, purport -
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