Do
animals have a Soul (philosophy meaning of life)
Do animals have a Soul?
Yes, every animal rather every living
being has a Soul. Before we delve further into the existence of soul we need to
understand the origin
of the cosmic system in its entirety. The
whole
cosmos starts with a big bang and all the Atmans
(Souls) in the Cosmos get scattered all over the cosmos. These Souls
do not have the power within to purify themselves and comeback to their original
state. They need a body to do that. Hence every atman the soul within waits for
a suitable body that it can manifest and start on its cosmic journey.
And
this cosmic journey of 8.4 Million manifestations and 96.4 million earthly years
is required to be undergone by our soul the atman within before it can come back
to its pristine glory. The moment atman the soul within gains its cosmic glory...
we state the atman soul to have gained immortality... it has now become free from
the cycle of manifestations... This is a stage of salvation
as we call it in Buddhism
and Christianity, known as moksha
in Hinduism. The
cosmic journey that an atman soul undertakes starts with the body of an amoeba
(single cell formation)... Which is the first stage in the Life of our atman the
soul within. As Life proceeds by this single cell formation evolves into a multi-cell
formation, then insect Life, next as a plant, an animal and finally as a Human
Being.
By the time this atman the soul within takes the body of a Human Being for the
first time... our atman the soul within has already crossed the barrier of 7.3
Million manifestations... a long journey indeed! So as to say that all animals,
plants, insects and all single and multi-cell formations are our brethren of the
yester years. Considering
our stage in present Life if taken as 18 years... we can only mentally recollect
what we were at the age of six years. As a Human Being if we look back then this
six years of age is the stage when we may have manifested as a plant. Say 12 years
can be stated as the age when we took the form of an animal.
Looking at a child of six years... we do not ignore the child... for he is one
of our own. We have also passed that stage of Life. But as a Human Being we fail
to realize that all plants and animals and even the insects are the phases of
Life that we have already lived and passed through. Difficult to comprehend but
the truth cannot be negated.
In
the average Life span of 70 to 80 years we pass different phases of Life. When
we are born we are a child... as we grow we become a toddler... then a teenager
and finally a grown-up boy or a girl and finally a grown-up Human Being. Similarly,
in the cosmic Life cycle one passes through different phases of Life... the initial
phase being that of an amoeba, then insect Life, next as a plant, then as an animal
and finally to evolve
as a Human Being.
Now we also need to understand why our
atman the soul within cannot purify itself... had it been so the necessity
of creating a cosmos would not have ever arisen. Let me give an example that shall
make things absolutely clear- If
we need to extract one KG of iron from a lump of hundred KG of iron ore then we
require passing the ore through the requisite mining machinery for processing.
And unless this processing occurs... this one KG of iron cannot separate out on
its own from the hundred KG lump of iron ore.
As one KG of iron needs the mining machinery for it to separate out from the ore...
similarly, every
atman the soul within requires a body for removing the dross within.
And for this every atman the soul within has to pass through a total phase of
8.4 Million manifestations and a cosmic Life span of 96.4 Million years.
The moment this one KG of
pure iron is devoid of the impurities within... 99 KG of impurities having separated
out... this one KG of iron has become pure... it has gained its original pristine
pure form... atman the soul within has now crossed the barrier of various manifestations
and comeback to its original state... it has gained immortality
for ever.
Essay
By: Vijay
Kumar "Atma Jnani" Vijay
Kumar... The Man who Realized God in 1993 explains the concept and meaning of
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meaning and concept Immortality
... a word framed by Lord and not coined by a Human Being has altogether a different
meaning than we self centered understand! Who becomes immortal? One who after
intense Meditation is able to live longer compared to a normal Human Being or
one, who does not have to manifest a body again and again and rests in peace in
Baikuntha (Abode of God totally different from Heaven).
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God
the Creator and Man Gods Creator:
"Brahman, the Creator" is one. Gods can be many. Brahman created the Universe
and in it all Atmans (Souls). These Atmans manifest themselves in different forms
to purify themselves. Once purified ... they attain Moksha (liberation). The purified
Atmans have been accorded a status by the Society ... we call them God. Man Gods...
are those Human Beings, those jivas who in their Life time have liberated themselves
from the cycle of birth and death and have become immortal (amar). They are known
as amar for they shall not manifest again.
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Human Evolution and becoming Immortal
All these enlightened
souls like Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ and Prophet Mohammed
had transcended life itself. They had become immortal in the true sense that they
would not have to indulge again in manifesting life thereafter. Life had truly
come full circle for these godly souls.
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Letter to all mankind and Immortality
Understand the noble
goal of "Atman" within you ... cause for all misery and fear vanishes. None can
cause harm to any "Atman" being immortal. The "Atman" can not itself liberate
to rejoin the "Lord" until it has cleansed itself (Karma
is exhausted) through various manifested physical forms.
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Humans
Beings and becoming immortal It
is absolutely clear that no human being can directly either go to heaven or the
kingdom of God. The domain of heaven and hell and also the kingdom of God is open
for soul atmans only. In the physical manifest form of life as a human being or
any other form... any wishful thinking of becoming an immortal does not exist
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