From: kalki33!system@lakes.trenton.sc.us
Newsgroups: talk.religion.newage
Subject: Re: What's your SIQ?
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 92 05:05:50 EST
Reply-To: kalki33!system@lakes.trenton.sc.us
Organization: Kalki's Infoline BBS, Aiken, SC, USA

waddell@firnvx.firn.edu writes:

> >> >1) What is the soul?
> >> 
> >> A misused concept.  Spirit creates flesh and we are multi-dimensional bein
> >> free to create our reality.  We call 'soul' those parts of us not evident 
> >> the material world.
> > 
> > Question 1 grade: 70% (you seem to know something, but it's still in the
> > bush...must stop beating around)
> > 
> > The soul is an actual entity, a particle of spirit, a person. The soul
> > can inhabit a material body, but it is not part of the body, it is
> > separate and independent, a living being. The soul is a real thing, not
> > just a concept.
> > 
>   Question 1 Kalki's grade:  90%, a very good answer but person denotes mind,
>   emotions and other aspects that soul only takes on when in the worlds of
>   duality.  I think a better word would be identity.

No. The soul has innate spiritual senses and spiritual mind. When it is
in the material world, these senses are misdirected toward matter, the
body. The body is constructed so that its material sensory apparatus can
accomodate the spiritual senses of the living entity. Thus to the
illusioned soul, it appears as if he is the body, because he is so
involved with it.

The soul is a person in every respect. It has a spiritual bodily form,
intelligence, senses, mind, personal identity etc. Of course, because of
our conditioning, we think of these things in terms of the bodies we see
in the material world. There is a similarity, but also a great
difference: spiritual form does not decay, it is not born, nor does it
die. It is permanent. It is the permanent feature of every individual
soul.

> > We are not "part of each other" at all. The soul is eternally an
> > individual, and it never at any time loses this individuality. We are
> > separate. We are, however, part of the Supersoul. The Supersoul is also
> > an individual, but He is at the same time the source of everything.
> >... 
>   Question 2 Kalki's grade:  25%  Remeber 25 words or less.  Answer was very
>   good until you used the word He.  This shows the lack of a very fundamental
>   concept  -  Soul/Supersoul has It's being at a level above the worlds of
>   duality and as such is neither male nor female, but both.  The correct term
>   would be It.  

No. God is male. It is a fact. God is not a human being. Duality in the
material world does not refer to male/female but to spirit/matter. In
the kingdom of God, there are males and females, but there is no matter.
God Himself is the supreme male, and His consort is called Yogamaya, who
is the internal energy of God. Yogamaya is the supreme female. There
should be no problem with this. In the spiritual kingdom of God,
everyone serves everyone else.

You should note that our statement after the answer to question 2 was
an analysis of the incorrect answer that was given, not an attempt to
give the answer itself. The correct answer is:

(The purpose of human life is) to reestablish our forgotten relationship
with the Lord as His loving servants and go back home, back to Godhead.

>   Kalki's overall grade: 57.5%
>   Thank you very much!  You have provide an oppertunity for us all to jump in
>   and spout dogmatic beliefs.  Always great fun if not taken too seriously or
>   personally.

No. Complete waste of time if not taken absolutely seriously.

Sincerely,
Kalki Dasa

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