Jiva

MIND, MATTER AND GOD : JIVA, JADA AND ISVARA
M.M.NINAN
the sea. As spiritual essence, the soul is always one with Siva; as a form it evolves
over time and ultimately merges back in Him.
The individual soul-which is a conscious being, a body of light-is created, evolves on
the wheel of samsara from incarnation to incarnation, ultimately merging in
undifferentiated union with God Siva.
The soul experience, and receives the
consequences of Karma, change themselves and finally arrives at God Himself.
Thus the final statement is:
“The soul which discriminates between Sat and Asat is eternal.
The Lord who helps the soul to know, is eternal and the bond (Pasam) which binds the
soul so that it may not know God, is also eternal.
When the intelligence of the Lord descends on the soul, the soul will be liberated.”
Doctrine of emanational creation.
Here is Tirumular's doctrine of emanational creation.
“If the cardinal directions are all Siva, why speak of someone else, O you men!
All smoke emanates from fire, all creation arises from our Primal Lord.” (Verse 3010)
“He created the seven worlds. He created countless celestials.
He created souls without number. He Created all - Himself,
As Primal Param, He is Uncreated” (Verse 446)
When the Creator dances, the worlds He created dances too.” (Verse 2786)
There are different views of creation of souls.
One form describes God's cosmic creative act as analogous to a potter who fashions
a pot. In this description of creation, God is the Potter (called the efficient cause) who,
through the use of a wheel (called the instrumental cause and thought of as God's
power of Shakti) molds from an already-existing inanimate matter clay (called the
material cause and thought of as a primordial Matter or Maya) a pot (the effect of these
three cause).
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