avinasi tu tad viddhi yena sarvam idam tatam … BG 2.17 Consciousness is spread all over the body. Real nature of soul is perceived from this consciousness, which is the symptom of soul’s presence. sarvam means all over the body and tatam means pervaded. Consciousness pervades all over the body because of the soul.
Individual soul - Each and every living body is the embodiment of an individual soul. Everyone is conscious of the pains and pleasures of the body in part or as a whole. This spreading of consciousness is limited within one’s own body. The pains and pleasure of one body is unknown to another. Symptom of the soul’s presence is therefore perceived as individual consciousness.
Influence of the spirit soul is spread all over the body just as the active principle of some medicine spreads throughout the body. This influence is felt all over the body as consciousness. Therefore consciousness is the proof of the presence of the soul.
Size of soul is described in Svetasvatara Upanishad as one-ten-thousandth part of the upper portion of the hair point. When the upper point of a hair is divided into 100 parts and again each of such parts is further divided into 100 parts, each such part is the measurement of the dimension of the spirit soul. These individual particles of spirit soul are spiritual atoms. Such spiritual atoms are smaller than material atoms.
Innumerable - Spiritual atoms are innumerable in number. Soul is like very small spiritual spark emanating from fire. This is the basic principle of the material body. There are 84 Lakh different species in the material world having different bodily structure. Each body is embodied by individual spirit soul.
The atomic particles of the spirit whole are compared to the sunshine molecules. In the sunshine there are innumerable radiant molecules. Similarly, the fragmental parts of the Supreme Lord are atomic sparks or prabha of the rays of the Supreme Lord.
Location - As per Mundaka Upanishad, the atomic soul is floating in the five kinds of life air (prana, apana, vyana, samana and udana). It is situated within the heart and spreads its influence all over the body of the embodied living entities. When the soul is purified from the contamination of the five kinds of life air, its spiritual influence is exhibited. In hatha yoga, the five kinds of air encircling the soul are controlled by different kinds of postures. This liberates the minute soul from the entanglement of the material atmosphere.
Material scientists - Atomic soul can be perceived by perfect intelligence. Because the measurement of the atomic soul is beyond the power of appreciation of the material scientists, some of them assert that there is no soul. Medical science however admits that the heart is the seat of all energies of the body. They recognize the importance of red corpuscles of blood but they cannot ascertain that the source of the energy is the soul. The corpuscles which carry oxygen from the lungs to the cells of the body gather energy from the soul.
Example of SUN - Soul is full of knowledge or consciousness. Even if one does not find the soul within the heart, one can still understand the presence of the soul simply by the presence of consciousness. Sometimes we do not find the sun in the sky owing to clouds but the light of the sun is always there are we are convinced that it is daytime. As soon as there is little light early in the morning, we can understand that the sun is in the sky. Similarly, since there is consciousness in all bodies – whether human or animal – we can understand the presence of the soul.
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