The Importance of the soul

The Importance of the soul

If we want to understand the details of this aspect of the issue, we must first understand 'man'. What does man mean? Man is the name of a combination of body and soul. Man is not the name of the body. Man is the name of that body which has a soul in it. Look at a dead body. The dead body has all the limbs and forms of a man, it has a tongue, a nose, eyes ears, hands and feet, etc, yet it is deprived of the soul/spirit. When a man is deprived of his soul, he ceases to be a man; he is only a lifeless corpse, like dust, stone and metals.

The Beauty of the soul

Just as the human body has attributes of beauty likea glowing attractive face, a handsome,, healthy body, beautiful piercing eyes, in the same way the soul, too, has its attributes of beauty like modesty, patience, gratitude, sincerity and open mindedness, truthfulness and leniency, etc. These attributes make the soul beautiful.

The Diseases of the soul

The human body passes through different stages of health and sickness. Sometimes it is quite healthy, radiant with beauty and energy and at times it is sick, weak, unsightly and shrivelled. In the same way the human soul also passes through the stages of health and sickness. Sometimes it is strong; at other times weak. It faces stages of goodness and evils. Just as the human body suffers
from various diseases which are well known to all, in the same way the human soul contacts and suffers from various diseases like pride, jealousy, malice, ingratitude, etc

Bury it promptly

While a man has his soul in his body, i.e., while he is alive, he is dear to his friends and relatives; he possesses landed property, looks after his family, loves his society and is loved by them. In fact, he was active and energetic. Yet what happens when he breathes his last? He is motionless, devoid of all his activities and possessions. He is now a corpse which every body is trying to bury as soon as possible. None will agree to retain and look after this dead bundle of meat and bones for long. In an emergency the body may be retained in cold-storage at the most for a weak. Those very persons who loved him in his life and respected him are now anxious to deposit the body into the grave without losing any time.

It is related that a man fell into deep coma and thinking him to be dead, the people buried him. By chance the state of
coma came to an end and the man somehow managed to get out of the grave and went to his house. When his near and dear ones saw him, they thought that it was not the man, but his ghost was standing before them. They were ahlly fightened. They, therefore, killed him. Thus the man who had not died earlier died now at the hands of his own men

It is related that a man fell into deep coma and thinking him to be dead, the people buried him. By chance the state of coma came to an end and the man somehow managed to get out of the grave and went to his house. When his near and
dear ones saw him, they thought that it was not the man, but his ghost was standing before them. They were ahlly fightened. They, therefore, killed him. Thus the man who had not died earlier died now at the hands of his own men man which has left the body and the man is now a corpse. So, the body without its soul has ceased to be the man once it was and has now become a waste matter to be buried