A UNIVERSE OF EVOLVING CONSCIOUSNESS
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      THE UNIVERSE WHICH ONE EXPERIENCES HERE IS A PLACE OF EVOLVING
      CONSCIOUSNESS.

      UNKNOWN TO THE PHYSICAL SCIENTISTS EACH AND EVER ATOM IN THE UNIVERSE IS
      CONSCIOUS. IT IS, HOWEVER, A VERY TINY MINUTE CONSCIOUSNESS.

      WHEN A NUMBER OF ATOMS FORM A MOLECULE, THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE
      MOLECULE IS FAR LARGER THAN THE SUM OF CONSCIOUSNESS OF ITS ATOMS.

      EACH SIMPLE LIVING THING HAS MANY MANY MOLECULES AND THE SUM OF ITS
      CONSCIOUSNESS IS FAR LARGER THAN THE SUM THE OF THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF ITS
      MOLECULES.

      EACH LIVING CREATURE, ONE CELLED PLANTS, ONE CELLED ANIMALS AND
      ALL CREATURES MORE COMPLEX, HAVE CONSCIOUSNESS, ARE CONSCIOUS BEINGS.
      EACH HAS A SOUL, IS A SOUL. THE SOUL OF THE SIMPLEST LIVING BEINGS ARE
      VERY SMALL, VERY PRIMITIVE, AND UN-DEVELOPED. WHEN THE BEING (SOUL)
      LEAVES ITS BODY, WHEN ITS BODY DIES, IT TAKES REBIRTH AGAIN AND AGAIN,
      EXPERIENCING, GROWING AND DEVELOPING. SLOWLY IT MOVES UP THE
      EVOLUTIONARY CHAIN THAT EXISTS ON THIS PLANET, TAKING BIRTH IN
      INCREASINGLY MORE COMPLEX LIVING FORMS.

      AFTER CONTINUOUSLY AND SLOWLY MOVING UP THE EVOLUTIONARY CHAIN, THE
      SOUL EVENTUALLY BECOMES SUFFICIENTLY DEVELOPED TO TAKE BIRTH IN HUMAN
      FORM.

      SINCE THE NUMBER OF HUMAN BEINGS BEING BORN ON THE PLANET IS VERY VERY
      SMALL, COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF OTHER LIVING CREATURES BEING BORN AND
      THE NUMBER OF SOULS READY TO TAKE BIRTH IN LIVING CREATURES IS VERY VERY
      LARGE, BEING BORN IN A HUMAN BODY IS A VERY VERY GREAT BLESSING.
      IT IS A GREAT BLESSING BECAUSE MOST SOULS ON THE PLANET ARE LIVING IN
      LOWER LIFE FORMS, THE LOWER LIFE FORMS DO NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO
      FULFILL A SOUL'S TRUE PURPOSE FOR EXISTENCE AND SOULS WHO HAVE STARTED
      TAKING BIRTHS IN HUMAN FORM MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO SO.

      IT IS SAID, THAT OFTEN ONCE A SOUL BEGINS TAKING BIRTHS IN HUMAN FORM,
      THE SOUL MAY CONTINUE DOING SO UNTIL, WHILE IN A HUMAN BODY, AN
      UNDERSTANDING IS REACHED OF WHY ONE IS DOING SO, OF WHAT ONE'S PURPOSE
      IN LIFE, IN LIVING IS AND THEN, BECAUSE OF THIS UNDERSTANDING, ONE
      BEGINS THE PROCESS OF SELF-CULTIVATION THAT EVENTUALLY RESULTS IN
      SELF-REALIZATION (ENLIGHTENMENT-TOTAL UNION WITH GOD).

      IT IS SAID;
      THAT SOULS WHO REACH ENLIGHTENMENT WHILE IN HUMAN FORM, LIVE IN
      CONTINUOUS BLISS AND HAPPYNESS, CREATE NO POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE KARMA
      BY THEIR ACTIONS, ARE FREED FROM THE ENDLESS CYCLE OF BIRTHS-DEATHS
      WHEN THEY LEAVE THEIR BODYS AND MOVE ON TO OTHER "EXISTENCES".
      THAT MOST SOULS WHO REACH ENLIGHTENMENT WHILE IN HUMAN FORM, CHOSE TO
      REMAIN IN THE BODY FOR THEIR ALLOCATED TIME, SO THEY CAN TEACH AND ASSIST
      OTHERS TOWARD REACHING THEIR TRUE PURPOSE IN LIFE.


      GANASHYAM DASS