The soul is said to be imponderable, unmanifested, and unchangeable. Therefore, knowing it to be such, thou shouldst not lament!
> > But if thou dost imagine this soul incessantly to be born and to die, even in > that case, O Mighty-armed, thou shouldst not grieve for it. For that which > is born must die, and that which is dead must be born again. Why then > shouldst thou grieve about the unavoidable? > > > > > The beginning of all creatures is veiled, the middle is manifested, and the > > end again is imperceptible, .. Why, then, lament this truth? > > > > > > > > Some behold the soul in amazement. Similarly, others describe it as > > > marvelous. Still others listen about the soul as wondrous. And there > > > are others who, even after hearing all about the soul, do not comprehend > > > it at all. > > > > > > > > > > > The Gita cII, -Paramahansa Yogananda > > > > > > > > "From joy people are born; for joy they live; in joy they melt at > > > > death. Death is an ecstasy, for it removes the burden of the body and > > > > frees the soul of all pain springing from body identification. It is > > > > the cessation of pain and sorrow...Ordinary persons enjoy the rest of a > > > > peaceful death-sleep in the eastral heaven. Virtuous souls alternate > > > > sleep with wakefulness in the land of blissful freedom and beauty. > > > > Devoid of the harsh, often destructive clashes of gross matter, these > > > > virtuous astral beings move freely and at will in bodies of light > > > > through endless tracts of rainbow-hued densities of luminosity that > > > > inform multivaried lifetronic landscapes, scenes, and beings. Their > > > > very breath and sustenance are the rays of subtle lifetrons." > > > > > > > > > >
