Lecture Sialkot — Page 41
L ECTURE S IALKOT 41 except Parmeshwar Who does not depend on anything for His existence. Anything that depends on others for its existence cannot be uncreated. Are the attributes of the spirits innate and has nobody created them? If this is so then the union of souls with bodies can also come about by itself and the coming together of mate- rial particles can take place on its own. If this were indeed so, you would be left with no rational argu- ment to believe in the existence of Parmeshwar. If reason can accept the concept that souls with all their innate attributes are self-existent, then it would read- ily accept the other concept that the union and separation of souls and bodies is also self-existent, for once self-existence is considered to be a fact, there is no reason why one path should be left open and the other closed. No logic can justify such approach. Moreover, this error has led the Aryas to yet another error which is as much to their own disadvantage as the earlier mistake was detrimental to Parmeshwar. The Aryas consider salvation to be limited and for a fixed period and the transmigration of souls as a yoke from which there is no escape. No sound mind can ever think of imputing such meanness and narrow- mindedness to the Merciful and Gracious God. When Parmeshwar had the power to grant eternal salvation, and He was Surab Shakt i m a n [Almighty], one fails to comprehend why He should exercise such parsimony