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Third Fundamental-Soul as Kartä
who would be producing the universe and everything within it out of his free will.
If one thinks deeply, it would be easy to see that there is no basis for the concept of creation or a Creator. The Guru therefore states that there is nothing like God as the creator or the prompter. It is, however, perfectly reasonable to conceive of godliness that connotes dignity and greatness born of total purity. That state denotes the perfection. Such perfect purity is godly. That purity lies latent in every soul and one needs to endeavor for manifesting the same.
Such a state is beyond all desires and aspirations. If God is considered the Creator, He must have the desire to create. Such desiring does not befit those, who have attained perfection. God would thus stand to lose by being the Creator. His dignity, instead of getting elevated, would actually be lowered. It is therefore stated that by treating Him as the Creator, God would be subject to impurity. Moreover, if God is conceived of as prompter, why would He prompt one person to undertake wholesome activity and another to undertake unwholesome one?
There are thus many problems in treating God as the Creator or prompter. The explanation given under this stanza (Vachanamrut # 718) points out, “if God or any other agency happened to impose Karma, there would not be any scope for justifying the role of soul in that respect. Its existence is admitted on the basis of its property of inducement etc. If such properties are attributed to God, what are the other properties by which soul can be identified? Therefore Karmas are not inspired by God. That function has to be attributed to soul.
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