[Interviewer] Someone wrote on Youtube: the basic principle of physics says that energy can neither be created or destroyed.
So does this mean that the universe already contains all the souls it can? Can new souls be brought into existence by God?
And if so, then doesn't that contradict this law of physics?
This law of physics is right. New soul cannot be brought in.
You have to go to the Gita, which is very popular in Hindu culture.
I'd like to quote it: "Na asato vidyate bhavo na bhavo vidyate satah :". That which exists nobody can make that existence to nonexistence.
And which doesn't exist will never exist here.
So it means souls are always existing.
If they were not existing, they can not be existent later. They are always existing.
Nobody can make it. Which is existent will always exist. Which doesn't exist never will exist here.
So the law of physic is right. And let me tell you, the souls are infinite.
Infinite is neverending. Even though out of infinite infinite merges with God already, already merged with God, it's still remaining infinite.
Infinite, you have to understand, it is neverending.
That's why this world is eternal. This universe is eternal. It will be eternal. Because souls will be always here.
And God doesn't create soul. God...according to the Gita, on this line: "nasato vidyate bhavo," that which doesn't exist cannot be brought into existence.
Cannot be. So it means this universe was always here.
That's what we see that universe exists.
And which exists, it will exist forever. That's why I call it the universe is eternal.
Remember, in this universe only two things are eternal: one is jiva - jiva is called soul. We don't call jiva energy though.
Even energy, energy can translated as a matter. The matter, which is also eternal, that's why this universe is visible.
Because that matter is in the form of energy. But the soul is totally different.
Soul is not energy. Soul is chaitanya. Chaitanya means that which has sensation, which has feelings, which knows things, knowing.
But the matter, which in the physics we call it energy, energy doesn't have that knowing-power.
Or sensation or feeling. So the both things - the energy plus the jiva - they were existing since beginning.
I say always this word is beginningless because we don't know where it start. There is no need because the principle of existing proves itself that it was always there.
Because which doesn't exist never will be existing. And which exist will exist forever.
That's what you need to know. So this universe is existing forever.
It means it is beginningless and it is endless. It will be forever.
But jiva is a little different. Jiva means soul. Soul is not energy. Soul is a power behind the energy.
Behind the matter. When soul and matter comes together, that's what we are in the form, like human form, animal form, or vegetation form or the nature whatever you see - stars, moons.
If there are life there. There must be life everywhere. If there is water or ice, like on Mars we found some kind of magnesium or phosphorous or different kind of minerals and ice also.
So it means already there is oxygen. If there is water it means there is bacteria. It is a form of there already.
And when there is form of life, that is called jiva, soul.
And soul and matter becomes together, that's what we call it jivaatma.
And soul and matter are together, it is called jivaatma. And when soul minus matter is pure soul, is called God.
It's very simple. So God doesn't create any soul. Or God doesn't create this universe.
It existed, it will exist, and it is existing. It is eternal.
That's what you need to know. And don't mix energy with the soul. Soul is totally different concept.
Not concept. Existence. So it is - soul - knowing power, sensation power, feeling power, and energy is totally different.
But the physics law applies on both - they were here, they existed, there are existing, they will exist.
If you want to work on yourself, you want to become from jivaatma to paramaatma, if you want to be, so you work on yourself how to seperate this matter from the jiva.
Jivaatma. Jivaatma can become paramaatma. Paramaatma means God, perfect.
Paramaatma. There is nothing. It is pure. Pure soul can become paramaatma.
If you work on yourself, like if you destroy your karma or how to remove your karma.
Because karma is a matter, but it is subtle matter. So you have to work on different kind of sadhana - spiritual practices.
And one day you will realize that soul and energy or the matter what you call it, they were existing, they are existing, and they will exist.
They are eternal. Both elements, both substances, soul and energy, soul or matter - they are eternal.
And they will be here. Nobody creates them. And there is no need to be created.
They are here. Just accept it. Beginningless and endless.
Eternal.