And Now, And Here 精彩片段：
Chapter 9
The Ultimate Freedom
5 November 1969 am in Opera House, Bombay, India
A few questions have been asked, seeking clarification of certain points I discussed in last nights talk.
Question 1
A FRIEND HAS ASKED: IF A MAN AND A WOMAN CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SOUL TO TAKE BIRTH, THEN DOES IT MEAN THERE ARE MANY SEPARATE SOULS AND NOT ONE UNIVERSAL SOUL? ALSO, ON MANY OCCASIONS YOU HAVE SAID THERE IS ONLY ONE TRUTH, ONE GOD, ONE SOUL.
ARENT THESE STATEMENTS CONTRADICTORY?
There is no contradiction.
Of course, God is one.
The soul is essentially one too, but the body is of two types.
One is the gross body which we can see, and the other is the subtle body which we cannot see.
At the moment of death, the gross body falls away, but the subtle body remains intact.
The soul resides within two bodies -- the subtle body and the gross body.
At the time of death the gross body dies.
The body which is made of earth and water, the body which consists of flesh, bones and marrow, drops, dies.