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The Human Soul… Z. Haider and H.R Rezania / (17

                      physical function of the              soul  “Atman  that  is  in
                      body. It is the characteristic        your  body  protects  the
                      of  the  soul.  (Sadr  al-            body,  when  Atman  gets
                      Mute'allihin Shirazi, 2004,           released  from  the  body,
                      V. 8: 39)                             the body will be dispersed
                                                            but  the  soul  is  not
                  The  Upanishads;  don’t  give             harmed’’.  (Dara  Shikoh,
               arguments  to  prove  the  soul              1975, V. 1: 235)
               independently  and  should  not           •  The  Atman  is  the  mover
               have    expected,     since   the            of  the  body.  Without  the
               Upanishadic  philosophy  is  the             soul  bodies  don’t  have
               beginning     of    the    Indian            any  movement  because

               philosophy,  in  fact,  the  Indian          bodies qua bodies can not
               jogees  give  brief  sentences               move. If it were possible,
               about explaining their spiritual             the stones and mountains
               experiences  and  we  make                   would  move,  so  it  is
               arguments  by  these  sentences              impossible  but  we  see
               to prove the soul.                           some  bodies  move  and

                   •  Atman protects the body               their  movement  is  the
                      from  scattering.  The                impact  of  the  soul,
                      body without soul disintegrates       “bodies  are  not  able  to
                      as  it  disintegrates  after          move  and  mover  of  the
                      the  death;  but  we  see             bodies  is  the  soul”.
                      that  body  does  not                 (Ibid: 236)
                      disintegrate  before  death        •  Atman  is  the  source  of

                      and  the  cause  that                 knowledge;  bodies  can
                      protects the body, should             not know and understand
                      be  immaterial  that  is  the
                                                            anything. The bodies are
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