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The Human Soul… Z. Haider and H.R Rezania / (25

                  Infact,  the  first  level  of  the   1975,  V.  1:  123)  and  the
               Soul  is  physical  and  needs  a     relation  of  the  soul  and  the
               body to come in existence, the        body is like a chariot rider and
               body  is  the  first  manifestation   a chariot. The soul is the owner
               of    the    soul.   (Sadr    al-     of  chariot  and  the  body  is
               Mute'allihin  Shirazi,  2004,         chariot,  the  intellect  is  the

               V. 8: 402)                            mover  of  chariot,  the  willing
                  The  human  soul  is  one          power  is  the  controller  of
               reality that  has different levels    chariot,  the  sense  organs  are
               of  entity.  The  soul  arousing      like  horses  and  the  knowledge
               from the body, transforms into        is like the way, and the soul has
               immaterial  intellect.  The  soul     various    levels    and    does

               and  the  body  have  the  same       multiple     jobs,    instinctual
               quiddity and their difference is      heating  power  is  the  soul,
               in  potentiality  and  actuality.     (Ibid:  212)  heart  is  the  soul,
               The  body  is  soul  potentially      parana is the soul, it is the light,
               and  the  soul  gets  perfect  in     desiring  and  Jeev  Atma  is  the
               body by the body powers, and          soul,  Atman  enjoys  by  five
               one  day,  it  will leave the body.   sense  organs:  seeing,  hearing,

               (Ibid, Sih Asl, 2002: 314)            smelling,  taste  and  touching.
                  But  the  Upanishads  claim;       Atma  sends  its  rays  to  the
               the soul is eternal, (Dara Shikoh,    outside  world  and  enjoys.
               1975, V. 1: 221) and  from the        (Ibid: 237)
               beginning      is    immaterial,         The  Chandookia  Upanishad
               (Benaris, 1927: 463) and says:        states:

               Parana  already  exists  before              Atma  is  the  ego  of
               that  baby  comes  into  the                 everyone  and  known  by
               mother’s  womb, (Dara Shikoh,                three  ways:  Atma  is
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