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What is the difference between the gross existence and subtle existence with respect to soul and God?

[A question by Ms.Thrylokya]

Swami replied: There are only two concepts, which are existence and non-existence. The existence has two sub states:- (1) Gross Existence due to high concentration of the item and (2) Subtle existence due to low concentration of the same item. This means that an existent item can have gross existence and subtle existence. A block of ice is an example for gross existence. The same water becoming vapour is an example for subtle existence. In the solid state the molecules are very close and in its vapour state the molecules are very far from each other. The subtle existence may be misunderstood as non-existence.

The soul sees this external world, which contains items with gross existence and with subtle existence separately. The soul sees the block of ice and also water vapour in this real world in the awaken state. In the dream state, the soul sees all the items as the items of subtle existence only because all the items of the dream are made of subtle energy only and gross matter does not appear in the dream. Regarding God, this entire world containing items of gross existence and items of subtle existence are actually non-existent, which is the inherent nature of the creation. God cannot have real entertainment with non-existent items. He can have real entertainment with the real world containing items of gross existence and items of subtle existence also. For this purpose, God gives His absolute reality to the world to make it real. Making the world real does not mean that all items of the world get gross existence. The real world created by God contains the items of gross existence and the items of subtle existence separately. Here, irrespective of gross and subtle difference, both items have become real, which are unreal inherently. Hence, God sees this world in the same manner as the soul sees. God has no difference between awaken and dream states. God and soul have the common awaken state. But, the soul has dream state also as extra. The soul is unable to convert its dream world into real world. But, the omnipotent God has converted His imaginary world into the real world.

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