Destination of the soul

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> Dear Sri Visnupad,

>

> Please accept my humble oobeisances. All Glories to Srila

> Prabhupada.

>

> In the books of Srila Prabhupada we read that many demons, such like

> Aghasura after they were killed by Krishna received sayujya mukti

> they entered the body of the Lord. Can you explain what is this

> existence in the body of the Lord. If this is considered a

> liberation, is there any personal existence, or cognition of

> existence, or this soul is merging with the esence of the Lord and

> is lost? Is there any way to get out of the body of the Lord and to

> start new cycle of existence? Is this state like a coma or something

> like that? Or if this state is forever without sense of personal

> existence, maybe this is actual death for a person like Aghasura?

>

> Your humble servant

> Shatakula dasa

 

Usually, when someone merges into the body of the Lord, they stay in

that position for some time and then later on emerge from the Lord and

take up a position in the spiritual sky. However, it is not certain

when they will emerge, if ever. It is quite possible that such a

personality is satisfied in the situation of being merged within the

Lord and does not want to change that situation. Therefore it is not

at all certain when or if a soul leaves the body of the Lord after

merging in it.

 

This condition is certainly liberation, but it is somewhat similar to

merging into the brahman effulgence of the Lord. There is no

individual activity, rather, there is a general feeling of bliss

within the context of eternality. However, this bliss is rather

limited compared to the blissfullness of service to the Lord in the

spiritual sky. The soul is not lost, rather he is functioning

minimally and his consciousness is limited to simply experiencing the

eternal platform of bliss. This state is nothing like a coma or some

other material state of consciousness or unconsciousness, but is

rather a spiritual state. In this spiritual state there is a definite

congnizance of existence for that is the primary situation of

liberation. Further, as already explained, there is also some bliss,

although limited in quantity.