Earth is contaminated by decomposed substances. When we put blood in water, the water gets contaminated. Bad Odour or poisonous gases contaminate the air. But sky is a very subtle element and it cannot be contaminated by any of the above. Even though all these lower elements are moving and non-moving through the ethereal element sky(or space, this is not literal sky above us) it is not disturbed or contaminated.
For Instance, our gross body is made of all abnoxious smelling and decomposing substances like blood, stool, mucus but when we move around or exist stationary the ether is not contaminated by all these substances of our body. In the end when the body is finished, all the elements such as earth, water, fire, air are restored back to nature and the space occupied by the body in the ether is also unoccupied.
Just as the sky or ether(space) is not contaminated by the lower elements of nature, the spirit soul similarly is of higher nature and cannot be contaminated by the material nature. It's only due to the element,false ego(which identifies the self with matter) the soul is bound by the material elements of subtle and gross elements of material nature. It is all by the desire of the soul to enjoy or
Lord over the material nature, the soul is provided with material elements to get a false thinking of being the Lord of nature and enjoyer. Actually the material nature is controlling the soul now. The demigods are in-charge of punishing or rewarding us based on our bad or good actions.
For Instance, our gross body is made of all abnoxious smelling and decomposing substances like blood, stool, mucus but when we move around or exist stationary the ether is not contaminated by all these substances of our body. In the end when the body is finished, all the elements such as earth, water, fire, air are restored back to nature and the space occupied by the body in the ether is also unoccupied.
Just as the sky or ether(space) is not contaminated by the lower elements of nature, the spirit soul similarly is of higher nature and cannot be contaminated by the material nature. It's only due to the element,false ego(which identifies the self with matter) the soul is bound by the material elements of subtle and gross elements of material nature. It is all by the desire of the soul to enjoy or
Lord over the material nature, the soul is provided with material elements to get a false thinking of being the Lord of nature and enjoyer. Actually the material nature is controlling the soul now. The demigods are in-charge of punishing or rewarding us based on our bad or good actions.