Some people are really big and some people are really small. Some creatures are so small that they can fit in the palm of my hand. What size is the soul? Does it grow with the body?
2007-12-31 07:21:19 · 19 answers · asked by Melissa Y 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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answer to your q, I think they can not be measured, only God knows the measure of our heart and soul. I do think they can grow and shrink, though.
2007-12-31 07:26:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Very nice question Melissa. This is a conversation between a spiritual leader Srila Prabhupada and some of his disciples. Svarupa Dhamodara is a scientist.
Svarüpa Dämodara: The soul, the ätmä, jiva. We get a description that the soul, the size of a soul is one ten-thousandth part of the tip of the hair. We were just discussing whether does this imply that it can be measured.
Prabhupäda: Yes, this is the measurement.
Svarüpa Dämodara: But we are claiming that it is nonphysical.
Prabhupäda: No, nonphysical, that doesn't mean it has no measurement. It has measurement.
Svarüpa Dämodara: So measurement... Actually, Sadäputa calculated from how much the size is. Now from electron microscope, actually we can get an idea about the tip of the hair, how much it is. Now you divide it by one ten-thousandth part, so it (will) come out the size of the soul is about two angstroms, by calculation like that.
Prabhupäda: Two atoms?
Svarüpa Dämodara: No, angstroms. Angstrom is the smallest scale that science can imagine. It is smaller even than the hydrogen atom. So actually it is atomic, it is very small in size.
Prabhupäda: Yes.
Svarüpa Dämodara: But we were wondering whether that is reasonable.
Prabhupäda: Reasonable? Yes. It is given in Upanisads and Padma Puräna, authorized.
Rüpänuga: It's just that this one ten-thousandth tip of hair has no material quality. It is nonphysical but still can be measured.
Prabhupäda: Nonphysical... Just like axiomatic truth point has no length, no breadth, but it has length and breadth. You cannot measure it.
Svarüpa Dämodara: But does this not imply—one ten-thousandth the size—does that not imply measurement, that it can be measured?
Prabhupäda: Yes, measurement, measurement is there.
In the microbe there is soul. If it is not so small, how in the microbe there can be soul?
2007-12-31 20:44:20 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aye, there is no evidence that souls exist and its just a silly idea. Thats my view. in the olden times people have done lot to prove their existence and Carl Sagan's book, Shadows of the Forgotten Ancestors - details this in length. You ought to read it. On the other hand, religious view of souls is that they are dimensionless, weightless and not directly detectable. this is not absurd when you consider that elementary particles are just the same!! Indian religions differ from Judeo- Christian senseof the souls. Many Indian religions have described how souls could be subject to process, re born, and different dimensions they are attached to and so on. Traditionally, western wiev on the subject is a simplified version of the eastern one. Either way, you can think of soul as an immortal life force present in more or less equal form in every living organism (if you disregard the Biblical teachings which gives only humans the souls!). Hope this helps.
2007-12-31 15:49:20 · answer #3 · answered by Priekahm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have seen them often and they have always b een life-sized.
2007-12-31 15:31:01 · answer #4 · answered by kasandra k 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mine is about 6.2 ft
2007-12-31 15:30:35 · answer #5 · answered by .... 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Our souls are as "large" as our capacity to LOVE. Does it grow? Sure....each and every time we love.
2007-12-31 15:30:09 · answer #6 · answered by Barbara A 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
since the soul is abstract it has no size that's like say what is the size of your love...
2007-12-31 15:29:28 · answer #7 · answered by harmony 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no one knows except god. but, do tell me, how many hairs do you have?
2007-12-31 15:27:00 · answer #8 · answered by Amirul 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
your soul is you-- same size you don't have a soul, you ARE a soul. Your spirit is your breath-not very big
2007-12-31 15:26:10 · answer #9 · answered by hasse_john 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The spirit and soul are not physical so they do not have a size. They are the spirit living in you and it is not measured in size. When the body is decayed and gone, the soul will still exist apart from the body.
2007-12-31 15:26:07 · answer #10 · answered by mesquiteskeetr 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋