Is the golden cord that goes with the soul permanent or temporary?
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the golden cord or golden thread goes with the soul so is this permanently attached or has it become detached sometime the soul does not go alone the soul goes with what is called as the subtle body so basically the body mind and self soul that is there the mind is like the mind is also what accompanies the soul from one life to another and that’s why now we all have different natures even twins they may be physically identical but they are not psychologically identical and in fact there are a particular kind of twins which are called as monozygotic twins monozygotic means that in some cases there is one zygote which splits into two and in that case the twins are not just genetically similar they are genetically identical so if our personality if our behavior if we were simply products of our genes and two individuals have identical genes then the two individuals should be entirely identical but even monozygotic twins are not identical they have their individual personalities they have individual psychologies they are different persons so basically the soul goes along with that mind also goes and that mind which goes with the soul that determines our psychological disposition in the next life and that when the soul actually is going through a transmigratory journey right now when the soul becomes liberated that means the soul is right now attached to matter attached to material things for the sake of enjoying material things so it’s like earlier I gave the example of a dress the body is like a dress for the soul another example is often given like a house you know if we had a tenant in a particular house then when the period of tenancy expires at that time we have to leave that house and then we go to the next house the next house that we get that will depend on two things what is our liking and what is our budget so similarly when the soul leaves one body and gets another body the next body is determined by the karmic budget the kind of karma that the soul has done and the soul’s desire they determine the next body but just as a person who has got a temporary house a rented house they always want to have own house so that they don’t have to keep changing houses so like that the wise soul seeks not just a temporary body but a permanent body the permanent body is the spiritual body that the soul gets in the spiritual world so when the soul as long as the soul desires to enjoy the temporary things of this world the soul has to get a new temporary body but if the soul’s consciousness gets directed towards the eternal soul gets connected with its source through love then the soul gets transported to the spiritual realm and when the soul gets transported to the spiritual realm then at that time the mind that is accompanying the soul that mind no longer accompanies because the mind is required for interfacing with this world when the soul leaves the world of matter and goes to the world of spirit then the soul doesn’t need the matter so at that time the soul goes unaccompanied till that time, lifetime after lifetime the soul will go with the mind does that answer your question?