Can a Combination of Atoms bring Consciousness?

Compiled by Smita Krishna Dasa, Ahmedabad

The individual particle of spirit soul is a spiritual atom smaller than the material atoms, and such atoms are innumerable. This very small spiritual spark is the basic principle of the material body, and the influence of such a spiritual spark is spread all over the body as the influence of the active principle of some medicine spreads throughout the body.

This current of the spirit soul is felt all over the body as consciousness, and that is the proof of the presence of the soul. Any layman can understand that the material body (combination of atoms) minus consciousness is a dead body, and this consciousness cannot be revived in the body by any means of material administration.

Therefore, consciousness is not due to any amount of material combination, but to the spirit soul.