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sridatta1 · Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Posts: 652 Location: india

The only expression for God to enter the world is the human soul
103) Atmaapi parabrahma prakaranatarkaat nityatanumadavataaraat cha.

(In the same Vedic statement, the word Atman stands for God due to logic of context and due to the only possible human soul always associated with a body in the human incarnation).

The source of the space was also denoted by the word Atman in Veda (Atmana akashah…). Here, based on the context the word Atman should be taken to mean God. If you take the soul of ordinary human being as God, it cannot generate the space in the real world from which the entire universe is evolved. Moreover, the human incarnation indicates the human body containing the soul as the medium for God. The only expression for God to enter the world is the human soul along with the human body. The human soul does not exist independently without the body even after the death. After death also, the soul attains energetic human body to go to the upper worlds. In this world no soul is seen without materialized body. Hence, the human soul indicates the soul with its gross body always associated with it. Thus, the usage of the word Atman to mean God is perfectly justified from all angles.