Theos-Talk Archives (March 1997 Message tl00143)

At 08:21 AM 3/17/97 -0500, you wrote:
>ramadoss@eden.com wrote:
>> I inherited a book on Theosophy in which my dad had made a note (around
>> 1954) about 600,000 million souls in evolution. I am still looking to locate
>> the source.
>
>	While conservation of matter and energy almost certainly holds for
>consciousness, as well, figuring out how many souls there are is like
>figuring out how many drops of water there are in the ocean; note that
>the size of a drop is not even well-defined. Also, note the possibility
>that souls do not stay intact in between incarnations; Krishnamurti
>seemed to indicate that possibility.
>
>	Bart Lidofsky
>
I agree with your msg. However, the question that I was trying to answer was
while this figure has been mentioned, and quoted, I am trying to find out is
it based on some writing or whatever. It appears that this may have been
mentioned in one of the old eastern literature.

..doss