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Originally Posted by Beggar
Interestingly in the sastra we are told that the jivas originate from the tatastha sakti.
We can waste our time eternally establishing and defeating all the statements about the soul's origin.
The real guru will mention what is said in the sastra briefly but it is all in the context of engaging his disciples in bhajan - practical devotional service.
If we have become arm chair philosophers then this is something to lament.
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Interesting reading however I would just like to make a short comment
Marginal - The living entities or jiva-tatasthas (of whom their full potential is nitya-siddha in Goloka) are perpetually independent and eternally have the free will to accept or reject Krishna. Marginal means they have the choice to be with Krishna as who they really are (nitya-siddha) or manifest their own imaginary world as nitya-baddha in the mahat-tattva.
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Having choice as a marginal living entity (jiva-tatastha), is what it really means to be in-between the Superior and inferior.
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The marginal aspect of the creation is not a place or plain, but rather the individual jiva's who ARE the tatastha s'aktis or 'so called' marginal individual living beings, who can choose to be aware of their eternal bodily identity serving Krishna in Goloka.
Or they can forget their eternal identity and only be aware of the restrictions of chasing their own selfish desires, thoughts and imaginary worlds within Maha-Vishnu's temporary DREAM perishable creation of Maha Vishnu known as the mahat-tattva material worlds.