Frankly I am not too worried about the population numbers, but what I am concerned is (depending on whether you use 5 billion or 6 billion as base in Murlis) is what are the excess 1 or 2 billion or so souls called? Or are they not souls at all? Are they simply in a species where there is no hope for redemption? Are these living creatures not even entitled to the classification of "soul" . Then what is a soul then? Does this mean that when I walk out of the door and get on a bus, there is a 1 in 14 to 1 in 16 chance that the "blob" sitting next to me is a mere piece of ... errrrr ... blob ? How spiritual is that ? Or rather how elevated thinking is that ?
Should I give drishti to this "blob". And where do these blobs go during Destruction ? Blob World ?
Maybe that blob sitting opposite me on the subway train also thinks that I am a blob too. As you know, the mirror ...
(And, folks, no need to put up an image of The Blob here
. Excerpt from wiki : The Blob is an amorphous creature from outer space which lands on Earth encased in a meteor. Two teenagers, Steve Andrews (McQueen) and Jane Martin (Corsaut) take a car to try to find where the meteor has landed. Meanwhile, an elderly man (Olin Howland) has heard the meteor crash near his house. He goes outside and upon finding it pokes it with a stick. The rock breaks open and he finds a small mass of jelly-like substance inside. This "blob", which is actually a living creature, crawls up the stick and attaches itself to his hand ... ).