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Every person on earth has an animate soul, similar to that of any other animal. In addition, everyone has an embryo of a spiritual soul. People can develop that spiritual soul and become eternal. Otherwise, they remain like any other beast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number 600,000 is the number of sparks of the collective soul, named \u201cAdam,\u201d that broke into tiny pieces, and then continued to develop. 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