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attaining God realization. As an animal, our lives would
be spent solely in eating, sleeping, protecting ourselves and
reproducing. There is not time or ability for sadhana.
Similarly for plants and other species – consciousness is
there in terms of ability to feel pain and to reproduce, but
it is not well developed enough to search for something
higher.
However, occasionally, due to the performance of truly evil
deeds and the accumulation of significant negative karma,
a soul will have to come to Earth in the form of an insect
or lower life form. However, as soon as the lessons are
learned in that life form, then again the soul can come in
the form of a human, in order to continue its progression
toward God realization.
10. How many times does a soul have to take birth?
Does the same soul always take birth on Earth?
When he is born, does he look the same each time?
First of all, the soul never actually takes birth. Rather, the
soul inhabits human bodies in order to come to Earth, the
Karma Bhoomi (land of karma) so that it can engage itself
in actions which will lead to its liberation. The individual
soul comes to the Earth in those situations which will be
most conducive to working through past karmas, to
enabling the mind to become pure and desireless, and to
helping it attain salvation.
tendencies which form the subtle body and travel with the
soul from one gross body to the next gross body and which
obscure the true, divine perfection of the soul.
It is like a perfect reflection of the sun (the individual soul
as reflection of the Supreme Reality) which becomes
distorted and murky due to the dirt and waves in the water
in which it is being reflected (the mind and the senses).
The reflection (the soul) is perfect. It is only the vehicles of
reflection (the mind and senses) which are turbulent and
murky, thus making the reflection itself seem less than clear.
Once the water becomes clear and calm, the sun will reflect
perfectly. Similarly, once the mind and the senses become
calm and clear, through sadhana, through association with
the saints, through good work, then the individual soul
can manifest perfectly and attain liberation.
11. If we have good parents, brothers, sisters,
friends and gurus, how can we have the same
relatives and friends in the next life? Does a soul
have the right to select his family and friends?
There are two important points. Yes, on the one hand we
can hope to be with certain people again in our next life.
The only way to do this is through prayer. It is not a matter
of the soul having a “right” to choose. But, rather, if
someone prays with great sincerity, purity and devotion
God can answer the prayer.
People frequently become confused that it is the soul which
However, the other important point is that the purpose of
must work through karma or the soul which has desires.
life is NOT to become so attached to our family and friends
No, the soul is pure, divine and complete. Rather, it is the
that we are already worried about not being with them in
mind, the senses, the pranas, desires, sanskaras and
our next birth. We have a hard enough time living together
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