Karma and Rebirth

 

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Karma and Rebirth

 

The Self is unaffected by joy and sorrow. It is perfect. But the body is subject to change according to the laws of the material world. Now a question may be raised. What happens when a person dies? The gross body, though which the mind works, becomes worn out. The Self discards this emaciated body and acquires a new one. Just as a person thrown away a torn dress and wears a new one, all the impressions(samsakara) of the thoughts efforts and work does through the body remain in the mind . The mind the intellect, the ten sense organs and the impressions of sense experiences make up the subtle body of the Self. The subtle body is made of subtle matter. It does not die along with the gross body. It remains associated with the Self even after death in other words even after discarding the gross body the awareness that “I have a body and senses” is not destroyed.

          

  Impelled by the impressions of the earlier body the Self then desires to acquire or create another gross body. It becomes attracted to the parents who will be able to prove it with a body suitable for the development of its impressions. Its past actions themselves propel it towards it’s would be parents. The subtle body has neither length nor breadth nor weight. It begins to reside in the mother’s womb right from the time of conception. The subtle body is not visible to the eye, but is material nonetheless. It is more subtle than even space and air. Through the new gross body, the Self resumes its quest from where it and left off at the death of the old body and continues to gain knowledge.

 

How to know whether to push oneself or let go

Speaking Tree in  India, Spirituality, TOI

 

By Swami Sukhabodhananda

 

 A man who is filled with arrogance suffers from it, not knowing how to free himself from it. By being arrogant he is constantly in conflict with others. He suffers this pain and finds himself alone, filled with the additional pain of loneliness. People feel scared to connect with him and he is scared of his loneliness, which makes him angrier. This is like adding fuel to fire. He approaches a spiritual healer for advice. The healer says, “Look at a flower. Irrespective of who comes by, the flower gives fragrance.”

 

He further adds, “Come from a context that you will be like a flower showering the fragrance of joy. Always carry a flower with you and let that flower remind you of its function. You have to awaken more of female energy.”

 

Arrogance is the obesity of the head, and the heart of education is the education of the heart. The head is the function of male energy and the heart is the function of female energy. The balance of head and heart means the balance of the male and female energies in oneself. We are a product of our parents, and hence, both male and female energies exist in us. This balancing is an important aspect of wise living.

 

What is meant by female energy? Love and acceptance are functions of female energy. Love is the most healing energy in us. To bring the energy of love is a great awakening. The moment you start accepting, you will know how to surrender, and in that state of surrender the energy of love emerges. Only in this energy of love is one truly healthy.

 

What is meant by male energy? This energy is one of adventure, one of achieving.

 

If a person is not achieving oriented, then the male energy is not alive in him. When there is a balance of both male and female energies, one knows when to push oneself and when to let go and accept. An intuitive balance happens.

 

What happens if I don’t have the power of acceptance? Then you can’t accept your body ageing. You can’t accept that death is a part and parcel of life. How should I go about achieving in life? Think like a winner. You should allow your dreams to be converted into destinations. You should allow your dreams to come true.

 

A research conducted on successful persons has found that four factors contribute to one’s success: self-confidence, mental toughness, conceptional thinking, that is mentally practising success and commitment to excel.

 

Should one practice this balancing of female and male energies? The ability to practise this balancing is a life-long process. If you do not start young, then you will find it difficult. Even in martial art there are soft and hard techniques. If you are hard on the other when required to be soft, then even though you have won, still you would have lost, as winning is losing and losing is winning.

IF HE EXIST

 I drive joy there was a doctor in Benaras who spent 7 minutes in the morning and evening for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him. One day they argued that he was wasting 7 precious minutes on something, which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I agree that I am wasting 7 minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste 7 minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 7minutes joy that I derive 4m.-

 

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