Further Soul experience after Death
It is typically an automatic process after death.
However few stages are recognized with narrow window of opportunity for liberation at each stage.
It's short article with salient features only:
There are two basic (types of) Consciousness resulting from succession of arising & falling of citta particles.
1.
Life-continuum (bhavanga)
It persists throughout life with only function of maintaining individuality. Whenever there's absence of cognition these cittas arise & fall.
It's like basal rhythym of life.
2.
Rebirth-linking (patisandhi)
This is similar citta particle as above but with only function of linking two births through death & maintaining individuality.
Successive arising & falling of these cittas gives rise to perception of soul.
Soul devoid of physical body still carries momentum of sanskaras like a force flow through these cittas & fills with feelings of fear, pain, misery, happiness...
This so called spirit body wanders looking for suitable vehicle to manifest these feelings/ thoughts/ desires.
Spirit in such non-physical state is bound only by its own limitations else it has many powers.
At this stage if it can channelize good deeds/thoughts/sanskaras & doesn't get distracted then it can get liberated without entering womb door.
Typically it sways in illusory stream.
So as an irresistible urge, it craves for rebirth.
There are 4 types of births:
1) By heat/ mosture- Lower lifeforms
2) By egg- Insects, Avians, Reptiles
3) By womb- Human & higher animals (mammals)
4) Supernormal (amaithuni)- Celestial & rarely Human world
Either the soul can be prevented by own will/ by guru's guidance to enter the womb OR
Womb door can be closed by following methods:
1) Remember/meditate on Clear Light
2) Recall impermanence & reject womb door
3) Fill with respect towards future parents & decline
4) Reject urge
If birth process is about to start & is inevitable then least soul can do is choose the place, womb, parents/environment.
As soon as soul has decided on birth it gets vision of future place, in general & in specific to future parents/surroundings.
It can still choose alternate.
For human/higher animal birth, soul fills with feelings of attachment & repulsion as accumulated till date.
If about to be born as male then knower gets feeling of being male & there's dawn of hatred towards father & jealousy with attraction/affection towards mother.
If to be born as female then fills with hatred towards mother & attraction/fondness towards father.
At the fusion of ovum & sperm, bliss of Simultaneously-born state sets in & soul faints into unconsciousness.
Next it finds encased in fertilized ovum or may b later in embryo stage.
So, if it can reject the feeling of attraction or repulsion & fill with love, gratitude & grace in general and specifically towards future parents then can thus reject the womb door..
Method is of meditation, remembering primary true self & guidance by guru.
Finally, at very least, if it enters womb door then it can still fill with joy & grace towards future parents/surroundings not rejecting but accepting the destiny/karma force & can thus transform future abode into celestial place.
A word about Supernormal birth in human world.
Such births are not resultant of forceful karmas but as a willful choice to serve the mankind.
In celestial lokas, it is normal mode of birth....by intention/will alone though still carrying momentum of karmas.
An article by GS
(Note, if anyone has any issues to the content in our website, kindly do drop us a mail at mantraam@pm.me)
Comments