Chapter VIII REINCARNATION Q. Do you think my
husband who passed away last May has reincarnated as yet? A. It does not fall within the purview of
sacred Teachings to discuss of disclose the Divine Disposition about the
reincarnation of those souls who have passed away. Suffice it to understand that unions and separations in this
physical plane are veiled and governed by the inexorable Law of Karma. There is nothing 'premature' as the Divine
machinery works with meticulous precision and nothing happens hap-hazardly,
although it may look to us as such.
Just as a man standing at the power ¨Chouse can see quite distinctly as
to how the smallest cogs and spindles are working, but the person who cannot
look beyond these small units cannot understand as to how these are being
operated by the Divine Will of the Lord.
Reincarnation is a Spiritual Phenomenon which cannot be understood
adequately by limited human intellect. Q. How does reincarnation
figure numerically? For instance in
plant and insect life, does each flower or but have an individual soul? What
about a worm that divides itself, or a cutting from a plant or tree that takes
root and becomes another plant or tree? What is the explanation regarding soul
in each case? A. The entire universe in humming with one
Life-Impulse call it as one may . Each
flower and each fruit when on the parent tree or shrub is activated by the
self-same Life Principle, But when it is plucked or falls down, it begins to
shrivel up and decays. But the life
concentrated in the tiny seed and at the core remains intact and once again
springs up into form and colour when the seed is sown in proper soil and
nurtured carefully. Similarly the
freshly cut-branch when engrafted or transplanted from one soil to the other,
carries with it its power to grow anew with the sustenance it draws from
nature. It is only the forms and
colours that change and not the Life-Principle which remains eternally the
same. Some worms, when cut into two,
retain the life-current just for a while and eventually it disappears. Q. In 'Spiritual Gems' page 313
it say: 'When spirit is attached to Naam, It draws one toward Itself and the
door is opened. Until this happens, no
one need think he can get in.' Please
explain if one does not get 'through the door,' but desires never to
reincarnate but does one's best, even if it is only a 'window's mite,' need one
reincarnate? A. The account of those who have received
Initiation is in the hands of the Master from the time of Initiation. If a Disciple after Initiation keeps faith
with an intense love and strong longing for the commit foul deed; but has not,
due to adverse circumstances, or for some other reasons, been able to give full
time to the spiritual practices, he is, after death made to stay at some intermediate
stage to complete Bhajan and Sirmran before he is eventually taken
upwards. Rebirth is only for those who
lost their faith, go in actual opposition to the Instructions of the Master or
who do foul deeds and have very low desires and gross worldly tendencies. That the pan of the scales goes down which
is overloaded, and not the other, it the Law. |