Consciousness, Reincarnation And Free Will Why can a man
lose his human position and go to lower planes? God is all
consciousness, and our soul, being of the same essence as that of God, I also a
conscious entity. If this conscious self comes in contact with higher
consciousness, it will become more conscious. It won't return to lower planes.
But if this conscious self is identified with the material which is less
conscious, naturally it will not go higher but to the same consciousness or to
lower planes of consciousness. All are
conscious. Even the animal are conscious; birds are conscious; but there are
lesser degrees of consciousness. Man is more conscious; animals are less
conscious; birds are still less conscious. If our consciousness becomes identified
with the material things, naturally it will be lowered and will have to go to a
lower plane. In man body we have the won't even return to man body. But if it
comes in contact with the material things, its consciousness will be lessened .
it's a sort of death of consciousness being lowered. Word or Naam Power, that
God into expression is all consciousness. If soul comes in contact with that
Naam Power, it will grow more conscious, you see. If it becomes identified with
lower, material things, naturally, that consciousness will become morbid and
will naturally go to that lower plane. If you come in
contact with the higher consciousness, you will become more conscious. If you
come in contact with, identified, or imbued with the lower consciousness or the
material things, you might say, naturally your consciousness is lessened. Each
man has to go to his own plane. But such cases are few. There are some,
unfortunately. Does each
incarnation in Nature work out specific karmas? Only in the
man body. They are bound in lower in
forms of creation. They are not free. In man body, man is bound to some extent,
and free within certain limits. When a railroad is set, the train will run over it. you are given the railroad line
with the freedom of laying the treks in whatever direction you like. So in man
body, we free to certain extent. All other forms are bound. There is no
question of freedom. How can soul
once obtaining man body go back to lower forms of creation? I have replied
already from the common sense point of view. That if you come in contact with
the higher consciousness, you're not to return. If you come in contact with the
lower consciousness, naturally your consciousness is lowered. Each soul has his
own plane of consciousness. Man has got most. If there is the possibility of
going up, there is also the possibility of going down. The Saint have referred
to this as the “death of the soul.” Death of the soul does not mean soul dies
but that the consciousness is lessened . I have replied from a very common
sense point of animal but some dogs are very , more familiar , more conscious,
you see, than others. Similarly, that is the state of other animals also, so
this is given from a common sense point of view, but I also added hat there are
few go to lower planes, down to that level. Pity it is that we do not know our
past or the future. Those who do know, know that what I am telling you stems
from a common sense point of view. You have said
that due to ones past good karmas, one takes initiation from a Saint and just
now, you said that we have a certain amount of free play. Is it what we do with
our initiation that is part of our free will? How much or little we apply
ourselves; is that our free will? No, no. you
see, each man has his own background. Some get more, some less at initiation.
Some advance quickly, others less quickly. But that is further modified. If a
man who has got good background, as I think I have told you some time before,
starts here, then stops further . . . . . then another man who has got less
background but is regular puts in more back there, regularly, he will go
further that the other man who only goes by fits and starts. |