Query:
Can we explain Hindu Theology without bringing in the concept of previous birth?
Vijay Kumar:
Can we try to explain
the concept of a flower without making one feel the smell of a flower? If I need
to explain the concept of milk ... then I need to also explain the source from
where the milk is derived ... how the cow is fed with the grass ... and for the
grass to grow we need big fields ... and if these fields are not cultivated how
do we expect to get good quality milk!
On
earthly plane, we visualize everything from the point of view of senses. Anything
beyond the concept of senses is not clearly understood. To understand the entity
of a human being ... we need to understand who created it and the purpose behind
its creation. The human body is not a creation of the mankind ... it is our Atman
the soul within which has manifested the body ... in the cosmic life span of 8.4
million manifestations (a total cosmic journey of 96.4 million years) ... what
is the value of a 70 to 80 years life span of a human
being?
We
need to understand the basics ... it is Atman (our soul
within) that is governing ... it has taken the body and not the vice versa. Our
atman the soul within needs a series of manifestations for it to liberate from
the cycle
of birth and death forever. The
form of a human being is the last leg in the theory of evolution. Before
the atman soul has manifested a human body for the first time ... it has already
passed through the various phases of evolution
... the body of an amoeba to start with, then an insect, a plant and finally being
born as an animal.
How
in the circumstances it is possible that we can even think of understanding the
concept of the cosmos in Hinduism
or any Religion of the
world unless we understand the underlying truth ... the truth of our atman the
soul within. It is only the ego
of a human being that sometimes prevents us from assuming that there is a God.
There are Human Beings who want to become
immortal in the present life and that to in the physical manifest form. How can that be possible ... it is our atman the soul within which get liberated
from cycle of Birth and Death ... it is our atman the soul within which becomes
free forever ... what is the significance of a human being except that it helps
the Atman
the soul
within to expedite the journey.
The
concept of a previous birth or the next birth is misunderstood. There is nothing
of this nature that exists in the cosmic system. Had Human Beings possessed the
power to be reborn ... if only it was the human being, which had manifested the
atman soul, only then this anomaly would have truthfully stood its ground. We
are born and we die ... nothing is in our control ... the governing factor for
every human being is the Karma
... the residual Karma from each birth manifested by an atman the soul within
which gets carried forwarded onto the next life through the chromosomes.
We Human Beings are really
to be pitied upon ... we do not have the power even to create the smallest particle
existing in the Cosmos ... yet, it is only as a Human Being that an atman the
soul within can get liberated ... in no other life form can one achieve Moksha
Salvation
... the highest and the ultimate power available in the cosmos is still with a
human being ... the power to realize
self and merge with the absolute
consciousness.
Every seed in the Cosmos in order to germinate needs conducive environment ...
after it grows into a beautiful tree ... can this tree be proud of its own self
... knowing well that whatever flowers and the fruits it produces can never be
enjoyed by the tree itself. The fruits are meant for atman the soul within ...
the tree only has to carry out its duty ... its Karma
and wither out at the appropriate time. After the death of the tree ... the new
seeds thus produced shall again get a new life ... manifest as a new plant ...
totally unconnected with the earlier plant life (manifestation).
What
is it that makes us believe in the system
of God ... in this life I may be a very nice person ... never having
committed a sin
in life ... yet I may suffer
at the hands of God. My only son dies. What was the logic behind this unless,
the residual Karma
of atman soul of my son had to suffer because of the sins in the past
life. In this life we do not have any control whatsoever over the actions
of the past life. The residual Karma of which none has any knowledge is governing.
We reap ... what we sow! Nothing more or less. In the balance sheet of life ...
everything gets squared up maybe not within this life ... maybe in the next or
the next life.
What we actually desire is that Human Beings must live
in the present ... why brood over the past or the future ... agreed!
Who desires to venture into the areas of which we have no knowledge or control?
Yet, when an untoward incident occurs in life that is not related to the deeds
of this life ... we all get affected. We are bitterly disappointed with the system
of God ... why are we made to suffer in this life for the actions of our earlier
lives. Why did God made such a system?
In
the cosmic hierarchy ... the system is like that-
Suppose I have been awarded
a lottery that states that I am entitled to a journey in first-class in the first
train to any destination within the country. Now the next train that arrives in
the station is a passenger train ... it does not have a first-class. What is the
alternative ... I have to wait ... I have to wait for the next train ... the next
life (the next manifestation) to occur before the deed can be executed. The prime
reason why we sometimes get rewarded in this life all of a sudden because of actions
in the past
life. Our deeds in present life did not command any reward but nonetheless
we were rewarded for the actions of the past life.
The cosmic system created by God is like that ... we do not have the power to
interfere. If you do not believe or want to believe in the system of God ... who
cares! The switching over of the residual Karma from one life to another cannot
be compared to the pending work as stated by you. The comparison made by you is
absolutely wrong. in present life you must have observed that whenever a chartered
accountant prepares balance sheet ... then whatever is the closing balance of
this year is carried forward to the next year. In the balance sheet of the coming
year the opening balance is the closing balance of the earlier year (the earlier
manifested life) ... the balance sheet goes on and so does the company ... similarly,
in the balance sheet of life ... the opening balance ... the residual Karma gets
automatically transferred to the next life.
Do
not try to view the cosmic system as a human being as senses have their limitations.
It is only beyond when we rise above the mundane matters ... higher on the Spiritual
plane ... become god realized ... only then can we correctly understand the system
of God. Senses were created by God to live the physical manifested life in a coordinated
manner. Standing on the ground floor of the Empire State building you cannot try
to visualize the whole of New York ... the vision is not available ... you need
to climb to the top to see the whole of New York and beyond. and for this you
need to awaken
your kundalini ... unless and until our kundalini
is fully awakened we cannot Realize God.
It is Bhagavad
Gita and only Bhagavad
Gita ... the most sacred Scripture in Hinduism ... the doctrine preached
by Lord Krishna ... which can make us understand the concept of the
cosmos in its entirety. The relationship between an atman soul and the body, the
migration from one body to the another, the
story of the Big Bang, the concept of Maya,
the beginning
less Cosmos ... and what not ... all becomes clear like ABCD.
Always
there to clarify your queries (send
your query),
Vijay
Kumar "Atma
Jnani"
Vijay Kumar... The Man who Realized God in 1993 on After Life.
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Full text of query:
Is it not possible to explain the whole good aspects of Hindu Theology, without
bringing in the aspect of next birth or previous birth? The other world - Heaven
or Hell cannot be definitely outside the present 'JAGAT' - the Universe. Either
here or there, either as a earthworm or an Eagle or an evolved Saint does not
make any difference. Then why should one talk about births at all? Pl be kind
enough to explain. ( I do not believe in the carryingover or pending business
inthe Good's Kingdom. Such unresolved matters being carried over is possible obly
in govt offices and Ministries).
