“Do we evolve from life to life or is each birth a separate incident?”
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Do we evolve from life to life or is each birth a separate incident? (0:00:20)
Oh!. Surely, either, we go up or go down from life to life. There is no such thing as a separate incident. Either you go up, more and more become conscious or, go down, more and more become unconscious. But, in every life something solid happens in you. Either becoming more conscious or becoming more unconscious. But something solid happens in you.
Please understand, whatever you may be doing the whole day, either some joy or hurt, will be in your background of the mind unconsciously. Continuously it will be going on. It will be happening, happening, happening, happening, happening. But, that is not what you are doing. (0:1:19)
Please understand, you may be doing something, but, the underground, background of your mind, something will be going on. Same way in your life also, whatever you may be doing, the background of your mind something will be going on.
If it is unconscious, you are going lower and lower. If it is conscious awareness, you are going higher and higher. Either, you go higher or lower in your life. But, life after life, lives are not separate incidents. It is deeply interconnected, it is a connection. It's like a, how in one life you wake up, fall asleep, wake up, fall asleep. Same way, in the eternal life you take birth, die, take birth, die, take birth, die. That’s all. That is the way it happens.
Thank you. (0:02:19)
Next question.
If I work towards my purpose in this life, but die before it is fulfilled, can I continue the same purpose in my next life ? (0:02:31)
Please understand, when you are working towards the purpose in this life, even if you die, there is no such thing as break. Only, if there is a break, you can use the word continuing.
Please understand, till you find the purpose, till, you fall in tune with your bio-memory there is a break and continuity, break and continuity. Once you fall in tune with your bio-memory, completely, suddenly you will see, even if you leave the body, it is not death. Please understand, it is not death. Even if you leave the body, you will be very clear about the purpose, you will assume the body and everything will happen. So, because, there is no break the word continuity need not be used at all. It will be just like a sleeping and waking up. It will be just sleeping and waking up. As long as you find the purpose, there is a break and continuity, break and continuity. Once you are in tune with the meaning, once you are in tune with the bio-memory of your life, then, suddenly you will see dying is not dying; leaving the body. (0:3:55)
That is why we say beautifully, in the life of Shiva Bhaktas, death is liberation and celebration. In Varanasi, death is liberation and celebration. All the load associated, responsibilities associated, with the body and through the body; you are liberated from it. You are liberated from it. Understand, it is a very powerful process. Whenever you feel excited about life, ‘enjoy’ your joy and ‘need’ feeling to live. Whenever life kicks you, whenever you feel disturbed by life, you are totally shaken, ‘enjoy’, the feeling.
See, when you are shaken by life, for example, some unnatural death in your family, or somebody near & dear one has died, or the wealth is lost, or your name & fame is lost, identity is lost, something; when it happens, suddenly you will feel, Oh!, death is much better than this. Death could have been much more easier to be handled than this. (0:5:10)
At those moments, ‘live death’! See, that something in you is dying, something in you is dying, it's really painful. So, at that moments be aware. If you are aware at those moments, go through that death, whatever is dying in you. When the real death happens in you, it will not be painful. Because, when the real death happens, you will see very clearly what is there to be afraid, there are so many times I felt the real death will be much better, what I thought will be much better, is, happening now, let me look into it, go into it. So, whenever you are excited to live, live that excitement. Whenever you will feel it is better to die, again, live that feeling. Live that low mood; live that depression; live that suffering. When you live the excitement & suffering consciously, you will be prepared for life & death.
Please understand, when you feel your purpose is being fulfilled, you are achieving success, success, success, success, success; so much of excitement about life is there. That excitement about life, if you handle it unconsciously, it is called “Rajas”. If you handle that with awareness, it is called “Satva”. Same way, when you are suffering, the name & fame is lost; wealth is lost; somebody is dying; or your own disease, you feel death is much better. At that moment, that fear, that shrinking feeling, if you handle that feeling unconsciously it is called “Tamas”; depression; low mood. If you handle the same feeling consciously it will become “Satva”, means, relaxing, retiring, solid peace in you. (0:7:24)
All the death which happens in you can lead you to peace. All the excitement which happens in you can lead you to bliss.
Please understand, all the excitement which happens in you can lead you to bliss if you handle it with awareness. If you are unconsciously handling, it will only lead to joy, which is not permanent. All the low mood, retractive mood, can lead you to peace if you handle it with awareness. It will lead you to depression if handle with unawareness. (0:8:04)
Life, when it happens in you with awareness it is bliss without awareness it is only joy. Death, when it happens in you with awareness it is peace, without awareness it is depression; pain.
So, look in, when you are completely based at your bio-memory, centered at your bio-memory, means the purpose of life, meaning of life. Even if you leave the body, it is not death, it is just continuity. If you are not at ease with the purpose, or meaning of the life, even if you think you are continuing, it will not be continuity. There will be enough of breaks. A small incident will be a big break. (0:8:57)
I have seen people feeling that their whole life is lost if they just they change their house. In Bharat, generations, people live in the same houses! Forget about same village, same street, same houses. I have seen, for generations people live in the same house. Even if they change the house they feel their whole personality is shaken, life is shaken, it's almost like a death. It's almost like a death. Even a small change you cannot take it, if you don't know the purpose of life. If you are settled completely, completely settled on your bio-memory, even your body changing will not be a big change. If you are not settled with the purpose, even a small house changing will be a big change.
Very beautifully, “Krishna” says, changing the body is nothing but changing the cloth. If you are settled in your bio-memory, purpose of life, changing the body will be just like changing the clothes. If you are not settled with the purpose of life, meaning of life, even changing cloth, will look like a changing body.
I have seen many people, just changing simple dress, they will feel that whole life is changed, whole life is different. Please understand, it is how much you are centered on the purpose of your life, bio-memory of your life.
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If two people are born at the same time, in the same circumstances, like twins, do they share a common purpose ?
No!. Please understand, No!.
Two bodies enter the cosmos at the same time, that does not mean, two of them carry same soul, No!, It is, different souls will be reflecting on two different bodies. So, naturally, the purpose will be different. That is why twins, they live totally different life, different kind of taste, different life style, everything is different. So, it is not true that they share a common purpose.
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I feel there is a larger purpose to my life, than what I am living now, but I am unable to define what it is ?
This is the beautiful space you are in. Means, the seed is about to open, but, there is little insecurity. Will I become tree or will I die. This zone is what I call super active brain. Please understand, some time you will feel your brain is super active. In so many zones it is working, but, you do not know, what is exactly the purpose, what is exactly the meaning. This super active people are moving towards enlightenment. (0:12:07)
First level, your body & mind feels OK. OK. Everything is going well. The Second level, suddenly, your mind feels too alive & active & your body does not feel, that it will be able to cope up with that mind, and after sometime, not only your mind explodes, your body also explodes. Both of them feel, that they are in tune and they can cope up with each other; they are expressing their best. That is enlightenment zone.
So, understand, you are in the second level. You are, in the second level. You know there is a larger purpose to your life. But, you are unable to define what it is. So, at these moments all you need to do, allow your super active mind to act. Just help your body to cope up with your mind. Do more meditations related to body and bio-memory like yoga, physical techniques. Don’t work on mind. Don’t do techniques related to mind. Do some meditations techniques related to gross body. Being physical, you will see, you are be able to cope up with the mind, your body. Your body physical bio-memory will be able to internalize the purpose, higher purpose of your life which is already smelled by your mind, by your super active mind which already your super active mind has started feeling or getting feelers.
Next Question (0:13:57)
Can you please clarify the term bio-memory? Does it relate to the body or mind?
Understand, word bio-memory relates to body & mind both. Bio, relates to body, memory relates to mind. The mind, which is rooted in your muscles, in your body. I can say, there is a part of bio-memory which is physical, there is a part of bio-memory which is mental. The mental bio-memory becomes physical with more & more action. The physical bio-memory becomes mental the same way by more & more thinking. If the mental bio-memory is repeated again & again through the physical activity, the body cooperates it. It becomes physical bio-memory. If the physical bio-memory thinks or again & again contemplated, meditated upon, thought through, explored, that becomes mental bio-memory.
Mental bio-memory & physical bio-memory falling in tune is Jeevan Mukti. Please understand, there is a very powerful technique by Buddha, it's called Vipassana. This is the technique directly to connect your mental bio-memory & physical bio-memory. Just working, working on breathing, working on breath. Your breathing connects your mind & body. (0:15:45)
See, the subtle breathing is mind. Physical mind is breathing. So inner thinking, whatever goes on inside, when it expresses itself outside, it's breathing. Whatever breathing is happening outside, what it does inside, is thinking. I can say, inner breathing is thinking, outer thinking is breathing. So, this two are very closely connected.
Buddha gives a very powerful technique to make your mental bio-memory, physical bio-memory, in tune with each other. In just to create synchronicity, to make both in fall in tune with each other, the Vipassana technique. It's a very powerful process. If you can work with Vipassana, I will explain, it's a very simple technique, all you need to do is, be aware of your physical movement, breathing movement, & mental movement. That's all. Very simple technique. Sit as long as you can being aware of physical movements, like a belly going up & down, and breathing going in, turning, going out, turning. Same way mental movement, whatever is happening inside; just feel; just see. Be aware of this three: Physical, breathing & mental. This powerful method Vipassana makes your mental bio-memory, physical bio-memory in tune with each other. So, bio-memory is physical & mental. It's a strong connection between these two.
Thank you. (0:17:55)
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