past lives - Sookti Manjari

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Ayam varishthoya mayam na cheti

Vinirnaye kou katamassamarthah

Yastvasya praagjanma paramparaanaam

Vettaa sa eveti budhaa vadanti

 

"Who is competent to decide 'he is good' or 'he is bad'?

One who can see through the past lives of people alone is such a competent

person - say the wise.

 

While selecting candidates for responsible posts, the hiring body calls for a

police report about the candidate. 'There are certificates to prove his

educational qualifications;

there is the process of 'interviewing' to get a first hand impression about

the intellectual worth of the candidate. Where is the need for a certificate

from the police?' - object some people.

 

It is certainly necessary. To have a comprehensive understanding of a person,

his present life and credentials are not enough. One will have to dig into

his past life.

 

A judge, while passing a punishment order, will scan through the earlier

years of the convict.

If his earlier life was 'clean' and if this was his first crime, the order

will be different.

If on the other hand, the person is a hardcore criminal, the order will be

substantially different. This is one aspect.

 

Also, in order to come to the conclusion whether the person is really a

criminal or not, his past history will need to be looked into. this is another

aspect.

 

In the first instance above, the past is looked into to verify whether the

person seemingly innocent now is innocent or not.

 

In the second instance, the past is looked into to verify whether the person

presently 'guilty' is actually guilty or not.

 

Thus, in order to understand whether a person is innocent or guilty, it is

not enough to just consider his present personality. One will have to consider

the past, too.

 

How far back should one go? Two factors should be considered here. How

important is the post for which his candidature is being considered. This is one

factor. The second factor is the capability of the person who sets out ot

investigate. The second factor is stronger.

Let us assume that the post that needs to be filled is that of a secret

service agent.

In such cases, the candidate´s past life will be studied in detail - both

personal life and professional life. they even study the life of his immediate

relatives and family members.

The investigation ends here.

 

Let us assume that a wealthy person is looking for a personal bodyguard. Even

he will be interested in knowing about the would-be bodyguard in the same

depth. But he may not be having the resources to carry out such an in-depth

investigation. He will then have to be content with whatever investigation is

actually posssible.

 

In both the above situations, investigation comes to a halt because of lack

of further resources (in other words,because of the limitations of the

investigating agency.)

Let us assume that a person has additional resources -for e.g an ability to

go beyond the present life and 'see' what happened in the previous life. then

this investigating person will be armed with additional information, and

therefore his opinion will not only be different, but will also be more accurate

and

clear.

 

Usually, most people divide themselves into two layers. One layer pertains to

their personal life, while the other is their professional life. In many

people these are two distinct layers.

 

However, according to spiritually accomplished persons, there is another

layer also.

That is the layer of Samskaras. Samskara means the basket of thought

processes and preferences that have followed the person from previous lives.

This

powerful layer can influence not only the personal and professional layers, but

can also shape the spiritual life of that person.

 

However, a spiritually accomplished person doesn´t consider these three

layers to be independant layers.

They are interdependant. Among the three, the Samskara layer is very adamant.

It wants to win always.

It wants to have its say always. Many times, things happen according to its

whims and fancies. therefore, it is very important to understand this layer.

Actually it is more important to know about this layer than the other two

layers. Any decision taken in life without understanding this layer will have

serious limitations and will misguide the person sooner or later...."

to be continued JGD