Guest guest Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 advaitin , " Sowmy " <nsowmy> wrote: > > What are these souls? Why do they act as carriers of mind ? Can > the " jiva and mind-with-vasana " exist without entering a new body? > Can they possess another body which doesnt belong to them? > > I have heard about an incident in Shri Adi Shankara's life, in which > he transmigrates to a dead-body of that of a King, to answer a > question raised by a woman during a debate. Then can souls enter > dead bodies as well ??? Namaste,IMHO, As Jesus said all power come to he/she that overcomes. These jivas are just whirlpools in the ocean of samasar, that have forgotten they are in fact the ocean. They are not carriers of mind but composites of the mind. This is how the mind is made up-Jivas. Of course within illusion all is possible for it is illusion. A Jiva is a construct and can exist in any form in the three worlds. Ramana said for the unliberated there is always a type of body. Yes there is a Yogic technique for those who have overcome and even others to occupy dead bodies. Usually they are recently dead, and I remember a story of a yogi entering a younger body already on the funeral pyre and then walking away. To save time growing up in a new body I suppose. The Liberated Jesus also re-entered a dead body and re-energised it, although it was one that he had already occupied. Then we have the story of Indra becoming a pig for a while, and Krishna creating multiple bodies for the Gopis to dance with. Once we realise that the Jiva is just constructs then it disappears, and on dropping the body it all collapses as never having happened at all............ONS...Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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