Pujya Ramsukhdasji Maharaj

[Guest guest]

Man is Rebonrn According to His Thoughts at Time of Death

 

In Gita 8/6 Bhagavaan says that - He who thinks of the Him, at the time of death

attains Him. Now what becomes of those, who do not think of Bhagavaan, but think

of something else? The answer follows in the verse Gita 8/7 -

 

Yam Yam vaapi smaranbhaavam tyajatyante kalevaram

tam tamevaiti kaunteya sadaa tadbhaava bhaavitah

 

Whatever object or being a man thinks of at the time of his death or

departure from the body, that alone does he attain, as having been

alwyas in these thoughts. (Gita 8/6)

 

An Important Fact

 

(1) A being is reborn in the body, he thinks of, at the time of death.

As a man, rearing a domestic dog thinks of it at the time of death, he

is born as a dog. As the programme broadcast from a particular radio

station, is received at a particular wavelength and then spreads in the form of

sound, the thought of a dog with which he has been connected in anyway, is

caught by him. Then the soul with subtle and causal bodies, enters the body of

the dog via water, air (breath) or food etc. Then, it enters the body of a

female dog, and takes birth as a dog, at the right time.

 

This can be explained, with the help of an illustration. A person goes

to a photographer and requests him, to take his photograph. The

photographer advises him to keep a smiling face, remaining still. But

when the photographer asks him to be ready, a fly sits on his nose and

so he moves his face muscles, in order to remove that fly. The result

is, that he gets the photograph with a distorted face. In the same way, a man is

reborn, according to his thoughts at the time of death.

 

As far as, the time to take a photgraph is concerned, we know it before hand,

but we do not know the time of death. So by purifying our nature and thoughts,

we should ever be alert and think of Him at all times (Gita 8/5, Gita 8/7)

 

2) In this directive of the Lord is seen both His justice as well as,

His grace. Generally justice and grace (mercy, compassion) seem

incompatible, because if there is justice there cannot be grace (mercy,

compassion). But this rule is applicable to the human beings and not to the

Lord, as he is most merciful, and a disinterested friend of all beings (Gita

5/29). So all His ordinances and rules are full of justice and mercy.

 

Whatever being, a man thinks of at the time of death, he gets the same

form at rebrith. If he dies thinking of a dog, he is reborn as a dog.

This is God's justice. But He has given freedom to man to think either

of a dog or of a man, or of God and this is His mercy. A man can attain God,

just by thinking of Him, as he can attain the body of a dog by thinking of it.

If a man starts thing of His justice and His grace in form of mercy, he will be

attracted towards Him alone.

 

'Whatever longing a man has, according to that longing he dreams. He

meets his end (death) according to the dream viz., at the time of death he

thinks of the object according to his longing and he meets his end according to

that thought. "

 

It means that at the time of death we cannot think of whatever we wish, but we

will end up thinking according to our latent tendency; and accordingly we shall

meet our end. The thing to which we give existence and value; with which we

accept our relationship and out of which we derive pleasure, we have latent

desire for the same thing. If we hold that the world can't provide us with

pleasure, we shall have no such desire for the world. If there is no such

desire, then at the time of death, if any thought comes to the mind, it will be

only of God because in principle — all is God — 'Vasudevah sarvam'. 'Tam

tamevaiti' — as the thread follows the needle, similarly whatever being, a man

thinks of at the time of death, that alone does he attain.