Guest guest Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 Namaste. The atma is without sin. According to past tendency a body is acquired which best fulfills our desires and allows us to experience the effects of our past actions. If your preponderant tendencies were in the lower centers then you get a lower life form and vice versa. Paramahamsa Yogananda stated that those species which live most closely with human beings, dog, cat and horse are most likely to get a human body. Swami Adiswarananda of the New York Ramakrishna Mission explained to me the process of evolution. A little fish is eaten by a bigger one and then must wait until that bigger fish dies to gain that type of body, etc. Whatever your mind is on at the moment of death you become. In the Yoga Vasistha it says that liberation may be gained in human or animal form and also after death. It is stated many other places and by many teachers that human birth is necessary. It my experience anything is possible through God’s Grace. Love, Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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