Human Birth Is Rare – Don’t Waste It

kcp1982 · February 7, 2005

An article from Gitamrta.org:

Charles Darwin Theory

Charles Darwin is famous worldwide for his evolutionary theory. According to his theory, one species evolved into another. Thus one body changes into another. Our closet relatives in the animal kingdom are the monkeys, we evolved from them.

The Vedic Theory Of Evolution

The Vedic scriptures also state an evolutionary process, but the definition is different from that of Charles Darwin. There are 8.4 million different species of living beings in the whole of creation as follows:

900,000 species of aquatic.

2,000,000 species of plants.

1,100,000 species of insects.

1,000,000 species of birds.

3,000,000 species of beasts.

400,000 species of human beings.

All these species were created by God and like Charles Darwin’s theory; we also evolved from the animals but not by changing the same body, but by transmigration of the soul from one body to another.

Transmigration Of The Soul From One Body To The Next

Every living being is a soul (including plants and animals) covered in a material body. The soul takes one body then quits it to take another and so on. Going through all the various species in the plant and animal kingdom (8 million) and then finally taking a human body. The human body is the highest and most elevated of all bodies.

Once we attain the human body, if we misuse or fail to utilize the higher consciousness then we again fall down in the plant and animal kingdom. Then again we have to go through the evolutionary process, moving from one body to the next in the plant and animal kingdom for 8 million births before we get another human birth.

"As the embodied soul continuously passes, in the body from childhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change." Lord Krishna (Bg. 2.13)

"As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones." Lord Krishna (Bg. 2.22)

What Do the Non-Vedic Religions Say About Evolution

Christianity and Islam do not believe in an evolutionary process. The Muslims and Christians believe we only live once, thus this is the only life. They believe in resurrection. At death we are buried and we have to wait in our grave for the Day of Judgment on which day God either sends us to heaven forever, or hell forever. The humans have a soul but the plants and animals do not. They are simply created as food for the humans.

The Christians and Muslims have already done God’s job of making a judgment. The Christians say Jesus is the only way, thus all the non-Christians go to hell forever. The Muslims say ‘Islam is the only way’. Thus all non-Muslims go to hell forever.

The Vedic scriptures state that even the plants and animals can go to the kingdom of God, but they have to wait for their human incarnation. If one lives a sincere life regardless of his religion, he will slowly be elevated in spiritual life which will one day lead to liberation from the cycle of birth and death and thus attain the kingdom of God.

It is important to note that out of the billions who have been dead and buried, not a single person has so far risen from their grave (resurrected). There is overwhelming evidence to support the Vedic theory of evolution, thus transmigration of the soul from one body to the next, reincarnation.

The Vedic theory of evolution is very scientific and only differs from Charles Darwin’s theory in terms of the process.

According to the Vedic religion the plants and animals do have a soul and the animals were not created as food for the humans. The animals are made of flesh and blood just like the humans and they do feel pain and have intelligence, just like the humans.

Higher and Lower Life Forms

There are 400,00 different species of human beings. Most of these species are uncivilized; if you are reading this then you are one of the civilized human beings.

Within a species of human beings there are many different conditions in which one takes birth into.

Variety of colors:

· Born black.

· Born white.

· Born gray etc..

Within each color of human beings there are different nationalities that one can be born into. Note that until 5000 years ago, there was only one nationality for all the humans in the world, Bharat Varsian. Which means the sons of Bharat or India. Yes, the whole world was called Bharat Versa or India until 5000 years ago.

· Born Indian

· Born American

· Born Chinese

· Born Saudi Arabian

· Born African etc..

Within each nationality of human beings there are different religions in which one takes birth into. Note that until 5000 years ago, there was only one religion in the whole world, the Vedic religion.

· Born Hindu (Vedic)

· Born Muslim

· Born Christian

· Born Jewish etc..

Within each religion that a person is born into there are different health conditions that one takes birth into:

· Born healthy

· Born diseased

Within each diseased or healthy body that one takes birth into, there are different financial situations:

· Born rich

· Born poor

Within each financial situation that one takes birth into, there are different family situations that one can take birth into:

· Born with loving and caring parents

· Born with mean and un-caring parents

· Born without a parent (one parent died before your birth)

· Born with no parents (both parents died soon after your birth)

· Etc….

There are so many other permutations of conditions that one can be born into. Thus a good human birth is extremely rare.

So What Determines Our Next Body and It’s conditions at Birth?

Every person takes birth in a particular country, in a particular city, on a particular street, to a particular mother with a particular religion and financial situation. Exactly according to what the person (the soul) deserves.

"When one dies in the mode of goodness, he attains to the pure higher planets of the great sages. When one dies in the mode of passion, he takes birth among those engaged in fruitive activities; and when one dies in the mode of ignorance, he takes birth in the animal kingdom." Lord Krishna (Bg. 14.14-15)

"Those situated in the mode of goodness gradually go upward to the higher planets; those in the mode of passion live on the earthly planets; and those in the abominable mode of ignorance go down to the hellish worlds." Lord Krishna (Bg. 14.18)

Your consciousness at death will determine your next body

"The living entity in the material world carries his different conceptions of life from one body to another as the air carries aromas. Thus he takes one kind of body and again quits it to take another." Lord Krishna (Bg. 15.8)

"Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, that state he will attain without fail." Lord Krishna (Bg. 8.6)

Life on all Planets is Miserable

"From the highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are places of misery wherein repeated birth and death take place. But one who attains to my abode, O son of Kunté, never takes birth again." Lord Krishna (Bg. 8.16)

So how do we become totally Happy and free from all miserable conditions?

First you need to know what is real happiness. Becoming free from the cycle of birth and death, and free from all diseases is real and everlasting happiness. This means taking birth in the spiritual universe called Vaikuntha. You cannot go to the spiritual universe with your present body, only when you quit it and also if you have the qualifications to enter it.

"That supreme abode of mine is not illumined by the sun or moon, nor by fire or electricity. Those who reach it never return to this material world." Lord Krishna (Bg. 15.6)

"That which the Vedäntists describe as unmanifest and infallible, that which is known as the supreme destination, that place from which, having attained it, one never returns-that is My supreme abode." Lord Krishna (Bg. 8.21)

How Do We Attain The Kingdom Of God?

"One can understand me as I am, as the supreme personality of Godhead, only by devotional service. And when, by such devotion, one is fully conscious of me, one can enter into the kingdom of God." Lord Krishna (Bg. 18.55)

"Whoever, at the end of life, quits his body remembering me alone at once attains my nature without a doubt." Lord Krishna (Bg. 8.5)

What Are The Regulative Principles To Follow?

It’s not easy to give up a materialist and lusty life style, which most people are engaged in. Controlling the senses is like controlling the wind, which is very difficult. But when you realize that if you waste this rare human birth then you will have to go through the evolutionary process of transmigrating from the body to the next for millions of births before you get another chance of human birth, then it becomes a little easy.

Here are some basic starting points to end a demonic life style.

1. Stop being a serial killer, become a vegetarian.

2. Stop behaving like the dogs on the street. No sex before marriage or outside marriage.

3. Stop losing your consciousness, no intoxications (no drugs, no alcohol etc..).

4. Don’t speculate on your wealth, stop gambling.

All humans dream of going to the kingdom of God (the spiritual universe).

The non-Vedic religions say it’s ok to kill animals (eat meat). But in the kingdom of God there is no killing. So why don’t you start this practice now?

In the kingdom of God there is no sex, so why don’t you moderate your sex life now?

In the kingdom of God there are no intoxications, then why don’t you stop it now?

In the kingdom of God there is absolutely no speculation, so why don’t you stop speculating now?

Don’t satisfy your desires

"A person who is not disturbed by the incessant flow of desires-that enter like rivers into the ocean, which is ever being filled but is always still-can alone achieve peace, and not the man who strives to satisfy such desires. A person who has given up all desires for sense gratification, who lives free from desires, who has given up all sense of proprietorship and is devoid of false ego-he alone can attain real peace." Lord Krishna (Bg. 2.70-71)

But There Are So Many Religions So Which One?

The definition of religion is to know and follow God. Based on this definition there is only one religion, the Vedic religion. All other so-called religions are simply ways of life or paths that will lead one to the Vedic religion in a future incarnation. Then you will get an opportunity to elevate your spiritual life to a higher level through Krishna consciousness and at death be liberated from material existence and take birth in the kingdom of God or the spiritual universe. If you don’t want to wait then follow the Vedic religion now.

Lord Krishna is the only seen and proven God (read why Lord Krishna Is God). The Muslims believe that Allah is God, but no-know has seen him, and the Christians believe that Jesus is God, but Jesus never declared himself nor proved that he was God.

God does take forms, if God can give us the form we have then why can’t he take a form for himself?

God is always God in whatever form he takes. Lord Krishna proved that in all his incarnations, he could not be tormented or harassed or crucified. Nor does God need to hide in a cave to deliver scriptures; Lord Krishna spoke the Bhagavad-Gita in front of millions of people.

Knowing the qualities of God can easily clarify who is God and who isn’t.