DESIGN OF YOUR NEXT BIRTH

 

BEWARE OF YOUR NEXT BIRTH

     Some religions accept next birth, while others do not. If we have to understand the reality of next birth we must develop some mental powers. We do not know where from we came into this world. But in India it is a well known fact that our ancient saints meditated (Tapas) in Himalayas and developed powers to look into their past lives. They were even able to look into some past lives of others also. There are certain instances that some children were able to recollect their previous birth. It was practically proved by verifying what they said about their past lives.

     Universe is a result of God’s thought power. God has given us similar thought power. There is a direct link between God and man through thought power. A clear example is any religious prayer. God has no shape. But each religion attributes a shape of its own. Yet it works in whatever shape you assume God. Under high intensity prayer God can appear to his devotee in whatever shape he assumed. Hence all religious prayers work. Some religions developed idol worship. It is only meant for increasing thought power and hence it works powerfully. Some religions have not understood idol worship. They should understand the theory behind it and should not criticize idol worship. Each religion has its own understanding of God based on the circumstances they met with in their own life. They should not criticize other religions. One should learn to respect all other religions.

     Our next birth is mainly dependent on our present birth. Each birth carries good and bad timings based on what we thought and what we did in our previous lives. It is the result of Karma of our past lives. Since it is the result of our own actions of our past life, we can undo the same by doing good things in this life so that our next life may be a better one.

“What is this world after all? It is nothing but materialization of thought forms of God.” ----- “Thought is the primal force at the origin and back of all creation; the genesis of the entire phenomenal creation given as a single thought that arose in the Cosmic Mind.”  ----- “Thought is a great force; it moves; it creates. You can work wonders with the power of thought. You must know the right technique of handling and manipulating thought.” ( From the book ‘THOUGHT POWER’ by Sri swami Sivananda).

   As seen from the quotation given above there is need of thought technology to design our life not only in this birth but also in our future births. Thought technology consists of concentrated positive thought properly directed to achieve the desired effect. Meditation  also constitutes part of thought technology. Loose thinking and weak mind creates negative thoughts such as fear, anger, hatred, worry, lust etc. Strong mind can produce positive thoughts such as courage, love and right thinking. There is need for strengthening the weak minds. Concentration methods like black spot gazing, star gazing, crystal gazing may be useful for strengthening mind. My post on ‘mental powers’ may please be referred for details.

Views of YOGI PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA:

     “A child is born on that day and of that hour when the celestial rays are in mathematical harmony with his individual karma. His horoscope is a challenging portrait, revealing his unalterable past and its probable future results”. ----- “The message boldly blazoned across the heavens at the moment of birth is not meant to emphasize fate ----- the result of past good and evil ----- but to arose man’s will to escape from his universal thralldom. What he has done, he can undo. None other than himself was the instigator of the causes of whatever effects are now prevalent in his life. He can overcome any limitation, because he created it by his own actions in the first place and because he possesses spiritual resources that are not subject to planetary pressure”.(From the book ‘Autobiography of a YOGI’ by Paramahansa Yogananda”.

     Simply speaking have positive (optimistic) thoughts and actions and avoid negative (pessimistic) thought and actions. Develop strength of mind. These will be helpful for a better next birth.