body, soul and reincarnation
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According to scientists“Most of the human body is water.
In a 60 pound person, there are about….. • 5 pounds of Calcium, • 1 ½ pounds of Phosphate, • About 9 ounces of Potassium, • 6 ounces each of sulfur and sodium, • 1 ounce of magnesium, and • Less than an ounce each of iron, copper and iodine.”
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Now does that sound like you ? Please ask
yourself.Is this the essential
stuff of your identity…
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Sometimes HappySometimes ShockedSometimes Loving
Definition of a bodyOxford Dictionarynoun (plural bodies)1the physical structure, including the bones, flesh, and organs, of a person or an animal
WikipediaWith regard to living things, a body is the physical body of an individual. "Body" often is used in connection with appearance, health issues and death. The study of the workings of the body is physiology.The human body mostly consists of a head, neck, special body parts, two arms and two legs, as well as numerous internal organ groups such as respiratory, circulatory and a central nervous system.
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Is Life no more than molecular collision
and chemical interaction?
Is Matter conscious?
Does it have DESIRESDoes it possess FEELINGS
Does it express WILLINGNESS
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Don’t you feel we are more than the chemicals which constitute this body?
Then what is our real Identity?
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We sayThis is “my” body,
“my” hand and not
“I” Body, “I” Hand
So, Who am I?
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SOULThe living force within the body
• We see through eyes
• We smell through nose
• We hear though ears
• We speak through mouth
• We walk through legsThis dead body
has got all of the above
however it cannot functionWhat is the
difference between a living body and a dead
body?
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The difference between the two is
It is the symptom of the soul..It gives the proof of the soul..
Consciousness
WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
The body can only function because the Soul is there.
MATTERSOUL + MATTERMATTER
Material
• We are bodies made of matter• These bodies are just a
chemical bundle• Everything to do with this
body is finished at the time of death
We are not the material body of flesh and bones.We are spirit soul, encaged in the material body.
We do not die when the material body stops to function.
Spiritual
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Vedic Analogy
Soul
GROSS PHYSICAL
BODY
SELFor
SOUL+ +Subtle Body
MIND,INTELLIGENCE
FALSE EGO
Two aspects of the material Body and SELF
Every living body be it human, animal, bird, tree, reptile or any other living body undergoes six changes – 1.Birth 2.Growth 3.Maintenance 4.Production of by-products 5.Dwindling 6.Death.
Bhagavad Gita states“For the soul there is never birth nor death at any time. He has not come into being, does not come into being and will not come into being. He is unborn, eternal, everlasting and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain.” Bg 2.20
“That which pervades the entire body
is indestructibl
e. No one can destroy
the imperishable
soul.” [B.G.2.17]
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As per the VEDASFEW FACTS ABOUT THE SOUL
- Soul is eternal (B.G. 2.20)- Spirit (Eternal) and Matter (Temporary) is
an incompatible combination hence the suffering
- Soul is situated in the region of the heart- Soul changes bodies
- The size of the soul is 1/10,000 part of the tip of the hair
So what is DEATHand what happens
afterDEATH?
When a person dies, we say, “He has passed away” Who has passed away? The body is still there.Actually, as per the VedasIT IS THE SOUL THAT HAS PASSED AWAY TO ANOTHER BODY
Even though the body changes, we are the same person within the body
Child Boy Youth Adult Old Age
So we should logically conclude that when our present body dies, we get another body. This is called transmigration of the soul.
This is the ABC of spiritual understanding.
So how does the Soul transmigrates?
BG 2.13: As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change.
After the destruction of the gross body,
which is made up of the senses, blood, bone, fat,
and so forth,
the subtle body of mind, intelligence, and ego goes
on working.
So at the time of death this subtle body carries the small spirit soul to another gross body.
Subtle BodyMIND,
INTELLIGENCE
FALSE EGO
REINCARNATION
Rigorous researches have been carried out on past life memories.
The individual was able to describe their previous identity, the place where they lived and people they were associated
with in their last life.
“As a person puts on new dresses, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new
material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones.”
[BG 2.22]
PAST LIFE MEMORIES
Ian Stevenson (Canadian psychiatrist) University of Virginia School of Medicine for 50 years, Research Professor of Psychiatry• 40 years of
investigation • 3,000 cases around the
world who claimed to remember past lives.[3]
PAST LIFE MEMORIES
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There are thousands of real life stories
on reincarnation and here is one example.
Part 1 Part 2
So how can we break free from this cycle of Reincarnation?
Thank you for your attention
Your questions are welcome