MYSTERY OF LIFE-3: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE?

MYSTERY OF LIFE-3: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE?

Dear Friends,

Today, I want to talk you about humanity’s ever asking third most important question on life that relates to the mysteries of life after death i.e. what happens when we die.

What happens when we die?

When the true we i.e. our soul leaves our body [our soul’s temporary shelter] that is called death. Then, our physical body merges back to the five elements of nature of which our physical [material] body is made up of viz fire, air, water, earth & space. Our body was alive because of the presence of true we i.e. our soul inside of our body.

If we were to identify ourselves with our physical body, then, what will happen when we die?

We are no more when the body is no more!

But, that’s not the case.

Where does the soul go after our physical body dies?

When our body dies, our soul enters another body that is just to start evolving [the new body won’t start evolving until the soul goes in there] or remain as the soul [spirit] as it is, without entering any new body for some time, until a suitable new body is found for the next life.

Our next life is determined by our karma [activities] in the present life.

We may come back to this same earth planet or go to a higher or lower planet of this galaxy or another galaxy; we may be reborn again as a better or worse human being or even as animal or insect or a tree or a plant; all that as the result of our actions [karmas] while we were alive in the present life!

So, if people understand these spiritual consequences about the afterlife, all sane people ought to do good karmas only for the progressive journey of our soul.

Doing good karmas is, not only good for the next life, but also good for the present life to enjoy the happy existence on earth.

What becomes of us after death?

After death, we go back to the status of our original Soul [spirit] without physical body until we are reborn again to establish our another fresh & different physical identity in the next birth based on our karmas [activities] while we were alive on planet earth, we get the next body and reborn again in any suitable body our soul chooses, among the billions of planets in this galaxy or another galaxy.

What happens to our 100 years or so, of identity on earth, after death?

Answering this question is something like the analogous question: am I now the same person as I was 40 years back when I was just 10 years old?

The answer is yes and no.

Yes, because we are the same person who has just grown up and again the answer is no, because we have changed our physical body in terms of size, personality etc.

Thus in the journey of our soul’s experiences of various types of life, this present life experience is just a small part of the long journey, our soul has made. It had been a history to our Soul’s records.

However, the importance of our present life is that our present life activities [karmas] will determine our next life and so, it is in our own self interest that we do good karmas only in the present life.

What happens to our close relations of this life after death?

In this life, based on our past karmas, we get the kind of parents, family members, wife/husband, relatives etc that will be suitable to our quality of life. In the next life, again based on our present life karmas, we get different set of parents, family members, wife/husband, relatives etc.

However, all the souls in the universe are connected just like a group of people in a drama party, they take different roles based on the script of the particular play, but after the play they remain as friends or acquaintances of the drama group.

Similarly, in the universal drama of our life incarnations, depending on the play of life, we may meet again some of our parents, family members, wife/husband, relatives etc of this life, in the next life or we may not; but at the higher level of consciousness, our souls do recognize each other.

Happiness for all!

Regards,

Goodman

for HAPPY WORLD SOCIETY

PS: this post was originally written by Goodman on 9 February 2011