THE MAYA
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VISITORS FROM BEYOND
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WHATEVER STATE OF BEING ONE REMEMBERS WHEN HE
QUITE HIS BODY, THAT STATE HE WILL ATTAIN WITHOUT FAIL.
----- BHAGAVAD GITA
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AS THE SOUL SETS OUT ON ITS MYSTERIOUS JOURNEY AFTER DEATH, IT MAY, ACCORDING TO THE TRADITIONS OF THE WORLD'S GREAT RELIGIONS, MEET WITH BEINGS FROM OTHER LEVELS OF REALITY - ANGELS WHO HELP IT, OR JUDGES WHO WEIGH ITS GOOD AND EVIL DEEDS ON THE SCALES OF COSMIC JUSTICE. A VARIETY OF RELIGIOUS ART OBJECTS, SPANNING THE ENTIRE RANGE ART OBJECTS , SPANNING THE ENTIRE RANGE OF MAN'S CULTURAL HISTORY, DEPICT SUCH SCENCES. A PAINTING ON A FRAGMENT OF ETRUSCAN POTTERY SHOWS AN ANGELIC FIGURE ATTENDING A FALLEN WARRIOR. A CHRISTIAN MOSAIC FROM THE MIDDLE AGES SHOWS A GRIM ST. MICHAEL, THE SCALES OF JUSTICE IN HIS HANDS. MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES OFTEN REPORT ENCOUNTERING SUCH BEINGS.
ALL OF THESE BODIES ARE LIKE THE BODIES WE EXPERIENCE IN DREAMS. WHEN A MAN GOES TO SLEEP, HE FORGETS HIS REAL IDENTITY AND MAY DREAM THAT HE HAS BECOME A KING. HE CANNOT REMEMBER WHAT HE WAS DOIG BEFORE HE WENT TO SLEEP, HE CAN IMAGINE WHAT HE WILL DO UPON WAKING. IN THE SAME WAY, WHEN A SOULD IDENTIFIES WITH A TEMPORARY MATERIAL BODY, HE FORGETS HIS REAL SPIRITUAL IDENTITY, AS WELL AS ANY PREVIOUS LIVES IN THE MATERIAL WORLD, ALTHOUGH MOST SOULS IN A HUMAN BODY HAVE ALREADY TRANSMIGRATED THROUGH ALL 8,400,000 SPECIES OF LIFE.
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THE LIVING ENTITY THUS TRANSMIGRATES FROM ONE MATERIAL BODY TO ANOTHER IN HUMAN LIFE, ANIMAL LIFE, AND LIFE AS A DEMIGOD, "THE YAMADUTAS SAID, "WHEN THE LIVING ENTITY GETS THE BODY OF A DEMIGOD, HE IS VERY HAPPY. WHEN HE GETS A HUMAN BODY, HE IS SOMETIMES HAPPY AND SOMETIMES SAD AND WHEN HE GETS THE BODY OF AN ANIMAL, HE IS ALWAYS FEARFUL. IN ALL CONDITIONS IS CALLED SAMSARA, OR TRANSMIGRATION OF THE SOUL THROUGH DIFFERENT SPECIES OF MATERIAL LIFE.
THE FOOLISH EMBODIES LIVING ENTITY", THE YAMADUTAS CONTINUED , "UNABLE TO CONTROL HIS SENSES OF HIS MIND, IS FORCED TO ACT ACCORDING TO THE INFLUENCES OF THE MODES OF MATERIAL NATURE, EVEN AGAINST HIS OWN DESIRES. HE IS LIKE A SILKWORM THAT USES ITS OWN SALIVA TO CREATE A COCOON AND THEN BECOMES TRAPPED IN IT. THE LIVING ENTITY TRAPS HIMSELF IN A NETWORK OF HIS OWN FRUITIVE ACTIVITIES AND THEN CAN FIND NO WAY OF FREE HIMSELF. THUS HE IS ALWAYS BEWILDERED AND REPEATEDLY DIES AND IS REBORN.
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BECAUSE OF HIS INTENSE MATERIAL DESIRES", SAID THE YAMADUTAS, A LIVING ENTITY TAKES BIRTH IN A PARTICULAR FAMILY AND RECEIVES A BODY LIKE THAT OF EITHER THE MOTHER OR THE FATHER. THAT BODY IS AN INDICATION OF HIS PAST AND FUTURE BODIES, JUST AS ONE SPRINGTIME IS AN INDICATION OF PAST AND FUTURE SPRINGTIMES".
THE HUMAN FORM OF LIFE IS ESPECIALLY VALUABLE, BECAUSE ONLY A HUMAN CAN UNDERSTAND THE TRANSCENDENTAL KNOWLEDGE THAT CAN FREE HIM FROM THE CYCLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH. BUT AJAMILA HAD WASTED HIS HUMAN LIFE.
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THE CHANTING OF THE HOLY NAME OF LORD VISHNU, THE VISHNUDUTAS SAID, " IS THE BEST PROCESS OF ATONEMENT FOR A THIEF OR A DRUNKARD, FOR ONE WHO BETRAYS A FRIEND OR RELATIVE, FOR ONE WHO KILLS A PRIEST, OR FOR ONE WHO INDULGES IN SEX WITH THE WIFE OF HIS GURU OR ANOTHER SUPERIOR. IT IS ALSO THE BEST METHOD OF ATONEMENT FOR ONE WHO MURDENS WOMEN, THE KING, OR HIS FATHER, FOR ONE WHO SLAUGHTERS COWS, AND FOR ALL OTHER SINFUL MEN. SIMPLY BY CHANTING THE HOLY NAME OF LORD VISHNU, SUCH SINFUL PERSONS MAY ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF THE SUPREME LORD, WHO THEREFORE CONSIDERS, "BECAUSE THIS MAN HAS CHANTED MY HOLY NAME, IT IS MY DUTY TO GIVE HIM PROTECTION".
💫 MAYA'S ILLUSION 💫
MAYA'S ILLUSION IS LIKE THE FOAM 👀
WHICH MIXES AGAIN WITH THE SEA.
NO ONE IS MOTHER, FATHER, OR RELATIVE, ❤
LIKE THE SEA FOAM, THEY REMAIN A SHORT
WHILE ONLY.👀
AND, AS THE SEA FORM MERGES INTO THE SEA,
THIS PRECIOUS BODY OF FIVE ELEMENTS❤
DISSAPPEARS.
WHO CAN SAY HOW MANY EPHEMERAL FORMS👀
THE EMBODIED SOUL HAS TAKEN?
