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(of ignorance). The embodied soul (jiva) does have a mind in
the animal realm, but its mind is limited, its food will be
corresponding to that; its blood and everything else will be animal-
like. But it has to go to that location in order to suffer everything.
If it were not like that, then people would not work for a living,
but instead just steal and eat! But in the next life (birth), one
immediately reaps the fruit of all this.
Now here, one eats what is not rightfully his to eat.
Adulterates goods and then sells them; enjoys things that are not
rightfully his. That is all bestial thinking, which is preparing him
for life in the animal realm. You should realize that such thoughts
only leads one to the animal realm; while virtuous thoughts
(thoughts of sajjanta), will return him back to human life. And
if one gives to others, that which rightfully belongs to him, and
has magnanimous superhuman thoughts; then he will go to the
celestial realm of existence (deva gati).
Questioner: In the animal yoni (birth), does one have
good and bad thoughts?
Dadashri: No. There are no thoughts or anything of the
kind over there. The animal birth is a birth which is only meant
to suffer effects (discharge) of karma. The celestial realm too,
is only one that has to be suffered, as is the infernal realm. Only
humans bind karma and suffer them as well, at the same time.
Questioner: What if the credit and the debit, both stop?
Dadashri: If credit and debit, merit karma (punya) and
demerit karma (paap) both come to an end, then one goes to
moksha.
To Wander from Realm to Realm Is Nature’s
Law
Questioner: But they say that one only attains human
birth after he wanders around for 8,400,000 lifetimes, so does