Aptavani-8
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Dadashri: And even the doctors say, ‘The man is gone.’
As long as the heart is beating, there is a pulse. And when there
is no pulse, the doctors know that people cannot live without a
pulse and so they tell us, ‘he is gone’.
Questioner: I have read about certain cases where people
that have died, have come back to life. What can we make of
that? Did the living soul (jiva) return to the body? Or did the
Atma re-enter the body?
Dadashri: You are right; there are exceptions, where the
pulse comes back. So what do the doctors think? They think
that the jiva (living being) has returned. But that only happens
in certain circumstances. That is when the jiva rises up to the
crown of the head. It does not matter if the heart stops, but the
soul (jiva) has risen all the way to the top of the head. So when
it comes back down, the heart starts to beat again. That can
happen. Even the doctors become perplexed. But the jiva that
reappears, is not a new jiva. The jiva does not come again into
the body, nor does another Atma enter the body. It is the same
Atma that has not completely left the body. It has risen to the
part above the heart. Here at the top of the head is
brahmarandhra, known as the crown of the head, which is
where it rises to. So if the soul (jiva) still remains in the body,
then it is possible that it could happen. It happens sometimes,
not very often, but you do get exceptions. If someone gets bitten
by a snake or if someone suddenly falls into the water, then the
soul (jiva) will rise up to the crown of the head
(brahmarandhra). Then it becomes difficult to bring it back
down. In this age, they do not know how to bring it down again.
If it comes down naturally by itself then it is fine, and you would
think that jiva has returned to the corpse. But normally that
would not happen.
What Is Death? What Happens After Death?
Questioner: What is death?