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Dadashri: No, no one has to take it, it just happens. This
whole world is “It happens”.
Questioner: Yes, but who makes it happen? Does it
happen through the jiva or the Atma?
Dadashri: No, the Atma has nothing to do with it. It all
happens with the jiva. The one who wants worldly pleasures
has the right to enter a womb (yoni). And the one who does not
want worldly pleasures, loses the right to enter a womb.
This is how it is. If you look at a sugar factory, at one end,
they will be buying sugarcane, and at the other end you will see
people stacking sacks of sugar in the stockpiles. Do you know
what the steps are in between? At this end, they import the
sugarcane, and first the sugarcane is cut, then it gets crushed, so
in its second avatar (lifetime) it is crushed. From there it goes
to its third avatar, then on to its fourth avatar and so on, until
it is sugar. Sugar cannot be made in just one stage, or one
avatar. So everything undergoes several stages of development
until it arrives at its final stage.
The Atma is fully developed anyway. But this outside
part, the part which is the clothing also needs to develop. Those
in foreign countries are less “developed” (spiritually evolved), as
they still do not understand reincarnation (punarjanma). Whereas
those here, are developed (spiritually evolved), so that whether
or not they understand reincarnation, there is still the belief in it.
Even a little child will say that in the next life, such and such will
happen. Therefore, whether you understand it or not, it is a
different matter, you still believe in reincarnation
The Same Old Routine Life After Life
Questioner: Is every human being’s life related to his
previous life (purvajanma)?
Dadashri: Every birth is itself a previous birth