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Aptavani-8
Five Senses Only for One More Life!
Questioner: When a living being (jiva) takes another
birth, do all the five senses and the mind go with it?
Dadashri: No, no, nothing at all. All the senses are
exhausted and they end. The senses have died. So, none of the
senses or anything else goes along with the Atma. Only anger-
pride-deceit-greed goes along with it. In the causal body (karan
sharira), anger-pride-deceit-greed everything, is included. And
the subtle body (sookshma sharira), what is that like? It stays
together with the Atma, until it attains final liberation (moksha).
No matter where the birth occurs, this subtle body (sookshma
sharira) is always with it.
Nevertheless, all the senses and everything else, dies. And
from the causal body, a new one arises. The senses have only
arisen for the sake of being exhausted, so they are constantly
being exhausted. And as they become exhausted, they finish. So
when you ask a dying man, ‘say something! Uncle say something’,
he would just utter, ‘le, le, le...’, that is because the tongue has
gone and he cannot speak anymore, his speech is exhausted and
finished. The same thing happens to the eyes. Even the ears are
affected; therefore everything becomes exhausted. So these senses
or anything else do not go with it. It will receive new and fresh
senses. The eyes will be first class, the ears will be first class.
Then just keep listening to the radio with your earplugs!
How Long Does the Relationship With the
Subtle Body Last?
So the Atma alone does not leave the body after death.
The Atma is accompanied by the karmas, referred to as the
causal body (karan sharira). And thirdly, the electrical body
goes with it too. The three leave together. As long as the worldly
life (sansar) exists, every living being (jiva) certainly has an
electrical body within it! When the causal body (karan sharira)
is created, the electrical body is definitely there with it. The