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occurs in the previous life that has any relationship to this life?
Dadashri: A tremendous relationship! Seeds sown in the
previous life, result in a full-fledged fruit in this life. So is there not
a difference between the seed and its fruit? When we sow a seed
of wheat, that is the previous life, and the plant, which grows from
it, is this life. Now from this plant, the seeds that are shed is the
current life, will grow as a plant and that will be the new life and so
on. Did you understand this or not?
Questioner: From many that are walking a snake bites
only one person. Is that the result from a previous life?
Dadashri: Yes, that is precisely what I am trying to explain.
That is reincarnation. And that is why the snake bites him. If it
were not for reincarnation, the snake would not have bitten him.
In essence, the man is being paid back from the account of his
previous life in the same way that a debt gets paid off. Through
spiritual development we can understand all these accounts and
their repayments. This is why people in India believe in
reincarnation, but they are not able to categorically state that indeed
there is reincarnation. They cannot prove that it does in fact exist.
But based on the experiences in their lives, their faith in reincarnation
has strengthened.
A woman may ask why her friend was blessed with such a
nice mother-in-law, whereas she is not so fortunate. So there will
be all kinds of circumstances based on accounts of previous life.
What Else Carries Forward?
Questioner: When life enters another body, do the five
senses and the mind go with it?
Dadashri: No, nothing like that whatsoever. The senses