Death: Before, During & After... Death: Before, During & After.. | Page 50

38 Death to undergo the same amount of wandering before he returns to the human form. Dadashri: No, it is not like that. Having achieved the human form once, one does not have to go through the cycle of 8.4 million births again to be born as a human again. If a person has an animal-like mentality, he will reincarnate in the animal form for a maximum of eight births. And that too will only be for a period of one to two hundred years. After that, he returns back to the human form. Once the human form is achieved, he does not have to wander 8.4 million lives. Questioner: Does the same soul wander for 8.4 million times? Dadashri: Yes, the same soul. Questioner: But the Soul is pure, is it not? Dadashri: The Soul is pure, even now. It has remained pure even after wandering through 8.4 million wombs. It has been pure, it is pure and it will always be pure. Next Life According to Wishes of the Last Hour Questioner: Is a person’s rebirth based on his desires and passions present within him at the time of his death? Dadashri: Yes. But when people say that the person who died had such and such wishes, such last minute wishes cannot be created. They occur as a consequence of the balance sheet. It is the balance sheet of his entire life that comes forward in the final hour before his death, and it is this balance sheet that determines which life form he will enter. From a human to a human?