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The Science of Karma
Questioner: But humans for the most part do not do
good karmas.
Dadashri: The present time cycle, which is characterized
by evil and despair, is rampant with generally bad karma.
Questioner: So here new karmas are being bound?
Dadashri: They are being bound day and night. One
keeps binding new ones and experiencing the old ones.
Questioner: Is there a better life than this anywhere
else?
Dadashri: Nowhere. This is as good as it gets. There
are two directions of progress from here. Here if you have a
debt, which means that you have bound bad karma; you would
have to go to the animal kingdom to pay it off. If your debt
were excessive, you would have to take birth in hell, and settle
it there before you return to the human life. If you accomplish
good karmas here, then you become a more elevated human
being and live an entire life of happiness. When that is over, you
will either return to the same state or go into the celestial form,
where you will enjoy the benefits of your credits. Once the
credit is used up, you end up back here in the human form.
Questioner: Is the human lifespan longer than any other
life form’s?
Dadashri: No, not at all. The celestial beings have a
lifespan of a hundred thousand years.
Questioner: You will have to finish all your karmas first
before you get a chance to become a celestial being, is that
not so?
Dadashri: No, it is nothing like that. If someone is a
superhuman then he will definitely become a celestial being. A
superhuman is someone who instead of enjoying his own happiness
gives it away to others. Such people go to the celestial level.