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The Science of Karma 55 Questioner: How can you give happiness to others when you yourself are not happy? Dadashri: That is the reason why you cannot do that. There are however some rare people, but these are a very few and far between. In past eras four to five percent of the human population attained celestial levels. In this era two to four in ten million go there. In this era, you are wise if you do not give misery to others. If you don’t give misery to others, you will come back to the human level, into a wealthy family with all the material comforts. Here again one begins the process of binding karmas, through cheating and stealing, becoming worthy of a bestial life form. Questioner: Then what law governs this cycle? Dadashri: The one who is destined for lower life forms does not get caught for his bad deeds. But the person destined for higher life forms gets arrested for the smallest offence. In this way, he is stopped immediately and his coming life changes, before he gets on the wrong path. Who does nature assist? Nature helps the heavy karmas become heavier and the light karmas become lighter. The lighter ones rise to a higher life form and the heavier ones sink to the lower life forms. That is the law of nature. The one who has never stolen before gets caught as soon as he steals for the first time, whereas the hardcore thief never gets caught because his karmas are heavy. Only Humans Bind Karma Questioner: Is there another life form other than the human where less karmas are bound? Dadashri: There is no binding of karma in other life forms. It is only here in the human life that karmas are being bound. Moreover, in places where no karmas are being charged, they ask, “Why are we in this prison?” A place