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The Science of Karma
Dadashri: No. The effect of past cause karma must be
experienced here and here only. Thoughts due to inner intent of
depriving others, stealing from others, cheating others and
negative decisions of hurting and depriving others, will take one
to the other life forms. The karmas created as cause in one’s
past life have to be experienced here only. The effect of beastly
behavior will be experienced here. How does one experience
it? The experience is in the form of a public insult or criticism.
This effect is the effect of the effect. The causes created within
by bad thoughts and intentions to harm others will take them to
animal life.
Who Is The Sufferer Here?
Questioner: Good deeds bind merit karma and bad
deeds bind demerit karma. Who experiences the fruits of this
good and bad karma that are created? Is it the body or the
Soul?
Dadashri: The doer of the good and bad karma
experiences it. The ego binds the karma and the ego experiences
the fruit of the karma. Neither the body nor the Self (Soul)
experiences it. The ego is the doer and the sufferer. If the ego
is with the body (“I am Chandulal,”) then the suffering is of the
ego only. If the ego is without the body (“I am Shuddhatma,”),
then also the suffering is of the ego only (discharge ego).
Questioner: Is there such a thing as hell or heaven after
death?
Dadashri: After death there is both heaven and hell.
Questioner: So if the karmas are bad, who goes to hell?
Does the Self go there?
Dadashri: The body and the Soul are always together.
Questioner: When one dies, is not the body cast off
here?