Is our next body shaped by our desire or by our mind?
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So, what shapes our next body? Is it our desire that shapes it? But then the mind also, the subtle body goes with this body to the next body. So, does the mind shape it, or does our desire shape it? Actually, the two are not unrelated.
Our desires, they shape our mind. And our mind shapes our next body. Sadā tadbhāva bhāvitāḥ Tadbhāva, that existence, bhāvitā, is manifested.
By what? yamyam vāpi smaran bhāvam tajatyante kalevaram tam tam evaiti kaunteya sadā tadbhāva bhāvitāḥ That whatever we remember at the time of death, we attain in our next life. So, from the subtle, the gross is manifested. So, for every action that I do right now, that is creating impressions in the mind.
And these impressions will shape our future. Actually, the impressions in the mind are constantly shaping our future also. But at the moment of death, there is a sudden transition.
And then a new body is manifested, which is shaped according to the kind of mind that we have cultivated now. And that mind is cultivated by our desires. It’s like, if I have a Gmail ID, and I am working on a particular computer, then I have used on that computer my Gmail ID.
So now, to some extent, my bookmarks, my search patterns, all those are stored on the computer. And anytime I type on it, all those search patterns, all those bookmarks will come. But if I sell that computer, I buy a new computer.
And at that time, that computer is like a disappearing slate. But as soon as I login with my Gmail ID, then automatically, those same bookmarks, those same search results, they all come back again. So like that, we could say that logging in with the Gmail ID is like connecting the mind with the body.
So the body itself is like a clean slate. But as soon as the mind gets connected, the mind has all the impressions. Just as Google has its own servers where all the information about the person is stored.
So like that, the mind has its stores in which the related information about us is stored. And that becomes manifested. And then the thought patterns, the inclinations, what is called as swabhaava, the nature that we have acquired in our previous life, that carries on to the next life.
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