This is the modern world. Rarely does anyone go to scripture to find the truth in life. But we do readily accept the conclusion of the scientists. We like the scientists because they prove things. Uniquely enough in this case the scientists have proven in the laboratory that we are not our material bodies. They discovered that there is no cell in the human...
More3. Embodied soul
“Incarnation” means us, the spiritual soul, inside the material body. The concept of reincarnation means that before I was in this body in this life I was in a previous body and a previous life. The time we are in this body, we call that “our life”. “Oh, he lived 35 years,” on the tombstone. You start to count those years, “Oh, he was 60 years...
More4. Material desires
The soul has many inherent characteristics. One of those is desire. That is why we have so many desires. It is part of us, it is part of the soul. People say, “Oh, you can be free of all desires.” It is not true. Our desires take us through life. We follow one desire trying to fulfill it, and another desire appears. Then we follow another one and on...
More5. Material attachments
The second factor is material attachment. It is the nature of the soul to be attached. That is why we get attached so easily. Some people say, “Oh, you can be non-attached.” This is again incorrect. These people are attached to their non-attachment. We get attached so quickly. You are parking in the same parking space two nights in a row. Come back the...
More6. Karma
Number three – karma. Almost everybody has heard of the word “karma”. Most people don’t understand it very well. There could be a whole lecture on this subject but I’ll just briefly discuss it. In the material world there are material laws that govern us. They are called “the laws of material nature.” On this planet one such law is gravity....
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