Psychological Programming And Life After Death
Satsang: Swami Sukhabodhananda
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At times, even when we are thinking positively, negative thoughts intrude and spoil the whole atmosphere. How can we prevent this?You have a computer and you switch it on. Windows 98 comes on. You don't want Windows 98. You get angry . You switch off the computer, and switch it on again. Still you see only Windows 98 on the screen. Switching the computer on and off repeatedly will not change the situation. You have to change the programming.
Similarly , the psychological programming inside you, your subconscious mind, should change before any real change can happen. Your subconscious mind comprises engrams, mental traces that have been created over life experiences, both positive and negative; they are psychological representations that act like computer programmes. So long as the programming remains the same, the computer will function only in the manner dictated by that programme.
What happens to our soul when we die?
Our physical body is called sthulashariram gross body.Our limited self is called sukshmashariram subtle body . There is a third entity called karanashariram casual body . Now the sthulashariram is the abode of jivatma the spirit of life. It is not the body, but it gets identified with the body . The soul, along with the mind, is the seat of consciousness. The body is only a vehicle, and after our physical death, the soul is set free from its mortal coil. Then it searches for another body that will be its vehicle for another life time. At the end of this search, depending upon its karma in life till then, it is assigned to a particular body . The soul begins life anew in that body . In reality, the soul has no death. For example, there is space in this room and it appears limited by the room. Is the space enclosed within the four walls of the room or is the room a small enclosure in the vast unlimited space in the universe? The room actually is a tiny speck in space. But we say there is space in the room.Think of the jivatma as space and of the body as the walls of the room that encloses part of the space. Now suppose the walls of the room crumble down. Will the space previously contained within the room suffer any damage or dissolution? No, the space returns to its state of continuity which had existed earlier with the space outside the walls. Once this knowledge dawns in our minds, we realise that physical death means the release of our immortal soul from the confines of our mortal body. This realisation is jnanodayam the dawn of knowledge.
Tibetan Buddhists perform a ritual before a monk's death. All the monks of the monastery gather around the dying monk and chant mantras to request the soul which is about to leave the body not to be in a hurry to take another birth.When a soul is without a body , it is in great hurry to enter another body . In the hurry , it may enter an unworthy body . This is why some take to wrong wombs. If the soul has patience, it will have enough acumen to select the right womb.
Similarly , the psychological programming inside you, your subconscious mind, should change before any real change can happen. Your subconscious mind comprises engrams, mental traces that have been created over life experiences, both positive and negative; they are psychological representations that act like computer programmes. So long as the programming remains the same, the computer will function only in the manner dictated by that programme.
What happens to our soul when we die?
Our physical body is called sthulashariram gross body.Our limited self is called sukshmashariram subtle body . There is a third entity called karanashariram casual body . Now the sthulashariram is the abode of jivatma the spirit of life. It is not the body, but it gets identified with the body . The soul, along with the mind, is the seat of consciousness. The body is only a vehicle, and after our physical death, the soul is set free from its mortal coil. Then it searches for another body that will be its vehicle for another life time. At the end of this search, depending upon its karma in life till then, it is assigned to a particular body . The soul begins life anew in that body . In reality, the soul has no death. For example, there is space in this room and it appears limited by the room. Is the space enclosed within the four walls of the room or is the room a small enclosure in the vast unlimited space in the universe? The room actually is a tiny speck in space. But we say there is space in the room.Think of the jivatma as space and of the body as the walls of the room that encloses part of the space. Now suppose the walls of the room crumble down. Will the space previously contained within the room suffer any damage or dissolution? No, the space returns to its state of continuity which had existed earlier with the space outside the walls. Once this knowledge dawns in our minds, we realise that physical death means the release of our immortal soul from the confines of our mortal body. This realisation is jnanodayam the dawn of knowledge.
Tibetan Buddhists perform a ritual before a monk's death. All the monks of the monastery gather around the dying monk and chant mantras to request the soul which is about to leave the body not to be in a hurry to take another birth.When a soul is without a body , it is in great hurry to enter another body . In the hurry , it may enter an unworthy body . This is why some take to wrong wombs. If the soul has patience, it will have enough acumen to select the right womb.
