Hindu Guest Speaker chaitanya Charan Flashcards
2 assumptions
- People everywhere are similar
2. Religion or spirituality is support to life. Adopt world view so that it helps you to move forward
Evolution
Better understanding of ourselves
Reality of life- there is no happily ever after, everything has to end
What is in us
Indestructible soul
Beyond the mine there is a soul
Three models of being
Body
Kind
Soul
What happens at death?
Physical body: dead on the departure of the soul
Move onto another reality
Elevation
Personality is not determined by genes only, depends on the type of soul you have
So is present in every being
Our disposition at death
Our destination after death
Our attachment through life
Our disposition at death
Cremation
Visible bodily destruction brings closure for the soul to move on to its next body
Body is unworkable the soul can move on
Body is burned- Paul can move on
So is no longer attached
Life is temporary
Serves a constructive purpose
Past life memories
Dr Ian Stevenson Four types 1. Recollections 2.recognitions 3.behaviors 4. Birthmarks
Emigration
Emigrate to this world of matter
Whatever we find attractive in anyone, it is all present in its fullness in the divine
Kushna
Someone who attracts everyone
Horizontal
People beside us, temporary; doesn’t last forever
Vertical
With the divine
When we learn to love the divine that is when we attain the divine
Yoga
Connection
Perceive a higher reality
Connection with the soul and the divine
Connection with the finite and the infinite
Bhakti
Divine love
Connection of the divine is developed by the power of emotion
When we love the divine more than the world, the divine takes us out of the world to his abode
If we become spiritually aware, we can live with pain but we don’t have to live in pain
Ghosts
Soul with no body
Ghosts are themselves in a state of rest distress
Souls can enter- body and possess the body
Takes over
Once the soul is gratified then it will leave
