The law of nature is such that no one can be taken away
from here. Without the endorsement of the dying person he cannot
be taken away from here. Does anyone endorse such a thing?
Have you not heard people say, "God, please end my misery and
suffering. Take me away from this world." They say this because
they are suffering and by saying this, they are making a signature
for their death.
Before Planning Suicide, Remember ‘Me’ First
Questioner: Dada, is it true that when a person commits
suicide, there are seven such future lives for him?
Dadashri: Whatever samskara (subtle impression left on
the mind from one’s longing, actions, etc. or effect of deeds of
past life or lives) is created within, take seven or eight lives to
exhaust. Therefore do not allow any negative impressions or inner
intents to take place. Run away from such impressions. Do not
attempt to take your life, no matter how much you are suffering.
Endure it. As far back as 1951, I told everyone who met me in
Baroda that if ever they felt suicidal, they should think of me and
come to me and then they can do it if they wish. I would explain
everything to them and they would cease from such tendencies. I
would explain to them the kind of causes such acts create and
discuss with them the severe after-life consequences of suicide. I
would succeed in changing their minds.
Consequences of Suicide
Questioner: What life form does one take when he or
she commits suicide? Do they take the form of a bhoot (ghost)
or pret (spirit without body after death)?
Dadashri: After committing suicide, one’s spirit or soul
wanders around. In fact, by committing suicide one invites more
problems. If a person commits suicide just once, the repercussions
of this act are such that he will have to do the same for several
lives to come. When a person commits suicide in this life, it is not
a new suicide. The suicide of this life is the effect of suicide
committed in the past. It is because of such effects, that one
continues to commit suicide, life after life. When one commits
suicide, he has to wander around without a body.
A ghost is a different thing altogether. It is not easy to
become a ghost; it is an incarnation in the celestial life form. One
becomes a ghost when one has performed severe penance and
austerities in ignorance.
One Cannot Live Without a Sense of ‘I am’
Questioner: Why do thoughts of suicide occur?
Dadashri: A person is alive because of his sense of being
and self worth. His awareness of ‘I am Chandulal’ is called vikalp.
‘All this is mine’, is his sankalp. This sense of ‘I and my’ is the
basis of his worldly life. Once he loses this sense of being, he
loses all worldly awareness and that is when thoughts of suicide
arise. So this sense of ‘I am’ is necessary and helpful.
When natural and spontaneous thoughts cease, negative
thoughts begin. He becomes immersed in complete internal
darkness and is not able to ‘see’ anything. Sankalp means ‘my’
and vikalp means ‘I’. When both these stop, a person will think
about dying.
Reasons for Suicide
Questioner: What is the cause behind a person’s
tendency to contemplate and complete a suicide?
Dadashri: The root cause of suicide is that in one of his
past lives he had committed suicide, the effects of that act is
carried forward through seven more lives. When you drop a
ball from a height of about three feet, it will bounce back up and
with each subsequent bounce, the height it bounces up is reduced
and eventually the ball ceases to bounce. That is a natural process,
a natural principle of motion. Similarly if a person commits suicide
just once, then this act is perpetuated for seven more lives. The
intensity of the effects carried forward is not visible but they
decrease each time and eventually coming to an end.
In The Final Moments…
At the time of death, a balance sheet of the dying person’s
entire life’s activities arises in front of him. As he reads this summary
of his life in 45 minutes, his new body for next life is formed. In
this duration, he may become a fodder eating animal or a bread
eating human being. This is the great importance of Kaliyug and
this effect of the current time cycle is such that it is extremely
difficult to acquire a human form again!
Questioner: In the final moments of death, who knows
when the ears stop receiving the holy messages uttered in the
dying man’s ears?
Dadashri: Many people will whisper in the dying person’s
ear and tell him to recite Lord Rama’s name. The fools! Why do
they ask him to recall Lord Rama when he is no longer around
and is in a Siddha State, without a body?
of the life of a dying man.
Dadashri: In the ultimate end, whatever has been
‘deposited’ (into one’s karmic account) thus far will carry forward.
In the final hour of his death, his next life is decided based on his
spiritual evolutionary status, which is determined by the result of
the final analysis of his balance sheet. This balance sheet is not an
accounting of his entire life’s activities, but his coming life form
and the middle portion. The middle represents the last hour, the
current final event. For example, if he is preoccupied with the
welfare of his young unmarried daughter, a dominant theme in the
last hour of his life, he will bind a life in the animal kingdom. This
preoccupation is part of the balance sheet.
People have been taught to utter holy words and scripts in
the ears of the dying man but in reality the dying person will only
be able to make a positive use of this if he has bound the merit
karma to do so, otherwise he will be preoccupied with worries
about his daughter who he leaves behind.
The summary of the balance sheet will carry forward. In
this regard, the good done in older age is much more effective
and carries more weight compared to the same done in youth.
The First Photograph Of Next Life
The law of nature is very precise in what it sends forward,
nevertheless the Vitarag, the Omniscient Lord, cautions us to
maintain awareness as we approach the age of fifty.
If a person is to live seventy-five years, the first imprint,
photograph (for next life) will be created at age fifty. For a life
span of sixty years the first snap is taken at the age of forty. For
a life span of eighty-one years, it takes place at age of fifty-four.
Until the time of this first photograph, your life is free; it does not
cost you anything. The first two-thirds of your life is free. It is the
last third that is consequential; your actions during the last third of
your life are imprinted on the balance sheet, which will come in
front of you in the last hour of your life. Is this a fair or an oppressive
law? It is not oppressive is it? It is fair, is it not? It says that we
have no objection to your reckless ways during the first twothirds
of your life but you had better shape up during the remaining
third of your life, before you die.
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