02 Jul 2023
[Mr. Waller asked: Guru (Swami): if the receiver is undeserving, not only the doer of the ritual but also the departed soul are harmed by the bad fruits of the sin that is based on wrong charity.
What is the soul of a normal person: It is the Suksma sarira (Pranamaya Kosha, Manomaya Kosha, Vijnanamaya Kosha) and only sometimes a bit of Karana sarira. The soul awakens after some time in the astral world (which has a high sattvic, and a dark tamasic region) and loses soon any remembrances to the prior life: If it has lead a worldly life, then the soul sinks in darkness and perishes. If it has lead a yogic life, then it rises into the higher astral world. Only if it has reached the samadhi stage - then it has contact with real heavens. There is no real divine justice...! By Waller]
Swami replied:- The topmost merit reaches climax fruit and the worst reaches the most condemned level. Both these types are very very less in number, may be one or two at the maximum. When we talk about the concept, we must not keep these rare examples in our view. The concept is built by keeping our view on the middle majority, which is 99.999%. We must keep ourselves as well as the departed souls as examples of the majority so that the departed soul might have gone to heaven or hell as per the general level. When we do a certain ritual for the sake of departed souls, it is better to assume the worst state for them and do necessary prayers to God. If they had not gone to hell, it would be very good. Assuming that they had gone to hell, if we pray God for them, the risk would be avoided. Even if they had not gone to hell, the prayers would be fruitful so that God can do favor even to the souls that have gone to heaven. Thinking about the worst and getting prepared for it is the best wisdom either in Pravrutti or in Nivrutti.
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