Opportunity Appreciation

In an astral conversation, Srila Yogeshwarananda instructed that I should give this alert about opportunity appreciation. His idea is that unless a yogi is satisfied with both appointment and disappointment while living in material body, that person will not be able to resist rebirth once the physical body dies.

This is because the subtle body will retain the need for physical involvement and will, regardless of wishes and desires, seek out a new embryo as soon as one is deceased. The only way to participate in physical history for fulfillment of unfulfilled desires which linger in the psyche, is to take another body once you become deceased. Realize that the material body is simply a manifestation of subtle desires. It is a play-out of what was an impulsive motivation in the subtle form.

Some deceased persons postpone the issue of taking rebirth by influencing others who are physically alive, to do their bidding. Like for example, gurus, spiritual masters, charismatic politicians, who from the hereafter influence physical people to push on their agendas and live out their desires. However ancestors, ordinary departed should do the same thing on a small scale. In fact in every species these hereafter influences prevail. But sooner or later such deceased persons take birth on the basis of the desire to make a physical impact.

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In an astral conversation Srila Yogesh said this:

Some student yogis who are deceased, come to me with this request:

“Guruji, I do not want to take another body. It seems to me that to do so would be a self-inflicted injury. In my past life, I was unable to control the historic circumstances. I am determined never to take another material body. Please show me the way.”

However it is not that simple. It is not just a matter of desire of the student and teacher. It hinges on what is in the psyche in terms of unfulfilled desires. Answer this question:

Do you have any desire for physical reality, to be part of it, to participate in it, to get pleasures from it?

While using a physical body can you say for sure that you could be satisfied without participating in physical history and getting the fulfilments which one can get only through a material body?

The ascetics who are serious. Those who master the ashtanga yoga process described by Patanjali, should wake up to how the psychic material nature will pivot them for their wishes or against the same, according to how it is configured on the basis of how they handle the opportunities which nature provides during the lifetime

What was the attitude of the ascetic?

Was he taking advantage of all experiences (bhogas) nature offered?

Dis he try to escape from some, to avoid some?

Did he crave or cling to the pleasurable ones?

The yogi who appreciated the appointments and disappointments just the same, is the one who developed a mature psyche which has the right attitude towards material nature and which it might very well facilitate so that he does not have to take physical rebirth. Otherwise I do not see how I can bless that person and cause his resistance to rebirth to be effective.

Evolution means the fulfilment of desires but every stage of impact of a desire is an experience to be appreciated. One should not think that success of a desire is fulfilment. And then think that failure of a desire has no satisfaction. It is all satisfying. It is all experience and evolutional display. The success should be appreciated. The failure should be relished as well. Then and only then will one’s subtle body shed the need for the physical history.