Reincarnation in different realms is the matter of attraction happening by the energy current and frequency.
A person’s last conscious mind is the first conscious mind leading to his rebirth in a new existence. Whatever character or frequency the last conscious mind demonstrates will be drawn to the energy current of similar character. This is in line with to the Law of Physics or Energy.
In the final moment of life, if the mind is overwhelmed with anger or possessive feelings, these impurities will lead it to a similar mind quality – the mind of animals, for example, snakes or fierce dogs. The rebirth in the lower realm is not determined by anyone, but the attraction of energies with similar mind qualities at the moment the transition to new existence is taking place.
For those who committed any of the five heaviest sins; killing their father or mother, killing an arahant, causing a conflict in the monastic order or causing a bruise on the Buddha’s body, the weight of their mind will be extremely heavy. Once leaving the bodies, the minds will be immediately pulled down to where the similar energy gathers; the deepest hell of absolute suffering (Avici).
On the other hand, the rebirth in heaven is caused by the lightness of the mind. People who have purified their minds but not to the stage of enlightenment, will be reborn in higher realms of heaven. If they always made merit and sincerely sent out loving-kindness, they will exude soothing and compassionate energy. As angels, they will have number of attendants according to the level of their compassion. Their faith will determine their outfits and appearance; they will have beautiful celestial bodies if they used to make merit with true faith and attentively prepared their offerings. The ending of this realm will start to show when their complexion becomes dull with fewer number of attendants.
There’s this very high level of heaven called the Brahma realm. Souls residing here were in the highly meditative state called ‘Jhana’. The time in this realm goes very slow and thus is long. That is why some deities believe that they have reached enlightenment after residing here for thousands of years. Only when they are triggered by sensual desire or hatred deep inside that they realize impurities (kilesa) still exist in their minds. Whenever the power of their merit depletes, these impurities will surface. Sometimes, the types of impurities could send them to the rebirth as animals.
Those who return to human existence right after death mostly have strong attachment to their loved ones or their possessions. If their awareness was fairly strong, they will likely return to human existence. However, the conception doesn’t happen immediately, they have to wait for couples with the same or similar energy frequencies to become intimate first. Their would-be parents must have a soul connection with them too.
For this reason, it’s crucial for the dying to remain mindful at the moment of death. Right before death, the fire element in the body will burn out, all the systems no longer function while the breathing gradually slows down. This is a sign for a good rebirth. As for the enlightened ones, their last breath will be very light due to their weightless minds which are free from any resistance, thus become completely liberated.
On the contrary, we can assume that those whose breathing stops abruptly will be reborn in a lower realm because their last conscious mind is heavy and so it’s pulled down by similar frequency.
The clinging mind is the mind attracted by a strong magnetic field.
There was a time one of my students died prematurely, he became a wandering soul; feeling lost, extremely sad and lonely in the dark world. To protect his soul, I had to find a place for him to stay and sent loving-kindness to keep him to safe. Everyday around 7 pm, he felt this pulling force that was hard to resist. I told him not to leave the place otherwise he could be attacked by other evil souls. I instructed him to recite a Buddhist mantra continuously until the force became weaker. This strong energy came from his friends and relatives who gathered at the funeral, crying over his death. It was a magnetic current that could pull him away from the place.
People with well-trained minds if their minds are not much tainted by impurities and can detach from everything in their last moment, they may rise up higher than the stage of Dhamma insight they have attained. The Buddha had taught that humans are strongly attached to lives, happiness and suffering; these are the energy current which bind us to this world.
If we realize that the body is just a station for us to connect with energy, we will train our mind not to cling to emotions, so we can finally give up all attachments.
By understanding the mechanism of energy field, we will want to stay away from unwholesome current such as a place of negative energy or bad people. This understanding can also dispel misunderstanding and blind faith, while shedding light on the mystery of different dimensions.
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