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KARMA AND REINCARNATION
generation, and the other that of the doctrine of reincarnation. Jesus merely says that neither the man's sin nor his father's sin was the cause of his blindness; he does not deny the pre-existence of that man. Lord Jesus also means that John reincarnated as Elijah
But people may ask that if this doctrine is true, how is it that we do not remember our past incarnations. I will ask such: people in what way do we exercise the faculty of Law, ory. Certainly, so long as we are living in a body evenise it through the brain. In passing from ::- inusi nation to the other, the soul does not carry is former brain in the new body. Even during the course of one life, do we always remember our past doings? Can anyone remember that wonderful epoch, the infancy?
If you have knowledge of the Raja Yogic technique of perceiving the impressions directly through the process of Samyama (Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi at one time), you can remember your past lives. In Raja Yoga philosophy of Patanjali Maharishi, you will find:
Samskarat Sakshat Karanat Purvajati Jnaanan
"By perceiving the impressions, comes the knowledge of past life.”
All experiences that you have had in various births remain in the form of impressions or residual potencies in the Chitta or subconscious mind. They remain
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