Reply To: Ghandhabba, Jati, Vinnana (Consciousness)
…existent arammana. At death, according to Lal, the gandhabba, which is attached to or accompanied by a person’s hadaya vathu, leaves the old body, and awaits a “matching” womb. This…
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…existent arammana. At death, according to Lal, the gandhabba, which is attached to or accompanied by a person’s hadaya vathu, leaves the old body, and awaits a “matching” womb. This…
…a gandhabba matching that particular “state of mind” can take hold of the zygote. But there could be other cases, where the change could be good or bad. – In…
…“matching womb” meaning parents would have similar gati. – Of course, it is possible that the gandhabba may stay close to such a couple because of “gati to gati” attraction….
…a Deva dies and is born a human, only the mental body (gandhabba kaya) appears on Earth. That gandhabba may have to wait several years before being pulled into a…
…inert machine. A gandhabba can merge ONLY with a matching biological entity called a zygote. – But it is possible to make a zygote outside a womb by using artificial…
…take a certain path. Similarly, a tiny seed grows to be a mighty tree according to universal laws. A gandhabba being pulled into a “gati-matching womb” is just like that….
…come out of my physical body. Then it will wait in that gandhabba state until pulled into a matching womb, and I will be reborn to have a different human…
“……Otherwise, a matching gandhabba with gati that are a mix of gati of mother and father will be drawn into the womb. That is why a child is likely to…
…of my physical body. Then it will wait in that gandhabba state until pulled into a matching womb, and I will be reborn to have a different human body. That…
Another angle in “matching a suitable womb” for a gandhabba is “paying back debt.” I mentioned that briefly in the post: “Kamma, Debt, and Meditation” As stated in #4 there:…