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WHAT HAPPENS TO SOUL AFTER BODY BURNS - BY PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA
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00:00Why are you here? Have you ever truly asked yourself why you're watching this, or who you're seeking answers from? Is it because you're curious about what happens to the soul once the physical body is reduced to ash? Or is it something deeper, an ancient, unspoken fear within you, a fear of death of the unknown of that inevitable moment when you'll no longer exist in the way you know yourself to be?
00:24Your body, once full of life, will be surrendered to flames. Some flowers may be laid, some prayers may be whispered, and people will leave. But you, where will you be? Will you remain somewhere, or will you simply vanish?
00:39According to Paramahansa Yogananda, when the body is consumed by fire, the soul begins its journey back to its eternal home for the very first time. But do you know what that journey looks like? Or are you simply searching for a comforting tale to soothe your anxiety?
00:54Something that brings peace, even if just for a few fleeting moments. This is not a story. This is not information. It is not a collection of facts. This is an opening, a crack in your inner stillness, an invitation to meet the silence from which the soul emerges, and to which it ultimately returns.
01:14But this journey is not easy. It will break things inside you, your long-held beliefs, your inherited ideas about death, your assumed identity. All of it may shatter.
01:27And yet, if you have the courage, if your heart is truly open to understanding what lies beyond, then watch this video to the end. Do not look away. Don't pause midway. Because stopping partway means you'll only listen, not know.
01:44And true knowing only comes when you reach the end of the path. And if this journey stirs something deep within, something hollow, something sacred, then share it. And comment below, I am ready for the truth. Don't forget to press like, not as a gesture of support alone, but as an acknowledgement that something inside you has resonated.
02:04And if you feel ready to go deeper the next time, stay connected. Subscribe to continue walking this quiet road. Now prepare yourself. Close your eyes. Begin the inner walk toward that threshold. Death, the place where the soul truly takes flight after the body turns to ash. The body that once held so many memories now lies still, its final transformation beginning. Flames slowly reduce it to ashes.
02:31And yet, the burning question remains. Is this really the end? Is this what life was leading to? Paramahansa Yogananda tells us, death is not the conclusion. It is only a gateway, a threshold. While the body burns in the visible realm, the soul has already traveled far away. But something subtle happens that few can see. For a brief moment, the soul lingers.
02:57It remains. It remains near the place where it lived, where it felt, where it loved. The house of memories, the home of its identity, the body calls it back. It's not attachment in the usual sense, it's recognition. A life lived. Emotions felt. Bonds formed. And yet, there's no physical pain. The soul observes, but it is unaffected.
03:20The body is what suffers. The soul remains a witness, watching, still, detached. But not all souls are equally free. Some are enveloped in ignorance. Some are still entangled in the emotional bonds of earthly life.
03:35They look at the flames and feel fear, believing they are being burned themselves. And this illusion is what keeps them bound. Such souls do not immediately move on. They linger, hoping their body might return, that unfinished tasks might still be completed.
03:52Yogananda explains that the first experience of the soul after death is one of immense relief, as though an enormous burden has been lifted.
04:02But soon after, a tide of questions arises. Who was I? Where am I going? Is this the end? Or something else?
04:10And this moment becomes a crossroads. One path leads toward darkness, toward unfinished desires, unresolved emotions. The other path leads toward light, toward truth, freedom, and awareness, that everything in life was a grand illusion, a kind of dream.
04:28Yet not every soul follows the light. Some hesitate. Some remain close to the fire, to their grieving loved ones. They believe wrongly that they are still alive. They refuse to accept that death has occurred. And this resistance becomes the very chain that pulls them back into the cycle of birth and death.
04:48According to Paramahansa Yogananda, death is a test, a moment of great opportunity. If the soul faces it with awareness, with love, and with peace, it becomes free. But if it greets death with fear, with attachment, with anger, it remains bound. And that bondage is what fuels the cycle of reincarnation.
05:11You've probably heard of people sensing the presence of someone who has passed, feeling their nearness, their touch, their memory, as if it still lingers. Why does this happen? Because some souls don't move on, they stay behind, watching who cries for them, who remembers them, who speaks their name. But that's not the purpose of the soul. It must move forward. Always.
05:35And this is the core of Yogananda's teaching. Do not fear death. It is one of the most sacred moments in life. So where does the soul go after it separates from the body and leaves the cremation grounds? Does it enter a heavenly realm? A hellish one? Or does it simply remain on earth, hovering near the place it knew? Now that the fire has quieted and the body has turned to ash, the soul's real journey begins.
06:02That's the point where human vision fades. But the soul's inner sight awakens.
06:10Yogananda says that once the soul is fully detached from the body, it enters a different dimension. Not a place, per se, but a field of consciousness. A subtle realm, unlike anything in the material world.
06:21There is no day or night, no time or form, only experience. It's not filled with light in the way we understand it, nor is it dark. It's more like a realm of pure thought, except more vivid than any thought you've ever had.
06:35But not every soul reaches this realm. Some are so emotionally tied to the physical world, so anchored in their attachments, that they cannot recognize this new dimension. These souls wander near their homes, loved ones, and unfinished desires.
06:50Yogananda explains that the individual who has meditated in life, who has sought to understand the self, finds this journey much easier.
07:00Like a seasoned traveler, such a soul crosses over with calmness and clarity.
07:05But for someone who identified only with their body, who never discovered that they are a soul, the path after death becomes confusing and disorienting.
07:14These souls don't even realize they've died. Some think they are simply dreaming. They see their body burning, but believe it's happening to someone else.
07:24They try to reach their loved ones. They want to speak, to touch, but no one can hear them. No one can feel them.
07:32And this becomes a new kind of suffering. A silent cry into a world that's already moving on. This is the crucial moment. The soul must choose.
07:43Move forward into the unknown or cling to the past. And that decision determines what comes next. Rebirth or liberation.
07:52Yogananda teaches that in this moment, the soul is utterly free. No one can stop it. No force can hold it back. The direction it takes is its own decision.
08:03The soul that lived without fear, guided by truth and awareness, will begin to see a light. Not a light that you can understand with your mind or see with your eyes, but a radiant pull.
08:14A magnetic presence. Like a baby drawn toward its mother's arms, the soul begins to move toward that light. And that light who is not a place, it is the presence of the divine, of God.
08:26But souls that cannot recognize this light fall back. They return. Sometimes in a new form, in a new body. Sometimes in the same emotional patterns and attachments. And this cycle is what we call rebirth.
08:39It is the loop that Yogananda refers to as Maya, the great illusion. Maya makes the soul believe it is only a body, a name, a role, a relationship.
08:51But death gives the soul a chance to break free from this illusion. If it awakens, it can be liberated.
08:59But the question remains. Do all souls move on to this subtle dimension? Or do some remain frozen where their lives ended? Do they witness their deeds as they transition?
09:10In the subtle realm where there is no form, no words and no time, something profound occurs.
09:16The soul, after leaving the body, begins to relive every moment of its life, but not as a distant observer.
09:44When it once caused pain to another, it now feels that very pain directly within itself.
09:50The day it offered kindness, it sees the impact of that goodness with clarity.
09:56But this isn't heaven's reward or hell's punishment. It's a deep reckoning of the soul with itself.
10:02Paramahansa Yogananda explains that there's no divine judge waiting after death to sentence the soul to paradise or torment.
10:09No god is weighing right and wrong on a scale. Instead, the soul evaluates its own journey.
10:16It begins to perceive how it lived, why it made the choices it did, and what parts of its purpose were left unfulfilled.
10:23This process doesn't involve spoken words. There is no language, only pure silence.
10:30And in that stillness, it feels as though the cosmos itself is speaking, and the soul is listening with such intensity that it penetrates every layer of its being.
10:40At this crossroads, the soul must choose.
10:42One path leads back into a new physical body, to start another chapter.
10:47The other path leads to a realm of pure light, a dimension beyond the cycle of birth and death.
10:53But not every soul is ready or willing to walk toward that light.
10:57Some souls are paralyzed by fear.
10:59Others cling to attachments left behind.
11:01A mother they couldn't let go of.
11:03A child they wish to protect.
11:05Or even the illusion that they are still among the living.
11:08These are the souls that linger, confused and bound.
11:12We label them as ghosts, spirits or darker beings.
11:15But they are not inherently evil.
11:18They are merely souls caught between two worlds, unable to fully live again, and yet unable to fully move on.
11:25Yogananda reveals that the soul which has remained aware during life,
11:29especially one that has meditated and seen glimpses of its true nature,
11:33is able to reflect on its past actions without fear.
11:36Such a soul recognizes its mistakes but does not carry shame.
11:41It understands those mistakes were simply part of the learning process.
11:45They do not define its essence.
11:47Rather, they help the soul grow toward wholeness.
11:50In this higher state, the soul no longer identifies with being male or female,
11:54rich or poor, of any race or religion.
11:57It understands itself as pure energy, witnessing, eternal and limitless.
12:03This raises a profound question.
12:05Does the soul choose where, when and in what form it will be reborn?
12:09Or is there an invisible force that determines its path?
12:13In this moment of cosmic stillness, the soul hovers in a sacred space,
12:18surrounded by silence that seems to hum with ancient memory.
12:21The soul does not speak, yet something beyond sound echoes within it.
12:26Yogananda teaches that rebirth is not punishment.
12:29It's an invitation, a sacred opportunity to finish what the soul left undone.
12:35This decision to return is made willingly, but it's not made lightly.
12:39The depth of the soul's awareness and the expansion of its consciousness determine the next phase.
12:45The soul then enters a subtle, sacred domain, not located in the physical world, but in the inner cosmos.
12:51This is a chamber of spiritual design, where infinite possibilities unfold like scenes from a movie trailer.
12:57The soul sees potential futures, families, nations, challenges and lessons that await.
13:04And from this vast array of options, it is drawn to those that will teach it the most.
13:09A soul burdened by past violence may choose to be born in a prison or war zone, seeking to dissolve its karmic weight.
13:16A soul devoted to meditation may select a peaceful home, a hermitage, or a family of seekers to help deepen its spiritual practice.
13:26A love story left incomplete in a past life may seek reunion with a familiar soul in a new context.
13:33Yet there are some souls who are simply exhausted, tired of suffering, tired of karma, tired of being born again and again.
13:42They long to rest.
13:43But even this desire is often an illusion.
13:47Rest cannot come until the journey is complete.
13:51Yogananda says that a soul planning its next incarnation already sees the major events it will encounter.
13:58It knows the pain that lies ahead, and still, it chooses to return,
14:03because it understands that only through that pain will something within it awaken.
14:08The soul even participates in selecting its parents.
14:11This is not a casual or random occurrence.
14:15It evaluates not just genetics or location, but also the emotional and energetic readiness of the womb.
14:21This decision is deeply conscious.
14:24The soul is not a passive statue waiting to be born.
14:27It is an intelligent force aligning itself with universal laws.
14:31Once chosen, the soul re-enters time and space, and begins its descent into the womb.
14:38As it enters the mother's body, it passes through a mysterious passage,
14:42what some traditions have called the divine tunnel, or the veil of forgetfulness.
14:48Within the womb, all the light the soul had experienced after death slowly fades.
14:52The body has yet to form, but the soul's vast awareness begins to compress,
14:57like a sky folding into a tiny vessel.
15:01Yogananda compares this womb journey to a trial by fire.
15:05The soul, once infinite, now begins to experience limitation.
15:09It feels confined, enclosed, and this limitation is the very beginning of illusion.
15:15During the first trimester, the connection between soul and body is extremely fragile.
15:20At any moment, the soul might decide to withdraw if the circumstances aren't right,
15:25if there's emotional turmoil, lack of love, or deep negativity in the environment.
15:31Sometimes what appears to be a miscarriage is actually the soul halting its journey,
15:36because it did not find the energy it needed to carry forward.
15:40But when the right energy is present, when there is warmth, intention, and love,
15:45the soul begins to weave itself into the forming body.
15:48This isn't instantaneous, it's gradual, like poetry softly spoken into the silence of a devotee's heart.
15:55Now begins a whole new education for the soul.
15:58It must learn to see through human eyes, feel through human senses,
16:03and express itself through language.
16:05It remains inside the womb for nine months, without sight, without speech,
16:11hearing only the steady thump of the mother's heartbeat.
16:14And yet, those heartbeats become its first school.
16:18The mother's heart, though silent in words, speaks volumes through feeling.
16:22Her fears, hopes, and unconditional love all imprint themselves on the soul.
16:28This is where emotional understanding begins.
16:31The babies who are born calm, gentle, or unusually thoughtful
16:34have often soaked in the quietude of this sacred inner space.
16:38There is a profound secret here, while in the womb, the soul still remembers parts of its previous life.
16:46But as the brain structure forms and the physical senses strengthen,
16:49these memories recede, buried beneath layers of matter.
16:54By the time the child is born, the past has been mostly forgotten.
16:58What remains are faint impressions, natural tendencies, preferences,
17:02unexplained fears or talents,
17:03and sometimes a deep sense of familiarity with the world.
17:08Yogananda assures us that nothing is truly forgotten.
17:12It's merely hidden.
17:13And through deep meditation, the soul can awaken these memories once more
17:17and remember why it came.
17:20In the mysterious process of being born into this world,
17:23one compelling question quietly emerges.
17:26When a baby enters the world,
17:28has the soul fully entered the body,
17:31or is it still hovering somewhere in between?
17:33Does the soul need time to realize it has re-entered the flow of earthly existence?
17:38The infant arrives, the body cries,
17:41the lungs take their first breath.
17:44Yet something within remains unresolved.
17:47The soul has not fully anchored into this new vessel.
17:49It's not entirely outside,
17:51but it hasn't completely settled inside either.
17:54It seems to sway between two realms,
17:56the unseen and the visible.
17:59According to Paramahansa Yogananda,
18:01for the first seven days after birth,
18:03the soul merely observes,
18:05much like a traveler exploring a new house.
18:08It scans every corner,
18:10familiarizing itself with the body,
18:12the new surroundings,
18:13and the emotional atmosphere it has been born into.
18:16During this early time,
18:18the presence and energy of the parents become critical.
18:20Their touch,
18:21their attention,
18:22their love,
18:23all play a role in helping the soul decide whether to fully embrace this new human form.
18:29If the newborn is treated like a mechanical being,
18:32the soul may hesitate to enter.
18:34But when it is held with warmth and genuine affection,
18:37the soul begins to slowly accept this body as its temporary home.
18:41However,
18:42this isn't always a peaceful transition.
18:46There is often pain,
18:47because something vast,
18:48something that once moved freely through boundless skies,
18:52is now confined to a tiny,
18:54fragile form.
18:55It's like a vast ocean being compressed into a small bowl.
18:59Yogananda explained that when a baby cries,
19:01it's not always due to physical discomfort or hunger.
19:05Sometimes,
19:06it's the soul protesting,
19:08rejecting the limitations of the body.
19:09These first seven days carry immense weight.
19:13If the soul harmonizes with the body during this window,
19:16life flows more smoothly.
19:18But if that alignment is disturbed or incomplete,
19:21the child may carry an invisible burden,
19:23a strange inner restlessness that remains unexplainable.
19:27This subtle tension can often become the seed
19:29that later draws the person toward silence,
19:32inward reflection and meditation.
19:35The soul knows something is missing,
19:37something isn't right,
19:38and this deep sense of lack
19:40becomes the first nudge toward spiritual search.
19:43Another profound transformation unfolds in those early days.
19:47The soul gradually begins to release memories from its past life.
19:51As those memories dissolve,
19:53a new identity,
19:54a worldly personality,
19:56begins to form.
19:57But it's important to understand
19:59that this newly forming self
20:01is not the soul.
20:02It is a mask,
20:04a role created to interact with the world.
20:07And that mask becomes the root of the ego.
20:10The soul in its essence has no form,
20:12but society gives it one.
20:14It labels it with a name,
20:16assigns a gender,
20:17a religion,
20:18a social category.
20:20And over time,
20:21the soul begins to believe
20:22that this fabricated identity
20:24is its truth.
20:26According to Yogananda,
20:27this is one of the soul's greatest delusions,
20:30where it forgets what it truly is.
20:32If a soul is balanced and centered,
20:35it remembers.
20:36But most souls do not.
20:39And this forgetfulness initiates another round
20:41in the cycle of birth and rebirth.
20:43But this cycle isn't forced upon the soul.
20:46It is chosen.
20:47Every soul carries within it
20:49a will,
20:50a purpose,
20:51a mission it has agreed to fulfill in this life.
20:54And this mission isn't only about survival
20:56or worldly success.
20:58It's also about learning,
20:59loving,
21:00teaching,
21:01sacrificing,
21:01and ultimately,
21:03evolving.
21:05Being born
21:05isn't merely a biological event.
21:08It's the beginning of a sacred contract
21:10between the world and the soul.
21:12And once that connection is activated,
21:14the soul begins to settle
21:15into its earthly experience.
21:18But with that grounding,
21:19a new kind of amnesia
21:20also takes hold.
21:22The soul,
21:23once infinite,
21:24now begins to see itself
21:25as limited,
21:26as a name,
21:28a face,
21:29a role in a family or society.
21:31It begins to look into the world's mirror
21:33and says,
21:34this is who I am.
21:36But that is where the great illusion begins.
21:39I am what I am not.
21:41That is the silent betrayal
21:42every human goes through.
21:44Can we break free from this illusion?
21:46Is it possible for a soul
21:48to retain awareness
21:49of its true identity
21:50even after birth?
21:52Yogananda believed it is.
21:54He taught that
21:55if meditation is introduced early,
21:57if the soul is encouraged
21:58to turn inward from the beginning,
22:00then it can stay awake.
22:02But if not,
22:04this life may become
22:05just another long night of unawareness,
22:08repeating the same patterns
22:09from previous incarnations.
22:10Eventually,
22:12the soul fully accepts the body
22:14and opens its eyes
22:15to the external world.
22:17But in doing so,
22:18it often loses sight
22:19of its inner reality.
22:21And this inner blindness
22:22is humanity's first fall.
22:25The moment we start to believe
22:26that we are only flesh,
22:27bone and thought,
22:29Yogananda said
22:30that when the soul identifies
22:31with the body,
22:32it forgets its divine origin.
22:35From there,
22:35it begins to wander,
22:37lost in the illusions of the world.
22:40Now the child smiles
22:41when called by name,
22:42Raju Sonu Priyanka,
22:44and begins to accept
22:45that this is who it is.
22:47But is that really true?
22:49Wasn't this same soul
22:50once someone else?
22:52Maybe Maya, Arjun,
22:53a sage, a king, a wanderer?
22:55Names, bodies, faces have changed.
22:58But the essence inside,
22:59has that changed?
23:00No.
23:01But society, language, education,
23:04all these layers
23:04slowly cover the soul in fog.
23:07Now the soul becomes afraid.
23:08Afraid to look within.
23:11Afraid to face the truth.
23:12Afraid of silence.
23:14Why?
23:15Because silence threatens
23:17to break the illusion.
23:19It threatens to reveal
23:20that everything we thought we were
23:21was never real.
23:24This fear,
23:25this hesitation,
23:26is what leads the soul
23:27back into the cycle of rebirth.
23:30According to Yogananda,
23:31the greatest tragedy of human life
23:33isn't death.
23:35It's that most people
23:36never truly live.
23:38They take a body,
23:39but never embody the soul.
23:41They eat,
23:42sleep,
23:43laugh,
23:44cry.
23:45But without presence,
23:47without awareness,
23:48everything becomes mechanical.
23:51They forget
23:51that they are the soul.
23:53Then life becomes a routine.
23:56They go to school,
23:57compete for grades,
23:58chase approval,
23:59and eventually blend
24:00into a society
24:01that rarely stops
24:02to look within.
24:03But there comes a moment,
24:05a breaking point,
24:06when the soul
24:07whispers from within.
24:09A strange tiredness,
24:10an unexplained sorrow,
24:12a heaviness
24:12that no physical cause
24:14can explain.
24:15If someone asks,
24:17what's wrong?
24:18The mind may say,
24:19I'm fine.
24:20But the soul knows,
24:23nothing is fine.
24:25That discomfort
24:26is the soul
24:27knocking on the door
24:28of your awareness,
24:29pleading,
24:30help me remember
24:31who I really am.
24:32But who will answer?
24:34We've trained the mind,
24:36we've worshipped the body,
24:38but rarely have we
24:39nurtured the soul.
24:40And then,
24:41if we're fortunate,
24:43someone appears
24:43in our life,
24:45someone who says,
24:46you are not just a body.
24:48Great teachers
24:49like Paramahansa Yogananda
24:50arrive,
24:51not to add more beliefs,
24:53but to shatter
24:53the illusions.
24:55They tell us,
24:56you were never born in time.
24:58You are eternal.
25:00These words
25:01shake something deep inside.
25:03And from that trembling,
25:05a new path opens,
25:06a path inward.
25:08But this journey
25:09is not easy.
25:10To walk it,
25:11you must let go
25:11of everything
25:12you thought you were.
25:14You must sit in silence.
25:15You must meet yourself
25:16without masks.
25:17without names
25:18until only the soul
25:20remains.
25:22Yogananda's call
25:23was simple yet profound.
25:25Before you meditate,
25:26know yourself.
25:28Because if you keep
25:29forgetting who you are,
25:31meditation will never
25:31become real.
25:33It will just be a ritual,
25:35another routine
25:36for the mind.
25:37So the soul asks,
25:38can I return
25:39to what I once was?
25:40Can I become pure again,
25:42calm again,
25:43free again?
25:44And that is the core
25:45of meditation.
25:45It is not about
25:47closing your eyes
25:48or chanting sounds.
25:49It is not about
25:50stopping thoughts.
25:51It is a portal,
25:52a bridge,
25:53through which the soul
25:54returns to its original state.
25:57At the moment of death,
25:58when the body
25:58is left behind
25:59and the soul stands
26:00on the edge of awareness,
26:02there is a final dilemma.
26:04Should it move on
26:05or return again?
26:07For those who have
26:07embraced meditation in life,
26:09there is no hesitation.
26:10They transcend that choice.
26:13They are already free.
26:15Yogananda taught
26:16that meditation
26:17is the path
26:18through which the soul
26:19rediscovers God.
26:21In the moment of
26:22inner stillness,
26:23we no longer feel
26:24like a body.
26:25We become pure awareness.
26:27True silence
26:28isn't about staying quiet.
26:30It's about entering
26:31a sacred space inside
26:32where no words can reach,
26:34where thoughts dissolve.
26:36In his words,
26:38when the mind stops,
26:39the soul hears
26:40its real music.
26:42That music is not made
26:43of instruments or voices.
26:45It is a vibration,
26:46a resonance that comes
26:47from the very heart
26:48of existence.
26:50It is the vibration
26:50the ancient sages
26:51called Aum.
26:53Yogananda called it
26:54the cosmic vibration.
26:57When you connect
26:57with that inner frequency,
26:59something within
27:00begins to soften.
27:01It doesn't break.
27:02It opens.
27:04And in that opening,
27:05the soul sees two paths
27:06to descend deeper
27:08into bodily life
27:09or rise into its true nature.
27:12Those who lost touch
27:13with this inner current
27:14while living often return.
27:16But those who nurtured it,
27:18they rise.
27:19Their connection
27:20is not to the earth,
27:21but to the sky.
27:23Still, rising isn't easy.
27:25The soul carries memories.
27:27It carries impressions
27:28from the past.
27:30Meditation burns away
27:31all inner distractions.
27:33It is the true austerity
27:34through which the soul
27:35becomes free of its own burdens.
27:38Yogananda says
27:39the deeper you enter meditation,
27:41the lighter you begin to feel.
27:43This inner lightness
27:44lifts you upward,
27:45not just after death,
27:47but even while you're still alive.
27:49When the soul truly sinks
27:50into meditation,
27:52it transcends death
27:53within this very life.
27:55It rises above the body
27:57while still residing within it.
27:59But such transformation
28:00happens only when meditation
28:01stops being a mechanical routine
28:04and becomes a heartfelt devotion,
28:07a surrender,
28:08a complete immersion.
28:10It is then that the soul realizes
28:12it never truly died.
28:14The body may be consumed by fire,
28:16but the one observing it,
28:18the soul,
28:19remains untouched.
28:21Meditation gives the soul
28:22this clarity.
28:24I am indestructible.
28:26I am pure.
28:27I am the very essence
28:29from which the universe was born.
28:32Such an experience
28:32liberates the soul.
28:34But does every soul
28:35have this experience?
28:36No.
28:38Those who live only outwardly,
28:40who never turn within,
28:41who treat meditation
28:42as a joke
28:43or merely a technique,
28:45must undertake a long journey
28:47even after death.
28:48And the first step
28:49of that journey begins
28:50with understanding
28:51the depth of meditation.
28:53Now we begin to explore
28:54what happens after death,
28:56what becomes of thoughts,
28:58of unfulfilled desires,
29:00and how Yogananda reveals to us
29:01the secrets of the subtle realms
29:03where the soul's true destiny
29:05is decided.
29:07Death is not an end.
29:08It is a doorway.
29:10A passage into a realm
29:11we've never seen
29:12but glimpse every night
29:14in the shadows of our dreams.
29:16As the body burns,
29:17the soul separates
29:18from the heat of that fire.
29:20It is no longer within the body,
29:21but it is not yet fully free either.
29:24It enters a space in between.
29:26Yogananda called this
29:27the interval,
29:28a time of deep introspection.
29:31Here the soul reviews
29:32its entire life
29:33like a movie reel.
29:34Every emotion,
29:35every action,
29:36every desire,
29:37those hidden in secrecy,
29:38those acted out for display,
29:40those driven by love,
29:42all flash before the soul.
29:44This moment is not one of judgment
29:45by any external deity.
29:47Yogananda explains,
29:49when the soul is released
29:50from the body,
29:51no god sits to judge it.
29:53Instead,
29:54the soul sees its own karma
29:55and chooses its next steps.
29:58There is no punishment here.
30:00No heaven and hell marketplace.
30:02This is the science of consciousness.
30:04The energy you carry within,
30:06the level of your awareness,
30:07pulls you toward a matching realm.
30:09If your consciousness is calm,
30:11clear,
30:11and filled with love,
30:12you rise toward higher realms.
30:16But if the soul is heavy,
30:17laden with karma,
30:18desires,
30:19incomplete love,
30:20anger,
30:21jealousy,
30:21lust,
30:22it becomes anchored
30:23in subtler,
30:24denser planes.
30:25These aren't permanent realms,
30:27but they are very real.
30:30And time there doesn't flow
30:31as it does on earth.
30:33One moment could feel like centuries,
30:35or an entire age
30:36could pass in a blink.
30:38Yogananda says after death,
30:40the soul enters a world
30:41shaped by the very thoughts
30:43it held during life.
30:45The kind of life you lived,
30:47the way you thought,
30:48the emotions you nurtured,
30:49these become your post-death reality.
30:52This is where the real choice begins.
30:55If the soul feels
30:56that something remains unfinished,
30:58something left undone,
30:59it is drawn toward rebirth.
31:02Its latent tendencies,
31:04its unresolved longings,
31:06begin pulling it
31:07toward a new body.
31:09Some souls remain
31:10in this in-between state
31:11for years,
31:12which is why people
31:13sometimes feel
31:13the presence of those
31:14who have passed,
31:16through dreams,
31:17sensations,
31:18or unexplained intuitions.
31:20These are disturbances
31:21from that subtle plane,
31:23but the soul lingers
31:24only where there is attachment.
31:26Yogananda often warned,
31:28attachment is a stronger bondage
31:30than death itself.
31:32The body falls away,
31:33but attachment doesn't.
31:35If you have used meditation
31:36in your life to witness
31:37and release attachment,
31:39then death can no longer
31:40bind you.
31:41But those who spent
31:42their entire lives
31:43absorbed in the outer world,
31:45who never closed their eyes
31:46to travel within,
31:47experience death
31:48not as a depth,
31:49but as an illusion,
31:50a trap.
31:51They fall again
31:52into the cycle,
31:54birth,
31:54then death,
31:55over and over.
31:57This loop continues
31:58until the soul understands.
32:00Life is not meant
32:01just for enjoyment,
32:02but for realization,
32:04and the only gateway
32:05to that realization
32:06is meditation.
32:08As we reach the final part
32:10of the journey,
32:11we ask,
32:12what happens to the soul
32:13that becomes free
32:14from all bondage?
32:16A soul that seeks
32:16neither rebirth,
32:17nor pleasure,
32:18nor heaven,
32:18nor this world.
32:20Does it vanish completely?
32:22Or does it merge
32:22into a different kind
32:23of existence?
32:25We now stand
32:26before the final gate,
32:27a place beyond which
32:29the soul never returns.
32:30It no longer seeks a body.
32:33It desires no heaven.
32:35This is the point
32:35where all journeys end,
32:37and the soul
32:37glimpses its true home.
32:40Yogananda says,
32:41when the soul
32:42has passed through
32:43every kind of experience
32:44and becomes overwhelmed
32:45with a longing
32:46to know its true nature,
32:48only then does it begin
32:49its journey
32:49toward liberation.
32:51Liberation is not a place,
32:53not a cave,
32:54not a paradise,
32:56not a temple.
32:57It is a state of awareness
32:58where even the I dissolves.
33:01There is no name,
33:02no memory,
33:03no identity,
33:04no history.
33:05When the body burns
33:06and the soul
33:06leaves it behind,
33:08the journey begins.
33:09But when the soul
33:10has witnessed everything,
33:11heaven and hell,
33:12love and pain,
33:13rebirth and faith,
33:15virtue and sin,
33:16at some point
33:17it grows weary.
33:18In that moment
33:19it turns inward.
33:21Yogananda calls
33:22this soul surrender,
33:23the point when the soul
33:25says,
33:25I want nothing more.
33:27I only want to know
33:28who I truly am.
33:30And from here,
33:31the soul sinks
33:32into meditation.
33:34It begins to dissolve
33:35into its own consciousness.
33:37As it goes deeper,
33:38it melts.
33:39The I,
33:40that once seemed solid,
33:42begins to dissolve
33:43into the vastness
33:44that Yogananda called
33:45the Supreme Consciousness.
33:47This merging
33:48is not a death,
33:50it is completion.
33:52In it,
33:53the soul retains
33:54no experience
33:55because the one
33:56who experiences
33:57is no longer there.
33:59No one comes back
34:00from this place
34:01to describe it
34:02because there is
34:03no one left to return.
34:05This is the state
34:06where soul and source
34:07become one.
34:08No duality,
34:09no conversation,
34:10no questions,
34:10only stillness.
34:12Yogananda says,
34:14what you call death
34:14is merely the doorway
34:16to life,
34:17but what you call liberation
34:18is the dissolution
34:19of life itself.
34:20To attain this liberation,
34:23one needs deep meditation,
34:25total ego surrender,
34:26and not even
34:27the desire for freedom.
34:29Only when the soul
34:29becomes so subtle
34:30that it feels
34:31even its own existence
34:32as a burden
34:33does it finally dissolve.
34:36A liberated soul
34:37is never born again.
34:39It is not pulled
34:40by longing.
34:41No attachment
34:42holds it back.
34:43No memory binds it.
34:45It becomes the heartbeat
34:46of existence itself,
34:48present in every flower,
34:49in every breeze,
34:50in every silence.
34:51such a soul
34:53is no longer
34:53a person.
34:55It becomes
34:55the absolute.
34:57Yogananda once said,
34:58the day you realize
34:59you are not the soul,
35:01but the very source itself,
35:03that is the day
35:03you are free
35:04from the cycle
35:05of birth and death.
35:07So, dear seeker,
35:08this very life
35:09can be your last
35:10if you truly understand
35:12the purpose
35:12of your existence.
35:13This is your opportunity
35:15to awaken,
35:16to go deep
35:17into meditation,
35:18to truly know
35:19your soul.
35:20Because when the body
35:21turns to ash,
35:22only what remains
35:23is your truth.
35:25If you don't recognize
35:26that truth now,
35:27you may return once again.
35:29Another cycle,
35:30another life,
35:31another death.
35:32And this loop continues
35:33until you enter
35:34into silence.
35:36Dear listeners,
35:37if you have stayed
35:38with this journey
35:39until the end,
35:40and this message
35:41has awakened
35:41something new
35:42within you,
35:43take a moment
35:44to reflect in silence
35:45your thoughts,
35:47your emotions,
35:48your inner realizations
35:50matter.
35:51Let them guide you inward.
35:53Let them guide you inward.
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