There are two types of Sanskaras, natural and non-natural. Sanskaras are Impressions stored in the mind through experiences in this or previous lives. All life and human actions are based in ones nature, responses and state of mind. In States of Consciousness there are different and divided impressions and experiences.
The process of reincarnation is to enable the mind to eliminate the sanskaras/impressions by going through the fire of pain and pleasure. The struggle to unburden these finite impressions is one that takes place through opposite impressions and is the process of reincarnation. In the process of reincarnation through the mind of persons which are consistently though unconsciously used, must experience opposites so that the impressions of opposites gradually become fainter and fainter.
It is the process of deaths and births in human form that leads to involution of consciousness and it is a very long process of unfailing reincarnations to gradually dissociate from experiencing the impressions of opposites of the world. In order to remove the impressions that the mind contains the process of reincarnation and the consciousness of involution must be followed through.
Karma is good or bad, it can bind you or it can free you leading to Self Realization. Karma binds as long as it feeds the ego mind with wrong understanding. The power of Karma from right understanding brings freedom and wears out the ego mind. It doesn’t help to reincarnate if you still don’t know who you truly are with your next birth. The space between death and birth is as important as the space between birth and death. Evolution of Consciousness is complete when you are born into the first human form.
This process is a gradual revealing of ones ego and involves a partial annihilation of the ego when advancing from one state of consciousness to another while crossing the inner planes of ones consciousness. All Six planes are transitional phases in the journey on the spiritual path and must be directly experienced before reaching the seventh plane which is the end of the journey and the realization of Self/God.
Understanding the stages of experiences one goes through in the Process of Involution of consciousness.
Spiritual Understanding can best be understood through the difference between Spirit and Matter. In understanding Matter we have material means, it has form and is understood through the mind or intellect with data that comes through all our senses.
Spirit is understood through the spirit itself it has no form. This highest understanding that the spirit enjoys is self knowledge without using any medium or instrument this is rare and difficult to attain. The Spirit should be understood through the heart not the mind.
The mind’s intellectual understanding of material things is derived from desires and cravings. If the mind tries to tackle spiritual problems it uses concepts invented for the understanding of material things. This is doomed to fail because all concepts of the mind of material things are inadequate for understanding the spirit. You might as well try to hear with your eyes, see through your ears or stand on your own shoulders. The mind tries to understand the spirit independent of the heart and uses information from the material world, so you look at the spirit as an object of the mind and it isn’t. The mind wants proofs and conclusions this is where science should walk hand in hand with spirit.
The heart values its intuition that is realized in the life of an individual while going through the diverse experiences of the world and all attention should be centered on arriving at spiritual understanding. The mind and heart of most people are in conflict which creates confusion. The heart feels the unity of life and fulfills it through a life of love, sacrifice and service, it gives instead of taking.
The spirit’s power manifests through intuitions of the inner life. You cannot love through the intellect. What you get through the mind is a theory of love, but not love itself. Mere intellect is obtained through study, descriptions and pictures and is information for the mind only it moves on the surface of life and gives the shadow not direct experience of reality.
All humans are seeking happiness, but few have it. Lasting happiness dawns when there is complete freedom from wants. Sit quietly without inwardly wanting anything and without going to sleep, it is very difficult to attain because life is mind driven. Only through tremendous spiritual activity and going beyond mind can you experience the spirit’s joy of non-wanting, Love and Happiness are the only important things in life.
The Spirit’s knowledge of inner realization is called spiritual understanding and comes through the heart not the mind. It is possible to have a practical life where there is harmony between mind and heart. The mind must surrender its role of judge and not question the nature of the universe and accept unquestioningly the dictates of the heart.
On the spiritual path all persons pass through a state of prison or the experience of being caged, if one is to appreciate true freedom. To experience spiritual bondage and to know intense desire to be free from it are both a preparation for the full enjoyment of the freedom that is yet to come. Use this saying in understanding bondage “A Fish Out Of Water”.
The sign of a real hidden conflict is the sense or feeling that ones whole heart & soul isn’t in the action or thought at that moment and that can radically narrow and restrict life. Psychology can reveal the source of conflict, but has no way of awakening the mind with something that makes life worth living. This is the task for a Spiritual Worker. A torchbearer for humanity which is encased in deep ignorance, bringing home the truth and unity of all life.