Anyone immersed in total darkness cannot know what their past life was like or what their next life will be. They are only interested in their present body. Even if he possesses a human form, one who is influenced by ignorance and is concerned only with his material body is little better than an animal. Indeed, the animal imprisoned by ignorance believes that the greatest happiness and the ultimate goal of life consists in eating as much as possible. Man must be educated so that he understands his past life and how he can improve his future condition. One who is interested only in his present body and seeks to enjoy his senses as much as possible thus reveals that he is overwhelmed by the influence of ignorance; his future will be bleak. Indeed, the future is always bleak for those who are prey to gross ignorance. Especially during the era in which we live, society is influenced by ignorance, so that everyone considers his present body as the only important thing, without any consideration of the past or the future, the mysteries of which he is ignorant.

Our suffering, whatever it may be, is the consequence of the sinful acts we committed in our previous lives.

Whoever commits evil in any way will, in turn, suffer exactly the same thing in their next incarnation.

We can hide things from humans, but it is impossible for God, for He sees everything and knows everything about us.

We can escape human justice, but it is impossible for God to escape it.

What we have done will be done to us.

God grants our desires and punishes our actions.

Our thoughts, words, and actions generate positive or negative effects, which lead to good or bad consequences. It is the actions committed in a person's past or previous life that determine the conditions of their next birth or reincarnation. The suffering associated with sinful acts has a dual origin: the acts themselves, but also those committed in previous lives.

The origin of sinful acts is most often ignorance of the facts relating to God, existential truth, and absolute spiritual knowledge. But ignoring the sinfulness of an act does not prevent one from committing it, its undesirable consequences, which give rise to other sinful acts.

On the other hand, Krishna, God, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, advises us to offer Him all the fruits of our actions.

If we decide not to listen to God, as atheistic materialists do, who indulge in sense pleasures unbridledly and keep all the fruits of their actions for themselves, then they will have to accept the consequences of their actions and experience the resulting pain, sometimes repeatedly.