The outer, carnal envelope, made of matter, is organized by material nature to provoke attraction to the opposite sex and thus keep the being prisoner of conditioned existence.
The liberated being rises beyond these perverse dualities; he makes no distinction between one soul and another. For him, all participate in a single spiritual nature.
The liberated being possesses this spiritual vision perfectly.
What happens to the soul at the moment of death?
Is there really nothing after death?
In general, death signifies the entry into a period of unconsciousness that lasts seven months. Indeed, the individual and distinct being of God, which each of us truly is, is then introduced, through the father's seed, into the womb of a new mother, and begins to develop, nourished by her, a new body based on his desires and past actions, for these are the factors that determine the precise type of body he will be reborn into.
The moment arrives when, still in his mother's womb, he emerges from his state of unconsciousness. He then feels the discomfort of such a narrow place, and the desire to escape grows within him; he sometimes has the good fortune to pray to the Lord.
The coordination of these astral influences never depends on human will, but rests in the hands of higher authorities, agents of the Supreme Lord. And of course, the predominant influences at the time of birth are determined based on the past deeds, good or bad, of the incarnating being.
Hence the importance of the virtuous and sinful deeds performed by the being during their existences. Thus, it is only through pious deeds that great wealth, a good education, or harmonious bodily features will be obtained.
To see a great soul born within one's bosom is a great fortune for any family, for its presence ensures liberation for ancestors and descendants, for a hundred generations, by the grace of the Lord, as a sign of the respect He shows to His dearest devotee. The highest blessing one can bestow on one's family is therefore to become a pure devotee of the Lord.
Is there really nothing after death?
Is death, as some claim, merely a place where the soul is held awaiting judgment?
Death is actually the end of a cycle, the transmigration or reincarnation of the soul into a new body, and the forgetting of the past or even previous life. In truth, life continues, or rather begins again, for the spiritual entity or spirit soul is immediately reincarnated into a new body, whose form and nature depend on the actions performed in the last incarnation.