The living being thus transmigrates from one material body to another in forms of men, animals, plants or celestial beings. When the living being is given the form of a celestial being, he is happy. When he receives a human body, sometimes he is happy, sometimes unhappy. And when he has to put on the body of an animal, he has constant fear. However, whatever the conditions of his existence, he suffers terribly from the fact that he must know birth, sickness, old age and death. His misfortune is called the transmigration of the soul through various living species.

We must all put on a body in harmony with our level of consciousness. Thus the transmigration of souls takes place. The average man sees only the physical body, but not the mind, the intelligence and the ego that make it procession. When the body is wiped out, these remain, though invisible. In truth, it is the subtle, ethereal body, composed of the mind, the intelligence, and the false ego, which carries the soul into a new body. The soul does not die with the material body.

Consciousness, which is none other than the manifestation of the energy of the soul, survives the destruction of the body. According to his degree of consciousness, being acquires a new body where consciousness begins to shape its future lives. The person who practiced devotion in his previous life will become a devotee again after his death. Once the material body is destroyed, the same consciousness goes back to work in a new body. We can also see that some accept without hesitation the consciousness of Krishna, God, the Supreme Person, while others take time. This indicates that the consciousness is permanent even though the body is changing. The gross material body is the vehicle of speech; Let us avoid, however, concluding that consciousness and intelligence are annihilated with him. Mind and intelligence subsist even after the destruction of the material body. They need a body to work, they develop a new one. Thus the transmigration of souls takes place. It is indeed in this material world to develop our consciousness.

The Supreme Lord says: "After years without number of delight on the planets where those who have practiced good live, the one who has seen the failure of the path of yoga (of the bond which unites to God and the spiritual elevation) is reborn in a rich and noble family, or virtuous. He can also be reborn in a family of wise spiritualists. In truth, it is rare, here below, to obtain such a birth. There, he recovers the divine consciousness acquired in his past life, and resumes his march towards perfection."

If we do not perfect our practice of yoga, or if we die prematurely, our consciousness follows us to the next life, where we will resume this practice where we left it. We recover our intelligence. Even in an ordinary classroom, we can see that some students learn quickly while others do not understand anything. This is a proof of the