understand what his past life was, why he is in his present body, and how he can free himself from the grip of maya, the energy of illusion, so that he no longer has to put on other bodies materials in the future. All this is possible when one establishes oneself in virtue. Nevertheless, the generality of beings remains deeply rooted in passion and ignorance. In any case, it is according to the judgment of God, in the form of the Supreme Soul also called “Holy Spirit”, that we receive bodies of a lower or higher nature.
It all depends on God, the Unborn. Why then not satisfy God in order to receive a better body. Anyone who is in total darkness cannot know what his past life was or what his next life will be; he’s only interested in his current body. Even if he has a human form, he who is influenced by ignorance and who is only concerned with his material body is hardly better than an animal; indeed, the animal trapped in ignorance believes that the greatest happiness and the ultimate goal of life is to eat 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 only interested in his present body and who seeks to enjoy his senses as much as possible can reveal that he is overwhelmed by the influence of ignorance, and his future will be bleak. In fact, the future is still bleak for those who fall prey to gross ignorance. Especially in the era we live in, society is influenced by ignorance, so that everyone views their present body as the only important thing, regardless of the past or the future.
Beyond the five organs of perception, the five organs of action and the five objects of the senses is the mind, which is the sixteenth element. But beyond the mind is a seventeenth, the living being itself, the soul, which, in collaboration with the sixteen others, alone enjoys the material universe. He thus knows three kinds of situations, happiness, unhappiness and a mixture of the two. Everyone acts with their hands, legs and other organs of action for the sole purpose of achieving a certain goal, which is the culmination of their personal conceptions. Man thus tries to enjoy the five objects of the senses, the forms, the sounds, the flavors, the smells and the affected bodies, ignoring all of the real purpose of existence which consists in acting for the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord. For disobeying God, he is immersed in material conditions of life, after which he strives to improve his situation, but always according to his own arbitrary conceptions, without any desire to obey the instructions of the Sovereign Lord. Nevertheless, He is so benevolent that He personally comes to this world to instruct lost souls on how to act in accordance with his will, so that he will gradually return to the spiritual world, their original home, where they will enjoy. eternal life, full of knowledge, peace and bliss.