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Today when Ram was doing asthi visarjan he said now I take the responsibility of all your unfinished works and with that I free you of all worldly things. This made me think what really happens after death ? Every religion has its own theories, some say that reach heaven or hell depending on our deeds, according to some we go to next world and continue our journey there. But as per Hindu beliefs when we die only our body dies, the soul simply moves to new body. Soul is neither created nor destroyed (As per modern science energy is neither created nor destroyed) so according to that death is simply soul changing bodies.
The question arises does the soul remembers its previous body ? Like where it was ? What is was ? Etc. I have heard people claiming that they remember about their past life or they get glimpses of the same. In psychology we have 'past life regression' which claims that at times the cause of psychological problems lies in past life. In this therapy they try make the patient recall events of his/her past live. So does soul remembers its past life ? Does is remember about unfulfilled desires or duties ? If yes then does it happen to everyone ? At times people find an unprecedented sense of connection to a certain place or certain person, does it have anything to with soul ? Is it the soul that recalls being in that place in previous life and hence the connection ? At times we develop a very strong affinity with people we barely know, is it because our souls had some previous connection with that person's soul ?
As per Hindu philosophy a soul finally gets moksha when it has gone through all the trail and tribulations it was meant to go, when it has completed all its journey in every possible form.
Shiv Shakti
