Life Before Birth

Index

• 1. Introduction to life before birth

• 2. Where are we before we are born?

  • 2.1 Life before birth: Regions of Heaven and above

  • 2.2 Life before birth: The Nether world (Bhuvaloka)

  • 2.3 Life before birth: Regions of Hell (Paataal)

  • 2.4 Spiritual practice in the subtle regions

  • 2.5 Do we know about our previous births while in the subtle planes?

    • 2.5.1 Why do we not remember our previous births in this lifetime?

• 3. Why are we born on Earth?

• 4. What are the factors that decide when and where and to whom we are reborn on Earth

  • 4.1 The give and take account and rebirth

    • 4.1.1 What decides which part of the accumulated account will play out as one’s destiny on Earth?

    • 4.1.2 Can parents attract a more advanced and saattvik subtle body before conception through spiritual practice like chanting?

    • 4.1.3 What decides if one is born to wealthy families or to parents of a higher spiritual level?

  • 4.2 Rebirth on Earth with respect to the region we are in before birth

    • 4.2.1 Rebirth from regions above Mahaaloka

    • 4.2.2 From the region of Heaven

    • 4.2.3 From the regions of Hell

• 5. What is the time gap between death and rebirth on Earth?

• 6. When is the next birth of a person decided?

• 7. How many births have we gone through?

• 8. Does a person know his destiny or who he is going to be born to?

• 9. Before one is born is there any guidance from an evolved subtle body on what is expected of one?

• 10. What decides the sex of the baby?

• 11. What decides whether an animal is reborn as a human?

• 12. Can departed ancestors of a family interfere with a subtle body being born to the family?

• 13. In Summary