212. Rules of Rebirth
K rishna gave a blueprint of life when he said that a part of Him manifests as an embodied soul and experiences the objects of sensory world which are a part of prakriti (nature). This indicates that desires attract senses. For example, the desire to see or hear led to the evolution of the sense organs of the eye or ear respectively. He further explains about the process of the embodied soul leaving the body and entering a new body. Krishna says, “As the air carries fragrance from place to place, so does the embodied soul carry the mind and senses with it, when it leaves an old body and enters a new one (15.8). The deluded do not perceive the soul residing or departing or experiencing the world of the gunas . Those with the eye of wisdom see (15.10). The yogis striving for liberation see Him existing in themselves; but those who are unpurified and undisciplined are unable to perceive Him even when they struggle to do so” (15.11). Purity is nothing but the balance between plea...