Sounds True: Insights at the Edge Acharya Shunya: The Five Phases of the Vedic Afterlife Journey | Part 1
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Sep 2, 2025 Acharya Shunya, a pioneering Vedic teacher and author from India, joins to share profound insights on the journey of the soul. She discusses reincarnation as a continuous transition instead of a finality. Delving into the three bodies in Vedic philosophy, she explains how identity shapes our existence. Shunya also highlights the concept of preta, transitional spirits navigating the afterlife. Ultimately, the conversation uncovers the transformative potential of our earthly experiences and the connections between our past actions and future lives.
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Death As A Pause Between Chapters
- Death is a pause between chapters, not an end of existence.
- The Vedic scriptures liken the self leaving a body to changing worn-out clothes.
Three Bodies Compose The Traveling Self
- Humans have three bodies: gross (physical), subtle, and causal, and only the gross dies.
- The subtle and causal bodies (with mind, ego, memory, pranas) form the traveling jiva after death.
Karma Lives In The Causal Body
- The causal body stores karmic records, desires, and latent impressions across lifetimes.
- This causal record guides the jiva's direction after death toward matching experiences or teachings it seeks.
