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.This is just my POV, based on some personal experience, so take it for what its worth, which probably isn't much. If it's an old soul, and they know what they're doing, they will come in right away. Old souls know the story, as they've been through it many times. From the astral plane, they will select a family, and hover about, even encouraging the selected family to create a physical body specifically for them. When this is the case, they will enter a few hours or even minutes after conception, the physical part they need. They do this because its more or less first come, first serve
Excellent answer. So, in your opinion, are old souls reincarnated whereas new souls are just reborn?
This is just my POV, based on some personal experience, so take it for what its worth, which probably isn't much. If it's an old soul, and they know what they're doing, they will come in right away. Old souls know the story, as they've been through it many times. From the astral plane, they will select a family, and hover about, even encouraging the selected family to create a physical body specifically for them. When this is the case, they will enter a few hours or even minutes after conception, the physical part they need. They do this because its more or less first come, first serve.
For really dharmic families who are ideal candidates, there will actually be a line-up of souls wanting to get in.
Young souls, however, don't know what they're doing. They don't believe in reincarnation at all, for starters, and have no idea as to the story. So they will wander about the astral plane, occasionally enter animals by mistake, and eventually take whatever is available. So in this case it might be 5 months into the pregnancy, and it'll be in a family that also doesn't know what its doing, or even that souls exist. An alcoholic will re-enter the womb of another alcoholic, for example. So like attracts like.
Sometimes an old soul will purposefully take on a birth like this for one specific reason ... to work out karma faster. These are the people you meet who blow your mind away because of their intelligence or sanity, despite horrific conditions.
Then we have a range of all cases in between these two extremes.
When do you think a soul enters the baby´s body?
Is it at conception, or once the baby is fully formed? Or at birth?
Maya
Yes, there are many POVs. There always is. For the OP, its really 'what makes the most sense?"
I don't know exactly "when" a soul enter a body, I don't remember much thing from any past time But the relationship and the feelings a mother have, like Vinayakaji described, when she is pregnant is sure a sign. The sound of water, some posture, also have impact on childrens and adults as they consciously or inconsciously remind the womb....So there must be some kind of consicousness in here =0 Like Sri Vishnuji sleeping, in the state where He dream the next world, maybe we are like that in the womb, dreaming our next life ?
I was wondering about when you die ! There have been very much testimonies from people that experienced death, or near death experiences. Those people are from all around the world, events scientifically witnessed, so I personnaly give credits to their sayings. But this confuse me regarding reincarnation ! Since almost all of that people said they were feeling bliss, light, and saw dead relatives/animals dear to them !
I though at the time of death only the Atman remain, which is not our appearance/personality/ego. And at the time of next life, only the atman enter a new body and make new life, ego, physical features....
...But why do these people saw dead relatives while experiencing death/near death ? I mean, they shouldn't have their ex-physical appearance, or even be there as they should be merged with Brahman or in another body
At the time of death, the gross body dies. The soul, in the subtle body goes from one body to the next. The subtle body consists of soul, mind, intelligence and ego.
One will merge with Brahman only if he has achieved liberation from material bondage.
If he has attachment for his dog, wife, children etc., then he will think of them at the time of death. If one remembers about his dog while dying, he will get the next life of a dog.
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yam yam vāpi smaran bhāvam
tyajaty ante kalevaram
tam tam evaiti kaunteya
sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitah
"Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, that state he will attain without fail." [B.G. 8.6]