Guest guest Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Mohan Jyotishi, The fetus is not dead. A tumor growing in a patient’s body is also not dead. It is as alive as can be. We are talking about "soul". Life and Soul are not the same thing. Rema --- Mohan Jyotishi <jyotishi231 wrote: > Madam Rema Menon, > You say "it (descent of soul into human body) could > be > any time before the birth". It is impossible for > the > "fetus" or "the collection of cells" or whatever you > call it to remain "unconscious/dead/inert" tlll the > last moment. All the encyclopeadic articles say > that > the mother starts to feel the "movement in the womb" > latest by the fifth month. Do you mean to say that > they have drawn those conclusions without any > "scientific basis"? > Regards, > Mohan Jyotishi > > --- jyotishi231 <jyotishi231 wrote: > > > vedic astrology, Rema Menon > > <remamenon> wrote: > > > > Mohan Jyotishi, > > > > There are always cells dividing and forming > tissues > > in > > the human body. They are alive. Every living cell > > does > > not need to have a soul. > > > > You cannot call the sperm, the ova or the embryo a > > person. > > It is all part of the developmental stages of the > > fetus, which is not physiologically any different > > from > > the various other developments going on in the > human > > body, though the division is meiotic and not > > mitotic. > > That doesn't require it to have a soul. > > > > At some stage this growing mass of differentiated > > cells becomes a person. The exact time of this > > transformation has not been scientifically > studied. > > It > > could be any time before the birth. > > > > Thank you. > > Rema > > > > > > > > --- Mohan Jyotishi <jyotishi231> wrote: > > > > > Shri Dhira Krsna Dasa, > > > Jai Shri Krishna! > > > > > > I think I have made it already very clear that > > > neither > > > am I a non-believer in rebirth nor am I > > > against a scientific discussion on this subject. > > > > > > All I am saying is that we should consider the > > > following points: > > > 1. It is worthwhile to note that the embryo -- > > > known > > > as a sperm in the intial stage---itself even at > > the > > > time of conception is alive and only when it > gets > > > into > > > the ovum does preganancy take place! A dead > sperm > > or > > > a > > > sperm in "suspended animation" has no chance > among > > > billions of other sperms to impregnate a womb. > > Thus > > > it > > > could not have been Manisha as a sperm, since > she > > > died > > > about six months after conception. > > > > > > 2. Out of the total gestation period of nine > > months, > > > the embryo/foetus gains (in fact re-awakens to) > > > consciousness latest by the end of fourth month > > and > > > is > > > alive and kicking immediately after that. Even > if > > we > > > presume that "Manisha" had some "yogic powers" > -- > > > which she never claimed!--she could not remain > > > "dead" > > > or at least in "suspended animation" in her > > mother's > > > womb for about six months and be born just > within > > > three months after her death in the previous > > birth. > > > Thus even if it is presumed that she entered an > > > embryo > > > which was already in the womb and waiting for > her, > > > it > > > could not have been later than by the end of > > fourth > > > month of conception. > > > 3. It is an impossibility as per biological > > sciences > > > that a "dead foetus" can remain in the womb for > > six > > > months from the date of conception and then gain > > > consciousness all of a sudden! Thus the > gestation > > > period from the date of conception should > > certainly > > > have been at least nine months but not less than > > > seven > > > months in any case! > > > What you or I have heard about such cases does > not > > > matter since my grandmother used to tell me > > hundreds > > > of such stories in my childhood and I believed > > > everyone of them then! The point is what cannot > > be > > > substantiated logically and scientifically, has > to > > > be > > > given up, at least to be shelved for the time > > being! > > > > > > Therefore, all I am requesting is that we should > > not > > > fall into traps of such astro-gurus who hide the > > > facts > > > from us deliberately. > > > Jai Shri Krishan. > > > Mohan Jyotishi > > > > > > > vedic astrology, "Dhira > > > Krsna > > > > BCS" > > > > <Dhira.Krsna.BCS@p...> wrote: > > > > > > > > Dear Mohan, > > > > > > > > Hare Rama Krsna. > > > > > > > > >Either deliberately or unwittingly they just > > did > > > > not > > > > >try to solve the puzzle as to how the girl > > could > > > > >"re-incarnate" within less than four months > > from > > > > the > > > > >date of her death! > > > > > > > > It may sound unbelievable to you, but I've > heard > > > of > > > > more of those cases, > > > > even those where only a couple of months is in > > > > between. I guess we have to > > > > reconsider our scriptural references where it > is > > > > stated that the soul > > > > enters the body at the time of conception, and > > is > > > > dumb from one day to the > > > > other. No, the soul at that time is in a more > > > subtle > > > > sphere, and what is > > > > possible also is that the soul who was already > > in > > > > the foetus may have > > > > decided to leave and another soul comes in. > > There > > > is > > > > more on the subtle > > > > platform than we can imagine! > > > > > > > > E.g. I have read the story also about some > > > children > > > > who in the early > > > > childhood remembered they were together in the > > > womb > > > > as twins, and one of > > > > them decided to not get born, because he > didn't > > > want > > > > to get the body of a > > > > girl, and so left, and was born some time > later > === message truncated === Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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