The soul within the bosom of I, infinity sees thousands of indescribable beings or angels, archangels, thrones, virtues, powers, etc., and then it understands that those divine beings were people who perfected themselves and who suffered greatly in the school of life.
The soul understands that life is a school, and it wishes to return to that school to perfect itself. When the soul wishes to return to that school of life to perfect itself, when the soul wants to return to the world, then the Angels of Destiny take that soul away to a new home. The Angels of Destiny unite with the soul or, we should say, connect the soul with the spermatozoon of the father’s semen.
This spermatozoon chosen by the soul which is going to be born, fertilizes the womb.
The soul stays within the maternal womb for nine months, forming its new physical body.
The soul is not a prisoner, however, for it can enter and leave the maternal womb and its body at will. After nine months, the soul is born with a new child’s body. If in the previous reincarnation we did much evil, then in the following one it is our turn to suffer the consequences, and we are born with very bad luck. Our business deals fail, misery pursues us, and we suffer immensely.
If previously we had taken away another man’s wife, then ours is now taken from us. If we were bad parents, if we did not know how to treat our children well, then it is our lot to be born into a place more bitter than bile. Our parents will make us suffer the same way that we made our children suffer in the previous reincarnation. He who sows thunderbolts has no choice but to reap storms. Let him who sows corn eat his corn. Each person reaps what he sows.
If God sends a soul that has done no good to be born in comfortable surroundings and souls who have done no evil to be born into misery, where would God’s justice be?
A genius becomes a genius because in millions of lives he has struggled to achieve perfection. We are the result of our previous reincarnations. With the yard- stick with which you measure, you will be measured. There are 42 Karma Masters. Karma is the Law of Compensation. In each reincarnation we become more and more perfect. We have come into this world millions of times, and it is our lot to keep returning until we become perfect.
There is a system for remembering our past reincarnations: this system is the retrospective exercise. The disciple lies in his bed every night, and then practices retrospective exercises.
The disciple begins by remembering everything that happened one hour before he went to bed, two hours before, every moment of the afternoon and the morning throughout the day. The disciple makes an effort to remember everything from.
Samael Aun Weor
