Three deaths and a fourth
And premonitions, release from the house of hell, lamentations, corpse disposal, period be-tween death and rebirth.
Description:... Neither death is evil, nor we have a duty to lament over it.
Antahkarana is our only link with our immortal self. Vedanta teaches that Raja-Yoga can be attained if the Higher Mind is by-passed. Theosophy asserts that no communication with Atman is possible, except through Buddhi-Manas. If we destroy Antahkarana before the personal is absolutely under the control of the impersonal Ego, it is like destroying a bridge over an impassable chasm.
Bardo is a three-phase period between death and rebirth:
1. Kama Loka, lasting from hours to years, 150 years on average. The disembodied souls of the depraved can in limbo for centuries.
2. Gestation state. The 7th and 6th of exceptionally good men, plus the higher parts of the 6th extracted from the lower mind of the average men, can enter the rupa-loka of Devachan. The irredeemably wicked are barred from Devachan, for, their Antahkarana is permanently severed.
3. Devachan. Its ratio to earth life is 21:1, on average.
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