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ChAndogya Upanishad (Chapters 6 to 8) Part 11

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Part 10

Chapter 8 Section 2                                                                                                          (8.2.1 to 8.2.10)
A person who practices dahAropAsana  goes to Brahm Loka after death where he has two choices: one of liberation and other of enjoyment.  In the former choice, he can enjoy the pleasures of higher qualities which last until the end of one cycle of creation and he takes rebirth in the next cycle of creation.  Additionally, he gets extraordinary powers. He can enjoy the pleasures of all 14 worlds. It is the greatest material pleasure which cannot be acquired by physical effort. One view is that by meditation, the mind acquires extraordinary powers and can project and enjoy such experiences in the waking state. No physical effort is required. Any experience is effectively in the form of a thought, and a powerful mind can create thoughts. Meditation on Isvara gives powers of Isvara except the power of creation.                                                                                  A seeker of liberation is not interested in enjoyment and special powers. He has the choice to get the Vedantic teachings from Brahmaji, become enlightened and be liberated

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Bhagavad Gita (Topic-wise) Part 9

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6-1: Preparation

6-1-1: Preparatory Knowledge

6-1-1-4: Brahma-Loka, Krama-Mukti 8(16,23 to 28)
8(16) says that a seeker who knows Brahm reaches Brahm and is liberated in the current life. He is a Jivanmukta. After death, he merges with Brahm and is Videhamukta. His karmic balance is nil and there is no travel of the subtle body to any other loka and he does not return to human loka. Ignorant jivas, however pious and virtuous, after death, travel to other lokas including the highest Brahma-loka and after exhausting punyas there is a return to human or even lower loka as per karmic dictates.

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