Clean Your Heart Before You Go!
Vaisesika das: My father used to engage our family in cleaning our whole house before leaving for a vacation.
As a youngster, I naively once questioned him: “Why clean now since we won’t even be here?”
He answered, “You’ll appreciate it the moment you return.”
I did.
When we leave our present gross material bodies, we carry with us our subtle bodies in which are recorded the impressions we have accumulated during our present lives.
One who takes the time and trouble – during the current span of life – to cleanse one’s heart, begins the next life with a clear advantage.
Or, those whose leave this world with completely clean hearts, don’t take another birth in the material world again; rather they ascend to the spiritual world.
Those who spend time cleaning their hearts before they are forced to leave their present body are wise and will come to fully appreciate the fruit of their work either in this life or in the next.
“On taking such a birth, he revives the divine consciousness of his previous life, and he again tries to make further progress in order to achieve complete success, O son of Kuru. (Bg. 6.43)
“By virtue of the divine consciousness of his previous life, he automatically becomes attracted to the yogic principles-even without seeking them. Such an inquisitive transcendentalist stands always above the ritualistic principles of the scriptures.” (Bg. 6.44)