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PRACTICAL RULES POR SOUL-CULTURE 37 another, but not necessarily going from the human body to the animal body, but simply travelling. It implies the idea of form, Nothing can travel unless it has form and occupies space and is material; so in our philosophy we reject all these terms, as that is the idea connected with these terms, and use the idea of rebirth; that is, the soul is born in some other body, and birth does not imply the same conditions applying to the human birth. There are certain conditions in which human beings are born; the seed itself takes several months to germinate and then there is birth. This may be due to certain acts or forces which are generated by human beings. These are in a condition to be observed by beings whose forces will take them to some other planet, and we say that there is another condition of birth there. There is no necessity for gestation and fecundation. The Karmic body has in itself many powers, and has a force to take to itself another body, which is in the case of the human being a gross body, but in the case of other beings a subtle body is generated, and this body is changeable so far as its form and dimensions are concerned. Therefore if the forces generated while we live any kind of life are of different kinds, then in the case of some being, it may be necessary that he should be born in the human condition, and pass through the actual conditions which must be obeyed If the human being it to be born, while if the forces generated are different in their character, he may be
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