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The Science of Reincarnation,
The Toll of Karma
long time. The passions and desires control the regulation of the path of self realization responsible for the spiritual upliftment of the soul. To understand this process, consider an example from our own body system. How it works? The genes responsible for maintenance of various metabolic and other functions are regulated by several mechanisms. Hormones are one of the most important gradient which are known to regulate genes. Even a single particular hormone is capable of regulating several genes.
There are some regulatory regions or places in the gene which are governed by such a given hormone. If these regions or places are removed from the particular gene by a process that is known more commonly as gene manipulation, then this gene will no longer be subjected to regulation by this hormone. In the latter case, you can say that the mutated gene is not sensitive to the hormone anymore. In a very similar fashion, we can imagine that the various desires can act as regulatory regions or places for the regulation of Mohniya Karma. Thus, Mohniya Karma causes a process in the soul similar to that caused by changes in regulatory regions of the gene. This process of course is the development of the spiritual discipline and right conduct. This is shown in FIGURE 9.
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