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Dadashri: And even the doctors say, "The man is gone.' As long as the heart is beating, there is a pulse. And when there is no pulse, the doctors know that people cannot live without a pulse and so they tell us, 'he is gone'.
Questioner: I have read about certain cases where people that have died, have come back to life. What can we make of that? Did the living soul (jiva) return to the body? Or did the Atma re-enter the body?
Dadashri: You are right; there are exceptions, where the pulse comes back. So what do the doctors think? They think that the jiva (living being) has returned. But that only happens in certain circumstances. That is when the jiva rises up to the crown of the head. It does not matter if the heart stops, but the soul (jiva) has risen all the way to the top of the head. So when it comes back down, the heart starts to beat again. That can happen. Even the doctors become perplexed. But the jiva that reappears, is not a new jiva. The jiva does not come again into the body, nor does another Atma enter the body. It is the same Atma that has not completely left the body. It has risen to the part above the heart. Here at the top of the head is brahmarandhra, known as the crown of the head, which is where it rises to. So if the soul (jiva) still remains in the body, then it is possible that it could happen. It happens sometimes, not very often, but you do get exceptions. If someone gets bitten by a snake or if someone suddenly falls into the water, then the soul (jiva) will rise up to the crown of the head (brahmarandhra). Then it becomes difficult to bring it back down. In this age, they do not know how to bring it down again. If it comes down naturally by itself then it is fine, and you would think that jiva has returned to the corpse. But normally that would not happen.
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