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One of the most enlightened examples of auspicious influence was seen when Vardhaman Mahavira came into the womb of Mother Trishla. He was to attain the glorious title of a Tirthankara in that birth. Imagine how pure and powerful the mother must be in whose womb a soul arrives with such a lofty goal! The moment of his arrival in the womb is a time of celebration for the entire universe. As soon as the soul of Varadhaman entered the womb of his mother, she experienced ecstacy in her body and mind. She began to see divine dreams, auspicious indications appeared before her, and every pore of her being was filled with joy.
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states that when a celestial being takes birth, come as soon as they meet him. Whatever he his aura is very bright. And if his past life had has absorbed, he takes it along to the next ended by observing the vow of sallekhana, a station. He then exerts an influence on the state where one prepares oneself for the last people over there. This clearly means that stage of life, then his aura will be that much the soul influences and is influenced by more sublime. Perhaps he may meet the others. moment of death effortlessly without The relationship between the pregnant experiencing the pain of death.
mother and the child forms in a similar way.
The child brings his past influences along Accept or Bestow
with him. In turn, he exerts an influence on We receive the aura of the space which we
the mother whose womb he has inhabited. inhabit. If we are in a happy environment,
Even though he is in a dependent state, he then we absorb its positivity. When we move
is not inactive. His past influences have an into an unhappy space, then we receive its impact on the mother even when he is in the negativity. There are seers who can instantly womb. If he has come from hell, one can see recognize the kind of environment and
symptoms of fear, doubt and pessimism situation from where an individual has
reflected in the mother. If the soul has
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