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only. Research in reincarnation is being conducted in Russia behind iron curtain too. Highly respected by Russian scientists, Moscow-based research scientist Madam Varvara Ivanov has surmised that age-regression is helpful not only in explaining the cause of a person's present happiness or sorrow but also in understanding the underlying reasons behind his habits, mental attitude and unconscious behavioural patterns. 42
Root-cause of our present state :
Just as the Karmic cause of action or attitude adopted in earlier lives brings about consequences in the present life, Karma formed in present life too can generate an instant reaction manifesting in the very same life. This fact is increasingly accepted in the western world today. The happy moments or sad times of our present life are not necessarily linked to the causes from previous lives; it may be that seeds were sown in the present life itself and not only actions but our emotions and thoughts too could cause such reactions. As Dr. Paul Brunton states,
Here it is not always necessary for the thoughts to translate into deeds before they can become karmically effective. If they have sufficient intensity and if they are prolonged over a sufficient period they will eventually bring appropriate results even in external circumstances. This can be made clearer by an actual illustration. If a man persistently and intensely hates somebody even to the point of ardently wishing his death, but if through fear of consequences, he lacks the courage to slay the other person, then his murderous thoughts will one day react upon himself in an equilibrated form. He may then himself experience a violent death or fall victim to a fatal accident or suffer from a disease which is as corrosive to his body as his hatred was to his character. Thus, although not actually guilty of committing murder, he undergoes a physical penalty for 'thinking' murder.43
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