Astrology as a Business
If the soul slips far enough, it ends up at the door of a
womb, ready to be reborn again, and to face the same
questions it was unable to grasp before. What is
remarkable is that at each level the priest proceeds to
assume that the soul has experienced the clarity at that
highest level and has embraced this light, preventing
any further backsliding—down through the bardos,
toward the womb; however, at the beginning of each
lower level and verse, the priest states something to the
effect that if the soul has been unable to keep the clarity
of the experience of the previous level in mind, then it
will begin to have certain experiences—experiences
that signify it has slipped into the next level, and is
taking on the qualities of that level.
This is fascinating, because each of us goes through
something like this in everyday life. We all experience
cycles in our lives—cycles of ups and downs. When we
feel up and clear, we can see the ‘why’ of who we are
and why we are doing what we are doing—we embrace
our life and retake our vows, so to speak; however,
when this clarity fails or wavers, we often find ourselves
slipping back into previous habits—habits which we
thought we had risen from; then, we are forced to go
through and repeat the cycle all over again. In this way,
each of us is reincarnated in a continuous fashion
throughout our lives. This is not something that
happens at the tail end of our lives, but something that
is happening repeatedly, right now—here in the middle
of our life.