Bharatji’s letter about reincarnation is appreciated. But a human being emotionally attached to a deer at the time of his death, becoming a deer is not as straight forward as it appears.
The material mentioned is written under “poetic license”. But the whole process of karma, reincarnation is governed by many subtle spiritual and divine forces, which are invisible and beyond any caliber able instruments devised by human being. The writer also discards the logical fact that the whole purpose of karma and reincarnation is evolution of life towards god head or causal factor. Thus any retrogression of human soul into animal body is unimaginable as it may breech laws of the whole exercise.
Transmigration of soul from one body into another body, is mentioned in Tibetan lore as “Tulku”. Such transmigration is temporary. Therefore “metamorphosis” of human body into an animal body is impossible, because the physical components decompose and cannot be reassembled.
But the soul can experience “metempsychosis” whereby it carries thought element into another body where it reincarnates. Thus it is possible for a human to act as a deer till all its animal thought power is neutralized by being in human environment and circumstances.
Ramesh Jhalla
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