rebirth

I remember a conversation, I once had, with a Jain woman on rebirth. She said that according to her religion, the soul can take another form after centuries or just after death, depending on its karma. The soul can even reincarnate as a maggot feeding on the body it had just discarded. My initial reaction to this was one of revulsion. But then thinking of it, I find in this a wonderful example of transience. Of universality. For the soul, no form is high or low, good or bad. Its all about taking a form and experiencing.

The body I now occupy can become food for someone. Possibly, even for me in another form. This thought hits at the core of the illusion or Maya. And that is why maybe I felt the initial shiver of repulsion. Maya's way of telling me to stay away from such thoughts! Or else I will get too close to the truth.