A long time ago, approximately 1000 years if you tell me to count, HE and I was gossiping on the UNIVERSE. Those days I just found the shelter under LINDA GOODMAN and Parashara (a very little), Gaimini even KRS also far away yet then. I just asked him, "what do you think about your soul age?" and the reply took just some micro seconds that 'sound' could take overcome a distance of 5ft (usually we sit like that). He replied, "I am about 1486 years old.." he never stops until he can include me with him and he continued, "and you are at 1228".
Normally he is an over ambitious, self-obsessed, self-indulgent man and yes sometimes he is bloody true, though I did not trust on his age calculation fully and still I'm not. I believe if someone is such an older by his/her soul he/she must have some control over the circumstances or otherwise the circumstances will provide them a lot of comfort by birth. He has some arguments i.e; 'this is kaliyug where we all have to suffer from the reality and illusion, where fictions are more powerful than truth and money is the main determinant how could you expect some justice?'. Again he is true but I still I have some arguments, but before that I might no, I must have to give a preface of the subject matter unless I think all these are very Greek to all of you. :) ;)
I'm trying to make it very short, easy and precise. According to Vedic Shastras (scripture) and spiritual philosophy there is a power which derives any kind of living thing that is call 'Atma' (Spirit). Sharir (body) is the platform or device and Atma is the conductor or the mechanic. By birth to birth this Atma gets experienced to become free by moving or changing body to body in every birth according to its Karma (deeds in every mortal life time). Must need an example, lets think of an Atma which took birth from a body of a dog and by the deeds of that life time, if those are good it (the Atma) could get better body if those are bad the platform must be the same or lower.* In this journey the last and ever best platform the Atma could get in this Earth is the human body from where it could initialize it's journey to become free (eternal freedom = Mukti).
Now I have seen many people who have a huge knowledge and own view to see this world still they are useless in terms of social structure, and in the other hand there are many many such people who belongs with luck, respect, power, wealth, honor and above of all loads of fan following where they have hardly a bit of knowledge or at least a little self realization.
There is a story Ramkrisna Paramahansa Deb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramakrishna) said to his follower in his own style, once there were two tantrik(who follows the rituals of tantra** in the time of pursuit) yogis who were absorbed in their pursuit of cherished fulfillment in a cremation and after a point of time they both succeed in their pursuit and get blessed by facing their cherished Goddess but one of them get mad just after seeing her and watching that incident the other yogi asked to the Goddess, "why this has been happened to him?" Goddess replied, "this had been happened many many times with you in yous past lives ". Ramakrishna ended up his story by saying, 'everyone has his/her limits in their present birth ( "ek jonme ki ar hoyre!"), someone get drunk in two pegs and some of them are hard to get drunk even after 2 bottles.'
My condition is very poor, I don't know where to end as this subject is heavier than my capacity and knowledge, just meanwhile writing this blog I goggled to find exact meaning of tantra I found many things about tantra and Buddhism and my queries arouse again that if there is nothing to be happened then why and this ideas come to me? and if this ideas are the links then why not anything or something is still not happening? ........Yeah I know the answer but could not satiated my thirst of desires (definitely in some of them I am more deserving candidate than some other.)
Lastly that is why I oppose 'him', either this 1200 or 1400 years of age is very childish in matter of soul's age or else He is wrong. According to me (though now I am also habituated with this thought of age he said I possess and feel to some extend of happy) he is at 900 and mine is 855.
* firstly, I tried my ever best possible and easiest way to describe such a heavy matter for more knowledge please show some interest I will definitely try to leave no stone unturned.
** Tantra is the name given by scholars to a style of meditation and ritual which arose in India no later than the 5th century AD.
