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the feeling and all the emotions connected with it and attachment also. For sometime it is restricting itself to the physical location. At that time it is called a preta. Preta sarira ceases after sometime, but the bhuta sarira continues. It is this that goes through the torture of the tamasic world of hell and enjoys at the rajasic world of heaven. The preta may be present for about 1 day or the traditional 13 days and may persist even after that. For sometime, it gets attached to the physical place. Unless it is disgusted with the body, it would like to be with the body.
Experience of hell is a separate subject. It is when the mind is tamasic. There are two stages – one, tamasic and the other, tamasic coupled with rajasic. These are all place of kshob, absolute misery is felt. You know that you are attached to it, you will also try to be angry. There will anger, anguish, everything. The next stage is of enjoyment. There are four layers actually, rajasic, rajasic and satvic and other two before. You can definitely move into it and see your people. It is question of confidence and enormous concentration is required and not worth it also, but there will lot of anguish. There might be some
happiness at the higher levels and every person is
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