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Now the student may very well visualize the comedy of errors taking shape. In the first stage the soul acted independently without consulting the super soul. 

This itself was flawed. However the soul went a step further.

It spewed its ‘pearls of wisdom’ on the unsuspecting causal body that is intelligence. It in turn transformed them into half baked ideas and hurled them on the poor mind.

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The layer enveloping both the soul and intelligence is called subtle or astral body. This has two parts, one above and the other below. The above side is called mind and the below one as senses.

The main work or duty of this mind is to chew and masticate on the ideas germinating out of the intelligence that is the causal body.

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Karma begins when the soul starts acting independently on its 

own. It is then that the whole confusion begins. The soul gives 

intelligence instructions as per its own whims and fantasies. 

The intelligence in turn uses its own discretion to understand 

this instruction.

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Unfortunately the crux of the whole issue is that on an average 

every soul wants to act independently and the collective 

permutation and combination of all such independently thinking 

and acting souls is the cause of all commotion in this material world.

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The three layers that cover the soul as a body consist of the following identities:

The first layer immediately next to the soul is called causal body. It is made up of pure intelligence and is not visible to common eye. 

The main objective both the soul and the intelligence have is to surrender themselves unconditionally to the super soul ie. the localized form  of god called Paramatma and act as per its instructions.

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The degree of problems in each family varies with its Karma.    

The glue that joins the soul with the body is the EGO. This is an 

extremely powerful and binding layer which acts as a buffer 

between various layers.

When one identifies with the body consisting of 

Causal/Astral/Gross bodies it is called false ego. When the 

same guy starts realizing that he/she is just a soul and not the 

body he/she reaches the level of ego. But when he/she realizes 

that he/she is only a part and parcel of the super soul he/she 

gets what is called the super ego.

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A person chooses his or her body as per his her past karma. 

But here he/she also chooses his/her family, parents, siblings, 

surroundings, time and place of birth and childhood etc.

This is because he/she besides his/her own, he/she has to work 

out the karma of the family too.

If one studies the past of famous families or persons, he/she 

will observe that at the darkest hour before dawn for that 

family, there indeed was one or more family members who 

consistently won the title of the black sheep of that family 

hands down.

In reality had these guys not plunged into the family’s karma 

sewer to clean it the future generation would not have come 

out smelling of roses.

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It has been prophesized by renounced, knowledgeable and wise 

men over the ages that god takes some people into deeper 

waters not to drown them but to clean them.

One would never fail to be appalled at the turbulences and 

turmoil that some otherwise average nice people. The society 

collectively shrugs its shoulders and declares that this is as 

per the karma of that person.

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Self realized holy sages have for time immemorial insisted that 

we all living entities are individual souls, with one common 

super soul as witness to our activities and experiences.

And further the fact remains that we have come to this material 

world wrapped in a body broadly made up of three layers. 

These layers are in turn based on our past karma and 

experiences.

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According to the Spiritual Science Research Foundation (SSRF) our whole identity comprises of the following:

The gross body

The vital body (the one giving life)

The mental body (Mind/senses/emotions etc.)

The causal body (Intelligence)

The super causal body

The soul

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In the Mahabharatha even the decidedly negative Dritarashtra and Shakuni had their own reasons for being so evil.

All this plus the fact that the supreme self Lord Krishna chose to be with the noble Pandavas shows that God is forever with 

the good, and that the bad howsoever powerful it may look to the common eye, ultimately loses in the perpetual war between good and bad.

HARE KRSHNA HARE KRSHNA KRSHNA KRSHNA HARE HARE.

HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE.

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In the Mahabharata Queen Gandhari was very well aware of the fact that her husband Dhritarashtra, brother Shakuni, and sons Duryodhana and Dussasana were very bad but yet her innate affection for all prevented her from putting her foot down.

Queen Kunti a widow had no other go but to be under the protection of Hastinapur.   

Despite his brilliance, knowledge and wisdom Vidura was hapless because of his birth as a maid’s son. Thus despite his repeated warnings, Dritarashtra the blind king lent him a deaf ear.

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In Mahabharata Madari the uncle of the Pandavas had actually 

come to fight on the side of Pandavas against the Kurus.

However he was naïve enough to be cheated by the cunning 

Duryodhana and forcibly snatched into his own side.

Karna was unfortunate right from his birth. This bad luck 

combined with the resultant insults forced Karna into the 

waiting arms of the muscular but wily Duryodhana.

This resulted in his fighting against his own brothers.

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In the epic Mahabharata Acharya Krip could have been positive but because of his relation with Acharya Dron he had to toe a line drawn by Acharya Dron albeit reluctantly.

Aswathama was rather unfortunate. He was born to a greedy father who had chosen a wrong path. This resulted in his befriending Duryodhana and committing mistakes which his otherwise noble conscience would never have allowed.

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In Mahabharata Bhishma despite his excellent qualities was 

victimized by his illusory love for his material kingdom and 

royal lineage. He chose to forget that both are temporary in the 

broader perspective.

Acharya Dron despite his noble lineage was victimized by 

material greed which blinded his otherwise intelligent and 

noble bearing. This was the sole cause for his joining 

Duryodhana in the war against Pandavas.

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The pious and noble Pandavas had to go through untold miseries all their life before they ultimately succeeded in the war.

Similarly the beautiful but spicy Draupadi had to pay a price several times for her pretty looks, sensual nature and caustic tongue.

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As mentioned somewhere above Mahabharatha is a constant 

strife between the positive and negative energies in our own 

causal body (intelligence)/astral body (mind and senses)/gross 

body (made up of Ether, Air, Fire, Water and Earth )which is 

called Dharmakshetra or holy battlefield because Lord resides 

in it as super soul.

Mahabharata proves to the common man that there is many a 

slip between the cup and the lip that is the road from negative 

to positive is slippery and fraught with danger.

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Those in Mahabharata who were decidedly positive:

1.  

Yudishtira.

2.  

Bhima.

3.  

Arjuna.

4.  

Nakula.

5.  

Sahadeva.

Thorn in the flesh of both Kauravas and Pandavas:

1.  

Draupadi

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Those in Mahabharata who could have been neutral but who began favoring the negative Kurus for selfish reasons:

1.  

Bhishma Pitamaha.

2.  Acharya Drona.

3.  Acharya Krip.

4.  Aswathama.

5.  Karna.

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Those in  MAHABHARATHA who unluckily & unwittingly caused the war:

1. 

King Shantanu.

2.  

King Pandu.

3.  

Queen Satyavati- Wife of King Shantanu and Grand mother of 

Dhritarashtra, Pandu and Vidura.

4.  

Veda Vyasa- Unofficial father of the three Kaurava brothers Dhritarashtra, Pandu and Vidura.

Those who were otherwise neutral but became victims to the machinations of the Kurus:

1.  

Queen Gandhari.

2.  

Queen Kunti.

3.  

The other Kuru princes who had the misfortune to be brothers of Duryodhana and Dusshasana.

4. 

King Madara, the uncle of Pandavas who was cheated by Duryodhana to fight in his favor.

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Now let us further classify the main characters of the Mahabharata:

Those who were decidedly negative:

1.  

Dhrityarashtra

2. 

Duryodhana

3.  

Dusshasana

Those who became negative by design:

1.  

Shakuni.

2.  

Jayadrata the brother-in-law of the Kauravas.

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Draupadi the wife of all Pandavas is supposed to be the bone of contention in Mahabharata. She was supposed to be the root cause for the Mahabharata war.

Lusted at by Duryodhana, tormented by Dushasana and insulted by Karna Draupadi was not only beautiful but also complex in character.

However it has been mentioned that she was friendly with Kichaka, an erstwhile lover of Aswathama, and lusted for Karna.

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The last among the Pandavas was Sahadeva. 

A favorite of mother Kunti Sahadeva was the twin brother of Nakula. Both were the sons of Madari the second wife of Pandu.

Sahadeva a veterinarian cum astrologer was the most intelligent among the Pandavas. He had vowed to kill Shakuni.

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The 4^th was Nakula. Nakula a favorite of his elder brother 

Bhima was one of the best looking in Mahabharata.

Nakula was an authority on horses, and was a brilliant 

swordsman. So expert was he supposed to be while riding the 

horse that even during a rain, when he rode a horse at top 

speed, Nakula never got wet.

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Arjuna was the third among the Pandavas. 

He was below Yudhishtir the eldest and Bhima the second. 

Arjuna is supposed to be the soul that remained in the spiritual whole by choice unlike Karna the soul that chose to be separated from the spiritual fire, as a spark.

Not only was Arjuna considered one of the top archers in Mahabharata but he was also the cousin and best friend of Lord Krishna whose younger sister he had married.

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Whereas Duryodhana did his regular physical training diligently, and thus build a muscular physique, Bhima was known as having been blessed with spiritual strength.

This had in turn resulted in his gigantic physique. As mentioned somewhere before Bhima was one of the giants in the Mahabharata.

Similarly Guru Govind Singh the 10^th Sikh Guru is supposed to have been blessed with spiritual strength and was extraordinarily huge and strong. 

He was around 7 feet in height and mighty armed. He is supposed to have been the originator of the Sikh martial race.

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Next was the mighty Bhima. Bhima was known for his huge size and extraordinary physical prowess.

Bhima is supposed to be the son of Air God. 

That makes him the younger brother of Lord Hanuman the monkey god.

These credentials along with his own goodness made Bhima pious.

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On the positive side the first and foremost was Yudishtira.

Yudishtira was the eldest among the Pandava brothers.

The man who had a complexion like molten gold, Yudishtira was known for his character, conscience, truthfulness and adherence to principles.

This was precisely why or how Duryodhana enticed Yudishtira into playing dice. Yudishtira a Kshatriya was bound by social stigma to accept any invitation for gambling. 

This weakness combined with his naiveté in looking through Shakuni’s cunning resulted in his losing everything to the wily Kauravas.

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