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death they become unconscious. That's why we don't remember our past lives. You were unconscious, and death happened in your unconsciousness.
But if you live consciously, as an individual, then you will die consciously, the way Socrates is dying -- so conscious to the last breath. And this memory will be with you in the next life too.
In the East there are three great religions: Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism. They disagree on every point -- their philosophies are different about everything -- but on one point they agree, and that is the eternal existence of the soul, because it is not a question of theoretical discussion, it is a question of existential experience. You can't disagree about it -- it is exactly so.
Against these three religions in the East, outside of India there are three religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Mohammedanism. They all believe in one life, and that simply shows their poverty. They have not explored deeply enough to find past lives, and they cannot guarantee anything about the future. These three religions born outside India are superficial. Their work is not in-depth research.
But in India for ten thousand years thousands of people have entered into self-realization and have found that there is some light that remains forever. It goes on moving from one body to another body but is indestructible.
I will not tell you to believe it, I will only tell you to experiment. I am against all beliefs, because every belief destroys you, destroys your thinking. I am in favor of experimenting, and there are techniques available.
That has been my whole life's work -- to make those techniques available to anybody who really wants to search and to find, to one who is not only a curious person but is a seeker who is ready to risk everything for the search. And it is a search for which you need to risk everything because you are going to find the greatest treasure.
Question 3
BELOVED OSHO,
DOES THE BEING, OR SELF, IN THE PERSON DIE WITH THE DEATH OF THE PERSON; OR DOES IT LIVE BEYOND DEATH IN ANOTHER BODY?
Freedom is a three-dimensional phenomenon. The first is the physical dimension:
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