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The memory of the past unfulfilled desires traps energy,
which manifests itself as a person.
When its charge gets exhausted,
the person dies.
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Unfulfilled desires are carried over into the birth.
Self-identification with body creates ever-fresh desires
and there is no end to them unless
this mechanism of bondage is clearly seen.
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It is clarity that is liberating,
for you cannot abandon desire unless
its causes and effects are clearly seen.
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I do not say that the same person is reborn.
It dies,
and dies for good.
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But its memories remain
and their desires and fears.
They supply the energy for a new person.
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~ Nisargadatta Maharaj
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