Understanding The Process Of Birth And Death

The leaving of one body and the taking of another is nearly always confusing
and soon the details of the old life are erased by the new. Just in one day
we forget so much. After having slept for a while, after some injury or
shock, or even after a change in place, company or circumstances, many
things are forgotten.

Death of the body is a great shock to the soul, especially if there was
great attachment to that body, and the new set of circumstances in the new
body is bewildering (confusing). Because the body and brain are not
developed, the soul cannot express its memory, so it laughs and cries when
it cannot recognize anyone, or when it wishes to express itself. By the time
the body is developed, the soul has forgotten its past birth and has become
accustomed to the new conditions and the new parents. The prominent
“sanskaras” developed in past lives soon begin to manifest (show) themselves
with new details (in the new birth).