Subject: Bill Gates. April 30, 2008.
Here is some information about Bill Gates, the rich
man who is the inventor of Microsoft.
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S-iritual life of Bill Gates
Abstract:
In an age where the super rich invest their wealth in
various interests such as football teams, vintage
aircrafts etc., Bill Gates stands apart.
He has not only pledged a large percentage of his
wealth to charity, but has also stated that after July
2008, he will be devoting all his time to charity work.
The Sp-ritual Science Research foundation (SSRF)
conducted spi-itual research to find out the spir-tual
factors that contributed to Bill Gates taking this life
path.
The spiri-ual research was done through the activated
and highly advanced sixth sense of Anjali G-dgil, a
seeker of the SSRF. Her spirit-al analysis was checked
and reconfirmed by
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His H-liness Dr. A-havale.
We often look at our lives from a very myopic
viewpoint i.e. we are born, we live and then we d-e and
there is nothing before or after that.
However, according to Spirit-al science, our life is
but a part of a continuum of many lives from our first
birth till we finally realize G-d or until our
dissolution. In other words, we all come from Go- and
finally have to go back to -od. Every time we are born
on Earth, it is an opportunity to make spiritu-l
progress so as to move closer to our final goal i.e.
becoming one with G-d. From the standpoint of spiritua-
growth, the opportunity to be born on Earth, if used
well, can result in our rapid -piritual growth. Refer
to point 3.2 in the article
http://www.spiritualresearchfoundation.org/spiritualresearch/spiritualscience/afterdeath/#32
Where do we go after d-ath.
Every time we are born on Earth, we learn afresh the
various worldly activities such as walking, talking,
pursuing academic studies or a career etc. When it
comes to s-iritual understanding and growth, we start
where we left off in our p-evious lifetime. Our deeds
and spi-itual practice done in pr-vious lifetimes,
either on Earth and/or in other subtle regions of the
Universe, pre-decide the major events of our current
life and the happiness and unhappiness we are due to
experience. This is known as our destiny and in current
times it makes up 65% of our lives.
Refer to the article on,
http://www.spiritualresearchfoundation.org/spiritualresearch/happiness/benefitsofspiritualpractice/insulationfromdestiny_f.php
What is destiny and wilful action?
When people enjoy tremendous worldly success or
happiness, it is generally due to merits from a
pre-ious lifetime. Worldly success does not raise any
eye-brows from a spiri-ual standpoint. However, when a
person pledges to donate a substantial amount of his
fortune along with his complete time to help the world,
it does raise interest from a spirit-al standpoint.
There are very few people who are able to walk away
from their wealth and also devote their time to help
society. It is for this reason the Spirit-al Science
Research Foundation proceeded to find out through
spiritu-l research, the contributing factors behind
this noble act.
2. Information about some relevant past lives of Bill
Gates
What the s-iritual research revealed was very
interesting. The following are the salient facts:
Bill Gates has had a rich sp-ritual background in his
past lives. He is a seeker of Go- following the
Spiritua- 'Path of Action' ("Karmayoga"). The -piritual
Path of Action ("Karmayoga") is inherently about practicing Spiritu-lity
according to the principle ‘As one sows, so shall one reap’. The knowledge
received also revealed that his faith and his efforts undertaken
on this path to -od, has made him a philosopher with
thought-leadership in the Path of Action.
Through spi-itual practice he has acquired a place in the subtle highly
evolved plane of existence, the <"Mahaloka"> (a region which is more
subtle
than H-aven).
He has done spirit-al practice for 20,000 years in the subtle plane of
existence called He-ven ("Swargaloka") and for 3000 years in the subtle
plane of existence called "Mahaloka". Please refer to the article on
http://www.spiritualresearchfoundation.org/spiritualresearch/spiritualscience/afterdeath/
Where do we go to after dea-h?
2.1 Enormity of the feat
The enormity of this feat can be understood from the following points:
One has to attain a minimum
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spiritual level of 60% to attain Hea-en and of 80% to attain Mahaloka.
Given
that most people in current times are at the 20% spirit-al level, this is
very significant. Refer to the article on
http://www.spiritualresearchfoundation.org/spiritualresearch/spiritualscience/spirituallevel_saints
">What is spir-tual level, for a breakdown of the world’s population by
spir-tual level in 2006. We can appreciate the high level of spiritu-l
growth achieved by Bill Gates in his earlier lives to be able to attain
these higher subtle planes of existence.
To give a comparison, 6 years of intense
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practice * on Earth is equivalent to just 7 hours of spi-itual practice
done
in Hea-en and 5 hours in "Mahaloka". In other words, the momentum of
spiri-ual growth gained through: 1 year of spiritu-l practice in Heaven =
7509 years of spiritua- practice on Earth 1 year of sp-ritual practice in
"Mahaloka" = 10,512 years of spiri-ual practice on Earth. This means
that Mr. Gates in his pre-ious lifetimes, in the subtle
planes of existence, has done spiri-ual practice as per the Earth
equivalent
of 150 million years in hea-en plus 31.5 million years in "Mahaloka." This
amounts to
a total of over 180 million years of effective spi-itual practice in Earth
years before being born as Bill Gates in this lifetime.
* Please note: Intense spirit-al practice in terms of
quantity would mean about 12-14 hours of practice a day. In terms of
quality, it means that the person does all his daily activities as service
to -od, with a lot
of desire and with the primary purpose to attain Go-.
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3. What is the purpose of Bill Gates’ birth on Earth?
Bill Gates due to his ample spi-ritual practice in p-evious births has
already transcended (gone beyond) the attachment to happiness one enjoys
in
Heav-n and has attained "Mahaloka", which is the region even
more subtle and evolved than Heav-n. Usually a person who has ascended up
to
"Mahaloka" has bypassed the cycle of birth and dea-h and hence does not
have
to be reborn on Earth to settle his destiny.
However, he can come to the Earth region of his own free will. Earth is
the only region among all the spi-itual planes of existence, where actual
action can
be performed, as the s-ul has a physical body. This is
the region where we can actually work away our give-and-take account and
complete our
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Karma.
This also stresses upon us the importance of spir-tual practice. From
his
past lives, as Bill Gates has a deep faith in the Spir-tual Path of Action
("Karmyoga") he has taken birth on Earth to ascend
(progress) from actual actions of sacrifice to complete
renunciation.
By virtue of his merits and sp-ritual level from pr-vious lives, this
highly intelligent individual is destined to lead a life of fame and
fortune
equivalent to that enjoyed by the likes of a king. That is why
he has been able to earn so much wealth. As a seeker on the Path of Action
he is known as a "Karmayogi". His spiri-ual practice is that of offering
his
wealth for the benefit of others. He had to take birth on Earth in
order to experience renunciation.
As Bill Gates has already experienced all the pleasures in the subtle
plane of Heav-n, he does not have any craving or attachment to wealth.
However, he now has the privilege to experience first hand, the
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Bliss of giving away wealth and of the resultant renunciation. Sacrifice
of
wealth in the real spir-tual sense means having no attachment to wealth.
Bill Gates is already at this stage. By giving away one’s
wealth, even the thought that, 'I have wealth' does not
remain. That is the stage of renunciation. Enjoying wealth can at the most
give pleasure, overcoming attachment to wealth gives superlative happiness
called
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Bliss. However progressing to renunciation gives even more Bliss.
4. Future of Bill Gates’ spi-itual practice
The wealth acquired by Bill Gates is result of his pure thoughts and
unshakeable faith in the Path of Action.
Giving away his accumulated wealth helps do away the
sense of achievement associated with it. Thus he will ascend from the
level
of sacrifice (giving away), where there is a sense of achievement of
wealth,
to that of renunciation where even this sense of achievement is
overcome. This is his goal. Thus he is close to achieving his objective
and
is now moving towards renunciation.
5. What can be the possible course of life as a result of good deeds?
Enjoying a prosperous, famous and influential life like that of a king.
Getting stuck in actions if one fails to donate: Even
if the person does not have attachment towards his wealth, if he does not
donate it, then due to the thoughts of achievement related to the acquired
wealth,
he gets stuck in the Path of Action. For attaining the ultimate stage of
G-d-realization, one has to finally go even beyond one’s path of sp-ritual
practice.
Getting entangled in the Path of Action means getting
trapped in thoughts about active actions pertaining to one’s duties.
Giving
up the Path of Action means sacrificing acquired wealth and progressing
from
sacrifice to renunciation.
Rapid further progress by donating: By donating the acquired wealth, one
is liberated even from the thoughts of achievement and one progresses
faster. Bill
Gates is an excellent example of this. He is an example of a great
ev-lving so-l.
John Winston. johnfw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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