(June 14, 2017 at 5:18 am)emjay Wrote: @Little Rik. Something I'm curious about; you've defined how rebirth works in your view for humans... bad; devolve into an animal, neither good nor bad; no change, and good; evolve spiritually in some way into some higher being. But how does it work for animals in your view? Ie how does a dog, say, evolve (in your sense) into a human? What is a higher spiritual state for a dog?... what guarantees it an upgrade, downgrade, or no change? Eg what is a good dog that will be reborn as something 'better', what is a bad dog that will be reborn as something 'worse', and what is a neither good nor bad dog that will be reborn again as a dog?
Easy Em.
I already explained this point several times.
Is a pity that you miss it.
Never mind.
I will go through this topic once again.
Plants and animals are driven by instinct.
Whatever they do they never build any karma.
Mother nature drive them to do and to behave in a certain way.
There is no such a thing as a bad dog or a bad animal.
It is like your little little kids.
If they brake a glass you have no right to hit them but as soon as they grow up and after they develop
some consciousness they become more and more responsible for what they do and the karma law apply to them in the good or in the bad.
Humans have enough consciousness to distinguish between the right and the wrong so they are responsible for their actions.
Got it now?