5 Kinds Of Sanskars Of The Soul
The soul has 3 faculties - mind, intellect, and sanskars. Very often, we say we can’t understand each other, and sometimes we can’t understand our own behavior. It is because we are not aware of the sanskars or personality traits each of us carries. These deep impressions shape how we perceive situations and respond to people around us. Without recognizing these inner patterns, confusion arises in both our relationships and our personal decisions.
✱Each soul carries 5 types of sanskars:
1● 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 & 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 – We often find certain habits of ours very similar to habits of members of our family. They could be physical habits, our way of thinking, or personality traits.
2● 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 – country, caste, culture, city, locality, school, friends and social circle.
3● 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 – We understand that we are not this body, but the spiritual energy that uses the body, energy which is not created or destroyed – energy which is immortal, eternal. Death means the soul leaves the old body and has a new body ready for it to use. When the soul leaves one costume, it carries its sanskars with it. This explains why even identical twins have very different personalities, bodies are identical, but each soul carries a different past.
4● 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 – We may carry any type of sanskar from the past, family or environment, but if we wish to change, we can create a new sanskar with our own will power.
5● 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 – The above 4 types of sanskars are acquired after using the body, but each soul has an original set of sanskars – peace, joy, love, bliss, purity, power, and wisdom. These 7 sanskars are the original sanskars of every soul, and all the sanskars we see today of ego, anger, greed, jealousy, fear… are acquired sanskars. When we become soul-conscious and remain aware of our original sanskars, they start to emerge again. Let us remember who I am – I am a pure, peaceful, loveful soul, and so is every soul I will meet today.
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“Our behavior is shaped by hidden sanskars—from family, environment, past, and choice—but our true nature remains pure, peaceful, and loving.”
Much of how we think, feel, and act is influenced by deep impressions we carry—some inherited from our family, some absorbed from the world around us, some brought forward from past experiences, and some created by our own repeated choices. These layers quietly guide our reactions and often explain why we misunderstand others or even ourselves.
Yet beneath all these acquired patterns lies our 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞—𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝—𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦. When we become aware of this inner truth and consciously nurture it, we begin to rise above conditioned responses, allowing our "natural goodness" to shine through and transform both our inner world and our relationships.
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