संस्कारसाक्षात्करणात्पूर्वजातिज्ञानम् ॥ saṃskāra-sākṣāt-karaṇāt-pūrva-jāti-jñānam Through samyama of closely examining (sākṣātkaraṇāt) one’s conditioning and patterns (saṃskāra), one acquires deep knowledge (jñānam) of the past (pūrva) and past lives (jāti). PRACTICAL LIVING     Thoughts, beliefs and behavior are learned often without awareness from the moment we are conceived (and brought from previous lives). Later in adult life, when we …