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The Meaning Of LifeGuru Nanak jee questioned Dunee Chand, “How can you feedyour dead ancestors by feeding these Hindu Priests?” DuneeChand said that everyone followed this ceremony. GuruNanak Dev jee said, “Dunee Chand, this food won’t reach yourdead ancestors. O Dunee Chand towards the west there is ajungle and a hungry wolf has been there for 15 days. That’syour reincarnated father.”Dunee Chand said, “But Guru jee, my father never did anythingbad, how can he have been reincarnated?” Guru NanakDev jee said, “If you don’t believe me, then go and ask your reincarnatedfather. Don’t worry when you get there you’ll seeyour father’s spirit. When he stands before you give him thefood and ask him your question.” Dunee Chand took the foodon a metal plate that he repectfully carried his head and wentto the jungle.Dunee Chand puts his hands together, offered the food andasked, “Dear father, you donated lots of money to charity,you were good and virtuous, so why were you reincarnated?”The father answered, “I never did anything bad, but at the lastmoment before death the neighbours cooked meat and I had adesire to eat it. Because of my desire I was reborn.”What ever a person desires at the last moment is what thatsoul is reborn as. Bhagat Trilochan jee’s verses say that if youremember money at the last moment, then you come back as asnake. A snake has many species, the person who rememberedmoney is born into these. A person who remembers his sonsand never meditated on God’s Name will come back as a pigagain and again. A man who thinks of his lust will come back76