HOW YOU CHOOSE YOUR NEXT BIRTH
Based on all the intelligence that you have when you leave the body, you decide what type of a body you want to take next. It is based upon the lifetime you just completed. With the 'file' created by the experiences and impressions of the past life, you review the entire file. You ask yourself, 'What is the best experience that I wanted to have in my life?' Then you refer to the past life to see all the experiences you had in your life. Whatever you think was the best, even if it was just a glimpse, you choose. In order to repeat the same peak experience, you decide on the sort of place that would be good to be born in. Then you decide what type of father and mother are needed. After considering all this, you take birth. That's all.
EVEN POVERTY IS A CONSCIOUS CHOICE
Even poverty is a conscious choice! Please understand: poverty is a conscious choice. It is very difficult to understand this, but it is the truth. When you don't want to take responsibility of having and guarding money, you choose to be in poverty. Having money means a lot of responsibility. You are always in danger; anytime you can be harassed. You can be kidnapped and your money can be taken away from you. These are all the risks money will bring in life. Therefore, you may choose to be born in poverty! That is why we say even poverty is a conscious choice.