Ones activities are a person's Karma. The soul enters the body about the end of the first trimester. Would think that prior Karma would have already chosen the most opportune situation for a soul/spirit to achieve further spiritual growth. From then on all decisions are based on the genetics/opportunities/educational/ economic/ and prior karmic experiences.
Karmically we earn the opportunity to be born Human and we choose "yes" So birth is a result of Karma and our decision to accept. We are born at our own consent...
According to Abhidhamma the rebirth-linking consciousness (Patisandhi-citta) connects to the very cells of conception, 2 physical properties ( egg fertilized by sperm) & one mental property, eg the citta ( as above, or soul, spirit if you prefer), there is no conception w/out the Citta, thus all abortion is the end of a life... karma is the decider, driven by Cetana or intention, Human Birth is very Precious, Rare, almost impossible...
Ones activities are a person's Karma. The soul enters the body about the end of the first trimester. Would think that prior Karma would have already chosen the most opportune situation for a soul/spirit to achieve further spiritual growth. From then on all decisions are based on the genetics/opportunities/educational/ economic/ and prior karmic experiences.
Karmically we earn the opportunity to be born Human and we choose "yes" So birth is a result of Karma and our decision to accept. We are born at our own consent...
According to Abhidhamma the rebirth-linking consciousness (Patisandhi-citta) connects to the very cells of conception, 2 physical properties ( egg fertilized by sperm) & one mental property, eg the citta ( as above, or soul, spirit if you prefer), there is no conception w/out the Citta, thus all abortion is the end of a life... karma is the decider, driven by Cetana or intention, Human Birth is very Precious, Rare, almost impossible...