Sometimes before someone comes down for another cycle of life, they will volunteer to go through something that seems to be out of proportion to the life that they will lead. Because their going through that willingly helps to work out a major portion of karma that would take many lifetimes to work out otherwise. It is not because they are being punished for any one particular thing they have done. It is just that they felt they were ready to work out a large portion in a condensed form.
