Reincarnation

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I've mentioned the book "Many Lives, Many Masters" (by Brian L. Weisse, PhD.) several times in various threads, but I was curious to hear other people's thoughts on the subject of reincarnation. Anyone--other than myself--certain there's more to life than what we see around us everyday in this particular incarnation? And, if so, what's your reasoning?

Well... right now I'm in a phase of my life where I'm questioning structural faith aka religion. The best way to do that is to study as many religions as I can and figure out what they have in common and what the differences are. So far, I like Taoism the best. But the part of Taoism I'm not so sure about is they don't believe in a hell. They believe that a person is reincarnated until they prove themselves worthy for heaven. It may get deeper than that, but I am still reading. And I'm probably having a hard time with it because I grew up with a somewhat catholic background. But the more I found out about the Christian faith, the less I liked it.

Anyone--other than myself--certain there's more to life than what we see around us everyday in this particular incarnation?I wonder how someone can be certain about such things. Obviously we can't sense every physical phenomonon that happens around us, but I assume you're talking about spiritual things. The fact that neutrinos pass quietly through our body doesn't really have much to do with reincarnation.What I don't understand about reincarnation is that there are many more people alive now than ever even lived not so many hundreds of years ago. We can't all have been Napoleon or Cleopatra. Where do the new souls come from? And do old souls eventually wear out?

In reply to: Where do the new souls come from? And do old souls eventually wear out? My dad said the same thing to me. I've been pondering it ever since... I can see that those who have "proven themselves" would move on to heaven and those who haven't would continue to reincarnate... and I imagine the new souls would come from the same place the old souls originally came from... God.It's a theory in progress.

don't buy any of it!Steve... you beat me to the question... as the population increases, obviously new sould would have to be added. Therefore, those who insist that we are all reincarnated are ignoring the mathematical issue that many of us must be brand-spanking new!

I was Donald Duck in a previous life.

Minnie Mouse is effin' goofy.

Yes, but I suspect his transgender status, as can be observed by his film appearances, is likely the root cause of his marital difficulties. That is surely what drove Minnie to cross-species infidelity.

"Is it wrong to wank off a dog?"

Not if you're a mouse.

I belive in reincarnation... and then I saw a great documentry on it..now I belive alot in reincarnation
I belive in life after death but not in a "heaven/hell" way. I also belive alot of people have had past lives. you just get a scence from people that you meet of age thats not always related to their actual age...if that makes any scence. If there are such things as past lives, ive had afue.I dont know, i guess I kinda belive in my own things for my own reasons, not in the mood to justify right now but maybe later

ignoring the mathematical issue that many of us must be brand-spanking new! well to answer that, I think SOME people can be reincarnated, not everyone would choose that kinda thing when they pass on and i think a certain amount of it would be choice though some may not be

you just get a scence from people that you meet of age thats not always related to their actual ageCould that thing that you sense be maturity?

yes, but not always..... I dont expect people to get it. it makes scence to me. Im just better at reading people then most others I know

Like Wally, I've seen shit that I can't explain, not even as a hallucination. It can only be explained as "spirits" or "ghosts", for whatever those open ended explanations are worth - little in my estimation.

As for the mathematical problems presented here about reincarnation, what law says a human reincarnates as a human. Maybe you reincarnate as a tree or an extremophile living under the ice on Enceladus or a creature on the other side of the universe. What law says you only reincarnate in the direction of the future, maybe some are reincarnated to the past.

My question is, what the hell does any of it matter? Whether we're reincarnated, transformed to pure unintelligent energy, standing at the pearly gates, or simply disappear into oblivion as our brain ceases to function, what's going to happen is going to happen, whether you like it or not. So, I say enjoy the time we know we have here and let the afterlife, if any, take care of itself.

Before I get flamed, that doesn't mean unethical behavior is permissible.

Nice post Scotty!

I wonder what it means to get reincarneted to or from a tree...or a yeast cell...or a virus...or a mitochondrion? Or are those last two things even alive?

"I wonder what it means to get reincarneted to...a tree..."It means dogs are no longer your best friend...unless you had a watersport fetish in a previous life. On the other hand, you may have pussy climbing all over you.

Okay, new PEOPLE are born all the time--from randomly imparted chemicals coming together in the proper sequence--so who's to say that new souls can't be born from randomly imparted particles of energy?There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

I don't know what you mean by "soul". Could you define it? Do amoebas have them?> who's to say that new souls can't be born from randomly imparted particles of energy?I could posit any of an infinite number of things, and who's to say they're not true? Maybe the former inhabitants of Venus are running a car wash in a big crater on the dark side of the moon? Or maybe one Nigerians I keep getting e-mails from really will deposit a million dollars in my bank account, if only I send him my bank account information.People can conjure up romantic and comforting notions about any number of things, but that doesn't make them true. So far no one has ever come back from the dead to tell us about it. The people who have gone through the tunnel and seen the light? They were never dead. Oxygen-deprived, maybe. But not dead.A philosophical question: when a person who ingests LSD speaks of the amazing things he saw when he was tripping...were they real? Did LSD lower reality's veil? Or were they a product of the trippers distorted impressions?> HoratioThat doesn't really add any cogency to your argument.