REINCARNATION 1

REINCARNATION IS THE BELIEF THAT MAN'S SOUL SURVIVES DEATH, RESTS & RETURNS TO BE BORN AGAIN INTO A NEW PHYSICAL BODY WITH RENEWED OPPORTUNITIES TO PROGRESS & GROW IN KNOWLEDGE & WISDOM.

IT IS A PART OF THIS BELIEF THAT WE EXPERIENCE LIFE AS BOTH MALE & FEMALE, AS MEMBERS OF VARIOUS RACES & SOCIAL CLASSES & THAT MANY OF OUR PREVIOUS LIFETIMES ENCOMPASS THE WHOLE GAUNTLET OF GOOD & BANE.

THE INDIVIDUAL DEEDS ARE NOT IMPORTANT AS THE MOTIVATIONS BEHIND THE DEEDS & WHETHER WE LEARNED & GREW FROM THESE EXPERIENCES.

WE ARE THE SUM OF OUR PAST EXPERIENCES. WE EACH HAVE POSITIVE TRAITS & TALENTS, AS WELL AS DETRIMENTAL HABIT PATTERNS & ATTITUDES WHICH HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN PAST LIFE TIMES. IT IS AN OCCULT BELIEF THAT WE ARE BORN 12 TIMES IN EACH ZODIAC SIGN FORMING A SPIRAL OF EXPERIENCE. EACH OF THE ZODIAC SIGNS HAVE THEIR POSITIVE & NEGATIVE ATTRIBUTES ON WHICH TO DRAW FROM IN EACH LIFETIME. MANY THAT DO NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND THE THEORY OF REINCARNATION ASSUME THAT THOSE WHO DO BELIEVE ARE ATTRACTED TO THE IDEA BECAUSE " YOU CAN JUST DO WHAT YOU PLEASE IN THIS LIFETIME & NOT WORRY ABOUT IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE". IF ANYTHING, THE BELIEF OR AN INVESTIGATION OF REGRESSION MAKES YOU MORE ACUTELY AWARE OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF EACH THOUGHT & ACTION & THE MOTIVATIONS BEHIND THEM. THE DISCOVERY THAT YOUR PAST LIFE ACTIONS HAVE CREATED THE DIFFICULT SITUATIONS & UNDESIRABLE PERSONALITY TRAITS YOU ARE DEALING WITH NOW, AS WELL AS THE GOODNESS & BEAUTY IN YOUR LIVES, IS A MUCH STRONGER MORE TANGIBLE MOTIVATION TO USE THAN THE THREAT OF BURNING FOREVER IN SOME UNIMAGINABLE HELL OR PLAYING THE HARP FOREVER IN THE HEAVENLY CLOUDS. AT FIRST THE IDEA OF RETURNING TO LIVE AGAIN & AGAIN SEEMS REASSURING, COMFORTING & INVITING, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO HAVE A GREAT FEAR OF DEATH.

AS KNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING INCREASES, THAT ASPECT SEEMS LESS & LESS INVITING & THE DETERMINATION GROWS TO LEARN & PROGRESS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THE CYCLE OF DEATH & REBIRTH CAN BE BROKEN.

THE PURPOSE OF REINCARNATION IS FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND & CLAIM YOUR BIRTH RIGHT AS AN EVOLVING UNLIMITED SPIRIT CREATED BY THE ULTIMATE CREATIVE FORCE KNOWN TO US AS GOD / GODDESS. WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR TRUE NATURE & FREE YOURSELF FROM LIMITATIONS & ACCEPT FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR ACTIONS, THEN YOU HAVE NO FURTHER NEED TO EXPERIENCE THE LESSONS LEARNED THROUGH PHYSICAL EXISTENCE ON THIS EARTHLY PLANE.

REINCARNATION IS ONE OF THE OLDEST & MOST WIDELY HELD BELIEFS IN THE WORLD. IT IS FOUND IN ALL RELIGIOUS HOLY BOOKS & WRITINGS DATING BACK TO THE DISTANT PAST HISTORY OF MANKIND.

AT THE BEGINNING OF MANS SOJOURN ON EARTH HIS LIFE WAS SIMPLE & CLOSELY INTEGRATED INTO THE CYCLES OF LIFE, DEATH & REBIRTH WHICH HE SAW ALL AROUND HIM IN NATURE. IT WAS NATURAL TO HIM TO BELIEVE THAT HE TOO, WAS A PART OF THE CYCLE & THAT HIS LIFE WOULD BE RENEWED.

AND IT IS THOSE CULTURES ACROSS THE WORLD WHICH CONTINUES TO LIVE IN CLOSE HARMONY WITH NATURE WHERE THE BELIEF IN REINCARNATION IS MOST WIDESPREAD & HAS SURVIVED THE NEW RELIGIONS THAT BELIEVE THAT WE ONLY HAVE ONE CHANCE BEFORE JUDGEMENT DAY.

AS MAN ALLOWED HIS LIFE TO BECOME MORE COMPLICATED & BEGUN TO USE THE POSSESSION OF MATERIAL THINGS AS A MEASURE OF SELF WORTH, SOME MADE UP RULES TO TRY & CONTROL OTHERS & BENEFIT FROM THEIR LABOURS WITH OUT PERSONAL EFFORT. FOR SOME IT WAS EASY TO ALLOW OTHERS TO TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF TELLING THEM WHAT TO DO, WHAT TO THINK & HOW TO LIVE THEIR LIVES. IT GAVE THEM SOME ONE TO BLAME IF THINGS WENT AWRY.

SO MAN BEGAN TO RELINQUISH THE FREEDOM OF BEING PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR HIMSELF, HIS ACTIONS & EVEN HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS MAKER. AND MAN FORGOT THAT HE ALREADY KNEW THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION WHICH JOB ASKED SOME 3,500 YEARS AGO. " IF MAN DIES, WILL HE LIVE AGAIN?"

OFTEN THE THEORY OF REINCARNATION IS CONFUSED WITH THE THEORY OF TRANSMIGRATION OF THE SOUL, THE COMING BACK AS AN ANIMAL. AMONG THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN REINCARNATION THERE IS A RELATIVELY SMALL GROUP MAINLY IN INDIA WHICH BELIEVES IN THE TRANSMIGRATION OF THE SOUL.

IT IS PROBABLE THAT THIS THEORY EVOLVED FROM ANCIENT ALLEGORY WHICH WAS MEANT TO TEACH MAN RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS ALL LIFE FORMS..

THE SPARK OF LIFE WITHIN EACH OF US WHICH ANIMATES THE CELLS OF OUR BODIES COMES FROM THE SOURCE WHICH GIVES LIFE TO ALL LIVING THINGS. THEREFORE THERE IS A KINSHIP BETWEEN ALL LIFE FORMS & THAT KINSHIP SHOULD BE RECOGNISED & VALUED & TREATED IN A RESPONSIBLE MANNER

OUR PHYSICAL BODIES ARE MADE UP OF COLONIES OF LIVING CELLS, EACH PERFORMING A SPECIFIC FUNCTION TO PROVIDE AN EFFICIENT HOST FOR OUR SOULS. WE ARE SPIRITS THAT MUST FUNCTION IN A PHYSICAL WORLD & TO BE ABLE TO FUNCTION, WE MUST HAVE A PHYSICAL VEHICLE THROUGH WHICH TO MANIFEST OURSELVES. THUS WE SHOULD SHOW RESPECT FOR & TAKE REASONABLE CARE OF ALL LIFE FORMS WHICH MAKE UP OUR BODIES [THE ELEMENTS] & OTHERS.

WE ARE MEANT TO BE CARETAKERS OF THE EARTH. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RESOURCES & ALL LIFE FORMS ON THIS PLANET, FOR TO DO OTHERWISE WILL CREATE IMBALANCE & THE DYING OUT OF SPECIES.

WE HAVE A DUTY OF ESTABLISHING INTELLIGENT PRIORITIES FOR THE USE & TREATMENT OF LIFE FORMS & RESOURCES.

THE ANCIENT PEOPLES HAD NO CONCEPT OF PERSONAL OWNERSHIP OF LAND, MOTHER NATURE BELONGED TO HERSELF, IT WAS UNDERSTOOD THAT THE BOUNTY OF EARTH WAS FREELY GIVEN BY THE MOTHER FOR THE USE OF HER CHILDREN WHICH INCLUDED MAN, ANIMALS, BIRDS & INSECTS. BUT THIS BOUNTY HAD TO BE USED THOUGHTFULLY & WITH CARE THAT THE RESOURCES WERE NOT WASTED OR DEPLETED. IF NECESSITY DEMANDED THAT THEY DIG IN THE EARTH, THIS WAS TREATED AS A WOUND ON A LIVING BEING & THE SOIL WAS REPLACED & THE WOUND HEALED TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY. WHEN IT WAS NECESSARY TO HUNT FOR FOOD BROTHER ELK, DEER OR BEAR WAS THANKED & BLESSED FOR GIVING ITS LIFE-FORCE FOR THE SAKE OF FOOD, TOOLS, CLOTHING ETC. NOTHING WAS KILLED FOR SPORT, THERE WAS A DEFINITE PURPOSE OR NEED BEHIND EVERY ACTION & A SEASON FOR EVERYTHING THEY DID, EVEN THE PLANTS & FRUIT TAKEN WERE THANKED AFTER THEY HAD EXPLAINED THEIR NEED.

BLESSED BE.