Reincarnation

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> I am sure list members can give lots of pros and cons on both sides of

the

> debate. Let us see what the other members make of reincarnation?

 

All I can say about reincarnation is that I do not recall ever experiencing

it, therefore there will always be doubt. Unless I myself experienced a

"past life regression" that I could prove as being absolutely historically

accurate, no matter how much empirical evidence there may be for

reincarnation (and there is quite a lot), there must always be a doubt

about it, however small. But in the long run reincarnation, although

interesting, has nothing to do with what IS, this moment. Therefore, I

have to say that it's no more than an interesting and entertaining topic of

speculation that can provide some people a sense of comfort and some a

sense of misery.

 

Hari OM,

 

Tim

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Hari Om Jay:

 

I enjoyed your dialog with Ron and let me add some additional comments.

Hinduism is quite different from the other religions such as

Christianity, Islam etc. Hinduism is evolved and there are many versions

of Hinduism and they are applicable for people with different levels of

maturity and understanding.

 

Some in Hinduism will also say that God has setup a bureaucratic

regiment to facilitate the organization of the souls in different

universes (Earth - BoomaLok, Heaven - SwarkaLok, Hell - NaragaLok,

KailasLok, VaikundaLok, BrahmaLok, etc. The transmigration of souls

between these universes are decided by the Karma theory - good deeds get

rewarded and bad deeds get punished. The servents of God - Yama,

Chithragupta, Indira, Varna, etc. serve as managers and these are also

not permanant positions and all by rotation according to deeds! There

are many other interesting variations and explanations discussed

Bhagawatham and other Puranic stories, Mahabharat and Ramayana.

 

Deepak Chopra in his book on "Ageless body and Timeless Mind" describes

that 98% of the entire human body is refurbished in every three months!

The soul does occupies a new body every three months!

 

Ram Chandran

 

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>"Vivekananda Centre" <vivekananda

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>The following questions and answers on reincarnation may be of interest

to

>others on the list. I am not an expert on this theory but have

attempted to

>put across some of the interesting ideas that come across through this

>dialogue with Ron.

>....jay

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>I am sure list members can give lots of pros and cons on both sides of the

>debate. Let us see what the other members make of reincarnation?

 

It sounds to me like most of your questioner's confusion about reincarnation

results from the common notion that the soul is "inside" the body. Ask him

to think about it from the opposite perspective - that the body, and the

entire universe, is "within" the soul - and see where that leads him....

 

Warren