Reincarnation - whats your take?
451304
As a Hindu, yes I believe in reincarnation. The atman sheds one body just as we change clothes, to take on a new body. With each incarnation we have the chance to advance spiritually and eventually achieve moksha. Some can do this is one lifetime, some need several lifetimes. Moksha is a lot like the Buddhist concept of nirvana. Moksha means "liberation" and "union". The Atman is liberated from the cycle of samsara and finds union in Brahman (the word Brahman comes for two Sanskrit words Brih Manah which translates as Great Consciousness or Expanding Consciousness, although it is usually translated into English as Cosmic Consciousness). In many of the Upanishads the message is quite clear that everything is Brahman, everything manifested out of Brahman. The atman is Brahman. Tat tvam asi. Thou art that.
654287
Reincarnation, literally "to be made flesh again", as a doctrine or mystical belief, holds the notion that some essential part of a human being (or in some interpretations, any living being) can survive death in some form, with its integrity partly or wholly retained, to be reborn in a new body. This part is often referred to as the Spirit or Soul, the 'Higher or True Self', 'Divine Spark', 'I' or the 'Ego' (not to be confused with the ego as defined by psychology).\n\nIn such beliefs, a new personality is developed during each life in the physical world, based upon past integrated experience and new acquired experiences, but some part of the being remains constantly present throughout these successive lives as well. It is usually believed that there is interaction between predeterminism of certain experiences, or lessons intended to happen during the physical life, and the free-will action of the individual as they live that life.
597544
it's just you. this is such a beautiful planet we live on, with such wonderful, facinating creatures. what is there not to love about life. i hope there is reincarnation, because i want to do it all over again
1111338
Some people believe in "past lives"-- reincarnation.  They believe people have soul mates and that many people in our CURRENT life is someone from their past... we died, then came back in a different body but with the same basic soul.  We're supposed to "come back" to right our past wrongs or learn something that we are supposed to know before we can 'move on'... basically, the mistakes we make, we should learn from; other people around us are our teachers or students--these can also be our 'soul' mates, doesn't necessarily mean a lover.  (If you really feel your instinct, it tells you what to do--that's your guide... )
709838
~~ Wolftone ,,, You must develope your own understanding of what you conceive the Afterlife to be. ,,, And if you accept the concept of One Single Life w/a "heaven/hell" payoff,,, OR one of the concepts of Reincarnation and multiple cycles of Rebirth as a means of Soul Growth. ~~ The only thing that would  ",,diminish the real life we have,,," is to waste the developement of your lntellect and exercising your gift of Freewill to make the Best of this Life.
726569
I definitely wouldn't run to the first guy claiming he was the reincarnation of Him. I've heard  that the anti-Christ will come and people will be fooled into worshiping him. I like to think I would KNOW the difference.
1183407
With acceptance of quantum physics, the M theory and new research on the subject of death, dying and rebirth, the scientific community is just beginning to take seriously the idea of reincarnation. \n\nOne of these scientists is Jim B. Tucker, PhD. (who grew up in the Southern Baptist faith, by the way) who recently published his studies on the subject. His book, ""Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children's Memories of Previous Lives", was praised by Harvard biologist Michael Levin as "a first-rate piece of research".
1044150
Yay, a question directed towards my beliefs! I don't have a concrete belief about why we are alive....but I think its because we want to be, and because we want to learn. Most humans seem to crave knowledge and what better way to gain it than by living? As to the after life I believe in a place called Summerland which is where spirits wait to be reincarnated.
228775
I truely believe in reicarnation. i think we have lessons to learn and have to come back again and again , until we have learnt those lessons. Its all to do with Karma .
594618
I totally believe in reincarnation but most Americans don't. I dream sometimes in French and I am in France (in the dream) a long time ago. Everyone there speaks French and I cannot speak that language when awake. \nWhat else but reincarnation explains this?\nGeneral George Patton believed in reincarnation and was able to use his knowledge from past lives to help him win battles in WWII. Many others have believed as well-Benjamin Franklin was one.
208256
No one knows for sure. It's a personal opinion. Mine? Unfortunately they go nowhere. Although I believe reincarnation may be possible.
1138161
I'm a Reincarnationist. With an open mind and common sense you can find reincarnation in all things.\n\nhttp://www.near-death.com/experiences/origen03.html\nhttp://www.near-death.com/experiences/origen06.html\nhttp://www.near-death.com/experiences/origen09.html\nhttp://www.near-death.com/experiences/origen04.html\n\nAnd please read "Many Mansions", about the life of Edgar Cayce, who was a devout Christian and a Reincarnationist.\n\nDon't listen to the noise. Listen to what you sense inside is true.
877746
I believe in the existence of a life after death.But I don't believe that anyone can describe it accurately nor judge on who goes where and why.That is up to someone or something that is beyond our current level of understanding and our only guide is often mistranslated religious texts of various religions that may or may not hold guidance in a better way of life in order to gain a better life after death.but these texts and religious beliefs should never be used to try and judge others or behave with self righteous attitudes carried by self propaganda.
899297
I'm a Reincarnationist. I've seen quite a few other wise people around R & S who are also Reincarnationists.
1020482
I think that we only get one shot at life, that's why we have to try and make the best of it. Fairness doesn't come into the equation I'm afraid, life just isn't fair! Reincarnation sounds great, but is in my view unlikely.  It is possible that 'the point of it all' may be quite obscure or completely beyond our understanding, if one exists at all. I found this excerpt about Nirvana and enlightenment, which I think makes perfect sense... \n\n"Nirvana- The End of Suffering... In this lifetime and all future lifetimes.The Buddha once said, “I teach the path to immortality.” As it turns out, he didn’t mean, not having to die, even Christ had to die. The Buddha was saying... Samsara, the perpetual cycle of birth and death ended in Nirvana, I could never be reborn again... I would exist and not exist at the very same time, forever. I would abide in Nirvana. \n\nEnlightenment- The Wisdom of Emptiness... The wisdom that arises from the direct experience of all phenomena being empty of independent existence.Knowing through personal experience (for example, meditation) that all things are interconnected and interdependent. That nothing in this world exists independently. All things are connected and conditional... In other words... All things exist because of other things."
1101461
What is reincarnation??\nLife is infinite.\nLife never ends.\nwe're just reborn where ever we want.\nAnd as time is an illusion, it is easy for those who master it to contact anyone at any 'time'. future or past - doesn't matter.
1060272
Life after death we will be born again, maybe we will spend some time as beings of light ( energy ) but eventualy we will retirn to a physical form\nIt make sense becuse it seems rather "odd" to me that we are the reason that the whole universe was made for, it is odd to believe that we came suddenly to this world and that we will go suddenly and then will go to heaven and stay there indefinitly. It just sounds foolish and beyond the power of resaon tht we have to believe such lame stories.\nI see as reincarnation as one candle passing out its flame to another new candle, the new flame is NOT the old flame but the new flame WILL NOT HAVE HAPPENED if not for the old candle. Both are interconnected.