There are variations, however I'm thinking that the main issue seems to be the karma. What sense would it make for a human to live a full filled life only to come back as an elephant that paints? So with that it seems that karma is the influence. It would more likely make sense to me that a person who had lived a sordid life of crime against humanity might come back as a dog in the slums. But personally I believe that some people have lived past lives but not all people, as some people are Old Souls, ie: child prodigies, brilliant scientists etc., while others are New Souls ie: idiots without a clue who are easily identifiable. I would not consider reincarnation in the sense that our soul returns in the form of a different species but contend the soul returns as another human being. A human soul does not return as a cow in my opinion. I think we retain life experiences within our soul and suggest that life might be occurring simultaneously on different planes or within a parallel universe and further that there is a level at which time is of no consequence. I would think that if the soul retains it's accumulated properties then it might also retain the aspects of retribution. Upon new life in the new physical frame is there a clean slate with which to develop? I often wonder why some people are born into extreme poverty and pain while other live wonderful lives. While both will have to commit to death the interim of life seems to have significance in the fact that maybe there is for them a lesson to be learned. I would also have to examine why it is that a person is born and dies within hours of living if there is any significance to life between birth and death for that individual, for that soul. If what we do in this life influences our lives to come then I have to wonder what has that person done within it's few hours of life to influence it's future life. Can we lay down a prospectus for person's future life based on general observation of the person's current life. IF so then where might be Hitler, Dahmer, Saddam etc, and what are they doing in their future life? Have they returned already and are they living among us as we speak? The question begets more questions which beget even more as the question surrounding the most mysterious aspects of human life remains enigmatic; what of death and beyond? Reincarnation is a concept amongst the many others a mere unsubstantiated belief.
On Aug 2, 1:55 am, RP Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > A person might have taken many births before this one. According to Hindu > mythology the soul has to pass birth in 8.4 million species before getting > birth in the human species. Also a person might have been born many times as > a human being , what I meant by first life was the very first time a soul > took birth. As he had never taken birth before that , then where were his > karma as a consequence of which he took birth. > > On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > What I don't get is why he took > > > birth in his first life? RP > > > What do you mean by "take" birth? As in a choosing of or a life > > assigned? > > > Is there choice in reincarnation? > > > Also, how could it be known if the prior life was the "first" life? > > > On Aug 1, 1:41 pm, RP Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > According to the theory of reincarnation a person takes birth as a > > > consequence of his actions in his past life. > > > > On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 5:27 AM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He7Ge7Sogrk > > > > > Does this example seem to give some credence to the idea of > > > > reincarnation? > > > > > Where does this Elephant get this ability? > > > > > Are there random elements of soul/spirit floating about in the cosmos? > > > > > Or is this simply a product of a serious trainer animal relationship? > > > > > What are your thoughts on this? > > > > >http://www.exoticworldgifts.com/Categories.bok?category=Elephant%20Pa. > > .. > > > > > I don't see too much variety in the compositions other than the > > > > repetitive elephant pose and the floral arrangements so I'm > > > > wondering.
