| arnation means once you pass away in this life, you | | | | Today, reincarnation is an accepted part of several |
| will be reborn as a different person. In this way, your | | | | major world religions, including Hinduism and Buddhism. |
| soul will continue to live new lives and have new | | | | Other Reasons to Believe in Reincarnation |
| experiences. In this sense, death really isn't an end | | | | Besides the numerous examples in other religions and |
| but another new beginning - an opportunity for you | | | | throughout human history, there are still other |
| to use what you have learned from consecutive lives | | | | reasons to believe in reincarnation. Below is a list of |
| in order to find further happiness and greater | | | | some of these reasons: |
| fulfillment in your new existence. | | | | * Hypnotic Regression - Through hypnosis, many |
| However, not everyone accepts reincarnation as a | | | | people have been able to uncover and remember |
| reality. Some believe death is the end of both our | | | | actual experiences from their past lives. They have |
| body and our soul. We simply cease to exist after | | | | been able to describe places or events they had |
| only a tiny fragment of time. Others believe our | | | | never read about or seen anything about before. |
| bodies die while our souls transcend earth to live | | | | These memories provide evidence that at least some |
| eternally in some type of paradise. | | | | of us have lived multiple lives. |
| Regardless of your current beliefs, there are some | | | | * Past Life Recall - Although we may not trust adults |
| very good reasons to believe in reincarnation. | | | | who tell us stories about their past lives, most of us |
| The Long History of Reincarnation | | | | are more likely to believe children who have no |
| Reincarnation is not a "new age" concept. The belief | | | | motivation to lie about their memories. There are |
| has been with us almost since the first civilizations | | | | numerous documented cases of spontaneous past |
| and possibly even before. The Egyptians believed the | | | | life recall in children and this further supports the idea |
| soul (or ka, to use their terminology) left the body at | | | | of reincarnation. |
| death and would move to other bodies. | | | | * Intuition - Most of us have had the experience |
| The respected Greek mathematician Pythagoras | | | | they we are reliving a moment of our lives or that |
| taught that reincarnation (or soul transmigration) was | | | | we know a piece of information we should have no |
| a reality. He believed the soul moved through | | | | way of knowing. When we have these experiences, |
| different lives until it had become purified enough to | | | | they stand out to us and stun us momentarily before |
| leave the reincarnation cycle. | | | | we go back to our other occupations. However, |
| Some would argue that the Bible and Christianity also | | | | these could very well be examples of our past lives |
| support a belief in reincarnation and that the many of | | | | seeping into our present memories. |
| Jesus' teachings, such as "Unless man is reborn, he | | | | Reincarnation is a serious belief with a long history |
| cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven." This idea may | | | | among respected thinkers and world religions. |
| suggest an agreement with Pythagoras and other | | | | Consider this when you decide whether or not to |
| Greek thinkers on the purpose of reincarnation. | | | | believe. |