tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post427271170599041803..comments2024-03-26T15:30:39.733-07:00Comments on Rainy Day Thoughts: The question of reincarnationRain Trueaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-75323998470114494802010-04-06T07:10:08.316-07:002010-04-06T07:10:08.316-07:00It seems to me that religious and spiritual belief...It seems to me that religious and spiritual beliefs evolve over time. Reincarnation is part of Hindu and Bhuddist teachings. The soul never dies but continues to come back in a different body in order to, at some time in the future, be released from the suffering of anger, hatred, lust, etc. The final stage acheived is Nirvana, a bodyless state. In modern times reincarnation seems to be part of the New Age movement and even some Christian groups embrace it. I'm not a bible scholar but in my reading of the old testament the place where people go when they die is Sheol. There doesn't seem to be a promise of eternal suffering for the wicked or heaven for the righteous. Then in the new testament we have heaven and hades. I think the idea of hell or hades was borrowed from Greek mythology. When Jesus was preaching in Jerusalem there was a Jewish sect called the Sadducees that did not believe in a resurection and gave him a hard time about it. So as the centuries roll past religions seem to accumulate doctrines they pick up from being influenced by other cultures.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03204625068309822016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-88824594516572681472010-04-05T11:50:43.204-07:002010-04-05T11:50:43.204-07:00Even if you believe in reincarnation, it doesn'...Even if you believe in reincarnation, it doesn't end the questions. There are supposedly old and new souls and then those who have completed their cycles and don't come back but then what happens? I come back to life is a mystery whatever the truth of life beyond physical death might be. I put myself on the don't know side but have had some experiences that make me feel reincarnation would explain more easily than anything else.Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-10233911537080389222010-04-05T11:47:09.898-07:002010-04-05T11:47:09.898-07:00Yes, I clicked on the link and read the story of J...Yes, I clicked on the link and read the story of James. It is eerie. I know that there are things that can't be explained rationally. <br /><br />I wish I could believe in reincarnation, but I still get back to my daughter's question, "If we are recycled, where did all those extra people come from?"Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-13978489229261986382010-04-05T10:11:35.951-07:002010-04-05T10:11:35.951-07:00I believe in reincarnation and I consider myself t...I believe in reincarnation and I consider myself to be a Christian. To say I don't believe in it would be a lie.Paulhttp://ShadowofDiogenes.blogs.com/shadow/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-9534782941369511782010-04-05T09:44:25.927-07:002010-04-05T09:44:25.927-07:00What I think is: thoughts are frequencies, like ra...What I think is: thoughts are frequencies, like radio waves. I am just a radio, and when I am still I can catch a wave... a Pony Express rider dying by a campfire, a scared kid charging from a WWI trench, a small town car mechanic from the 40’s... .Mike McLarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17881672365554137673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-70168118742817322222010-04-05T01:17:54.297-07:002010-04-05T01:17:54.297-07:00I have a lot of questions about Reincarnation, mys...I have a lot of questions about Reincarnation, myself, and have come to no conclsions whatsoever...!<br />It sure is interesting to contemplate though, isn't it?OldLady Of The Hillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02458879772193114892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-23755980263588646332010-04-04T17:19:29.284-07:002010-04-04T17:19:29.284-07:00Did any of you read the link and the story about t...Did any of you read the link and the story about the boy? What did you think about it? Fraud? Real? The link is why I wanted to write about this again-- that and because it's Easter which is about resurrection.Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-3671337521143278232010-04-04T16:43:30.518-07:002010-04-04T16:43:30.518-07:00I've already made my view on reincarnation kno...I've already made my view on reincarnation known in a previous post and I don't think I will go there again.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-54572086997328178072010-04-04T15:23:22.120-07:002010-04-04T15:23:22.120-07:00I don't think that I believe in reincarnation ...I don't think that I believe in reincarnation and have some doubts about any form of life after death. But I guess we won't know until we die and then, if there is nothing after death, we still won't know. But we also won't care.Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12381970360203140143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-1401961726538891292010-04-04T12:54:58.902-07:002010-04-04T12:54:58.902-07:00If re-incarnation is the ultimate in recycling I&#...If re-incarnation is the ultimate in recycling I'll go there. But, the thought of being reborn again is sooooo distasteful! Once again, excellent and thoughtful post Rain. peace,,MandTmandthttp://adgitadiaries.blog-city.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-26174619603804726822010-04-04T10:54:34.883-07:002010-04-04T10:54:34.883-07:00I think perhaps most people who think about reinca...I think perhaps most people who think about reincarnation always do so as you do, with the assumption that you have possession of the knowledge of your prior life(s). Although I don’t really “believe” in reincarnation, I certainly don’t posses convincing knowledge to the contrary about its’ possibility. But, having said that I have to admit I have certainly given the subject its dues when wandering through the hallways of my mind.<br /><br />I have always had my own special perception as to how reincarnation must work. Pretty simple actually….<br /><br />Our consciousness, or soul if you will, never dies but simply moves from one body to the next. So when I die, in that very instant another body will be born and my consciousness will be immediately manifested in that new body. There I will live out my days until that body dies and then I move on. Each life will be solely independent of the other with regard to foreknowledge. In this life I may be a pauper and in the next, a King. So you may then ask, well if you are born as a King and don’t have foreknowledge that you were a pauper in your previous life, how can you enjoy the sweetness of your new fortune? And therein lies the irony of it all. You don’t!<br /><br />So then I asked myself, so if that is your theory then what is the purpose or benefit from reincarnation? And in that question itself, for me seems to lay the answer. For human beings to believe in something, regardless of its plausibility, they must also deduce that there is some beneficial aspect of it for them. There has to be something intriguing and titillating about it, if not directly beneficial.<br /><br />It seems that the human condition is always surmising that there has to be something better than the life they have been dealt.<br /><br />As always Rain, enjoyed the post!Alan Ghttp://www.cyberspacedawdler.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-83384843074433229522010-04-04T10:33:34.183-07:002010-04-04T10:33:34.183-07:00Wonderfully sensuous painting. I'd also have a...Wonderfully sensuous painting. I'd also have a big smile on my face if such an attractive belly dancer shimmied by me. If reincarnation is indeed real, I can only hope that such is in the cards for a future life.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01376662418136215198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-57263199938276832122010-04-04T09:04:09.888-07:002010-04-04T09:04:09.888-07:00I am interested in considering things that might a...I am interested in considering things that might apply to my current life more than anything else BUT if reincarnation is true, then we don't leave behind problems or even problem people without learning to deal with them. I think it would give one more motivation for dealing with that troublesome friend/relative than if we thought we could just die and leave them behind. That's my main interest in it because if it's true then what I do now would impact next lifetime either positively or negatively. There is no way to know it's true though-- that I know of although sometimes people have experiences that really do make you wonder like that link I included here.<br /><br />Reincarnation though is not a reward but more saying it takes more than one lifetime to 'get it'. My brother always says that those of us here are those who didn't 'get it' yet anyway. <br /><br />To me the idea of coming back is not particularly comforting. I have no desire to go back through say childhood but whatever is true about life is what is. The difficult part is figuring out what that is.Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-28958751514289786072010-04-04T09:02:44.679-07:002010-04-04T09:02:44.679-07:00Wow!!!! I've thought of having one of those b...Wow!!!! I've thought of having one of those but I wonder if I could handle it. On some level it frightens me. <br /><br />I definitely think my daughter should have one. She is definitely an 'old soul' and raising her taught me that there was such a thing. <br /><br />I think there's a lot out there that we don't know about who we are and where we came from.Kay Dennisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646717192332313215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-33843584347631200422010-04-04T08:54:09.014-07:002010-04-04T08:54:09.014-07:00I love the painting.
I don't know about reinca...I love the painting.<br />I don't know about reincarnation. Maybe.Diane Widler Wenzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05270246393901276648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-90654688106943203352010-04-04T08:50:21.960-07:002010-04-04T08:50:21.960-07:00I think if it's useful to you, it's worth ...I think if it's useful to you, it's worth thinking about. I don't think I "believe" in it, any more than I "believe" in life after death or anything else. It's just a useful concept. I've never had any past memories pop up, but I have imagined some beings around me as reincarnations of people I knew who had died. I also often feel strong ties on meeting people I've never known before, as if I had known them somewhere else. But that's about it.donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00762690167864156774noreply@blogger.com