Do you believe in Reincarnation?

Yes, because I've got a good memory ;)

Practicing Shaman... quantum physics rocks

i don't really believe in heaven though i'd like to think karma was real, so i think when we die, we just die, some people cannot even fathom the thought of them not being anymore and while it scares the crap outta me, it's not goign to change a thing,

but if reincarnation was real i'd like to think that we'd be reborn in a different time and place not necessarily just after you died, if you're good you can lead a better life using traits you've picked up from the past to make a difference, if you've been bad, it'd be great if yuo were reincarnated into one of your victims for true irony, so if you think about it, are we one soul taking turns to play each part or millions doing the same?

The greatest skeptic of our time (apart from unamazing Randi, who is just an idiot) was Carl Sagan, the brilliant scientist behind "Cosmos" and a important scientific member of the Voyager spacecraft team. Sagan tirelessly critiqued and debunked claims of the paranormal and even founded a group the purpose of which is to investigate and debunk supernatural claims.

BUT here is what Sagan concluded in his book "Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark" [emphasis mine]:

"At the time of writing there are three claims in the ESP field which, in my opinion, deserve serious study: ... (3) that young children sometimes report the details of a previous life, which upon checking turn out to be accurate and which they could not have known about in any way other than reincarnation. I pick these claims ... as examples of contentions that MIGHT BE TRUE."

Unlike some agnostics and atheists who simply dismiss all so-called "paranormal" things offhand, Sagan actually studied the evidence, such as the extensive work done by Ian Stevenson MD, and was impressed by it.

We live in a time when we are faced with scientific ideas that 25 or 30 years ago would have seemed laughable... Alternate realities, multiple dimensions, M theory, a genuine possibility of time travel, a biocentric universe, duplicate realms of existence and on and on. What was once the stuff of supernatural fiction is now being contemplated as cold, hard scientific actuality. Science is just at the threshold of understanding reincarnation, and when enough scientists take their heads out of their arrogant little behinds and really spend time researching the more serious claims, reincarnation can be understood for what it is: a very important key to understanding the Cosmos and our place in it, without the need for all the superstition and religious mythologies that distort human thought.

Regarding the religious perspective, there's no question reincarnation is scriptural, has always been a part of Judaism and was a cornerstone of Jesus' ministry. The bible is filled with references to it, not the least of which would be Jesus' proclamation that we are all fragments of "God", and each person should strive to be as perfect as "God" is. Revisionists try to make it "complete" (as if "complete" wouldn't mean the same as perfect: without room for improvement). Every Christian I know has plenty of room for improvement, how 'bout the ones you know?

"Be ye therefore perfect even as your father in heaven is perfect," Jesus instructed his followers. He didn't say 'hey, I know you're a sinner but just do your best and I'll forgive the rest.' He never said 'well, okay, if you just believe I lived and died, that's enough...' What he is recorded as having said was BE AS PERFECT AS GOD IS. Jesus clearly stated that absolute perfection is within the reach of every human when he made the statement, YE ARE GODS.

Anyone not totally blind and brainwashed should be able to comprehend that perfection and godliness cannot be attained in a single lifetime and that unbiased examination of historical fact is evidence that both the Old and New Testaments do support the validity of reincarnation, although the bible clearly has been altered by Greek and Roman leaders who combined pagan myths with the Judaism of Jesus.

Yes.

At least I believe that it's quite likely.

I know there is some form of afterlife. Based on that, I consider reincarnation to be a reasonable possibility.

We'll all find out when the time comes...

Am a student of Buddhism. The Buddhist doctrine of rebirth should be differentiated from the teachings of transmigration and reincarnation of other religions. Buddhism unlike Hinduism does not subscribe to the existence of a permanent, god-created unchanging entity (soul) that transmigrates from one life to another. Relative identity is made possible by continuity without a Self or Soul, so death can issue in rebirth without a transmigrating Soul. In a single life, each thought-moment flashes in and out of being, giving rise to its successor with its perishing. Strictly speaking, this momentary rise and fall of every thought is a birth and a death. Thus even in a single life we undergo countless births and deaths every second. But because the mental process continues with the support of a single physical body, we regard the mind-body continuum as constituting a single life.What we ordinarily mean by death is the cessation of the body’s vital functions. When the physical body loses its vitality it can no longer support the current of consciousness, the mental side of the process. But as long as there is a clinging to life, a desire to go onexisting, the current of consciousness does not come to a stop with the body’s loss of life. Rather, when death takes place, when the body dies away, the mental current, driven by the thirst for more existence, will spring up again with the support of a new physical body, one which comes into being through the meeting of sperm and egg. Thus, conception takes place immediately after death without a break. The stream of memory may be interrupted and the sense of identity transferred to the new situation, but the entire accumulation of experience and disposition has been transmitted to the new being, and the cycle of becoming begins to revolve for still another term. For Buddhism, therefore, death does not spell either the entrance to eternal life or complete annihilation. It is, rather, the portal to a new rebirth which will be followed by more growth, decay, and then another death. While there is a mental continuum, however, at the last moment, no renewed physical functioning occurs in a dying person’s mind. This is just like a motorist releasing the accelerator before stopping, so that no more pulling power is given to the engine. Similarly, no more material qualities of Karma arise. Buddhists do not maintain that the present life is the only life between two eternities of misery and happiness; nor do they believe angels will carry them to heaven and leave them there for all eternity. They believe that this present life is only one of the indefinite numbers of states of being and that this earthly life is but one episode among many others. They believe that all beings will be reborn somewhere in some form for a limited period of time as long as their good and bad Karma remains in the subconscious mind as mental energy. Rebirth takes place as long as craving for existence and cravingfor sensual pleasures or attachment exist in the mind. Those strong mental forces prevail in each and every living being in this universe. Those who hope and pray that they be not born again must understand that their wishes will not materialise until they make earnest efforts to eradicate their craving and attachment from their minds. Having seen and experienced the uncertainty and unsatisfactoriness of life under worldly conditions, wise people try to rid themselves of these repeated births and deaths by following the correct path of mental purification. Those who cannot reduce their craving and attachment must be prepared to face all unsatisfactory and uncertain situations associated with rebirth and becoming again and again.

May all beings be happy and free from suffering.

I know that I don't know the answer, and cannot know.

All my thoughts on re-incarnation are reincarnated from the past, this life times past.

Can you trust your own thoughts/opinions about the unknown?

Can the unknown be faced without trying to rationalize it?

I do and I don't

just can't explain when I watched the mummy movie

for first time and titanic

I felt alive connected and drawn to those never experienced

that any time else. I to this day feel connnnectef

to ancient Egypt and the titanic

don't know why

I would love reincarnation

I believe that we live the same life over and over again

Hey Arjuna,

I do I believe in rebirth It cfould be possible I was a devoted priestess and I live in a abundance of bliss in this cycle. However I wish i knew what happen to me that wish to not cross over into the fifth realm . Thanks for posting this question.

I believe in gravity and evolution. As for reincarnation, I know.

Phoenix Fire Mystery doesn't truly understand God's word, and is twisting Scripture. Truth is, reincarnation is unbiblical--reincarnation is false.