What are the in's and out's of Reincarnation?

    While reading the autobiography written by Daisy, my correspondent, she said something that caught my eye and piqued my interest. She was talking about her close relationship with her best friend when she said,  "In my opinion, it is possible that we had met each other in our last life." I have heard the word reincarnation thrown around a lot, but never thought to research it and dive into what it is really about.

    Reincarnation is the religious or philosophical concept that the soul or spirit, after biological death, begins a new life in a new body. The 'Spirit World' is said to be the real home of the soul and earth is just the place the soul visits for a period of time to gain spiritual training. On average the soul reincarnates once every 300-400 years. When a soul reincarnates on earth it looses all memories, so it is able to acquire a new personality that is not persuaded by a past life. People that were unkind/selfish on earth and die will then go to hell to for self-reflection.

    Souls are only reincarnated from heaven because they can not be born from hell. If spirits were able to be born from hell then the earth would turn into hell because it would be filled with hell spirits. Every one that does live on Earth was reincarnated from Heaven.  Hell spirits will only be able to be reincarnated after they have reflected on their sins.

    Even after reading all about reincarnation I personally do not believe in it. It goes against my personal religious beliefs, but that does not mean that I didn't have fun researching and learning more about reincarnation and how the spirit world works. I kept my mind open while researching this topic and found that it is truly fascinating and I can definitely see the allure in believing that once you die you can start over again and that you have multiple chances to change your life.

 

My Sources:

"Eternal Life and Reincarnation." Happy Science North America. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2014.

 

      Daisy (Zhao). "Daily Life". Letter to Katy Melton. October 27, 2014. Qingdao, China.