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Originally Posted by skydust  you have asked some big questions. id love to hear what people have to say about them. ive also wondered why we dont remember our birth, or moment of conception. |
There have been several scientific studies that produced solid evidence of reincarnation. A significant percentage of children report amazingly clear memories of past lives up until the age of approximately 4-5 years old.
Coincidentally, that's about the same age when most of us begin to remember our current lives in more linear, less-sporadic memories.
And of course there are countless records of memories of birth and past lives brought to the surface through past life regression hypnosis.
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Whats the point in not having something you already have so that you can have it again?
--because its fun.
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I forget the author for the moment, but one of my favorite expressions was how the human soul was referred to by a "teacher" personage as "the otters of the Universe." So that explanation makes complete sense to me.
I love to ride roller coasters. Some coasters are particular favorites, so I ride them over and over again. Why do this? I already have the experience of that particular coaster ride, and the track's path does not change, so what's to be gained by repeating the experience?
Well, how about JOY? Or FUN, as you put it.
If we are all the OCC, and supposedly already know all there is to know, then why go through all this for eternity? Because it's fun. I like that answer.
How many of us wish we were kids again, able to experience the world as for the first time through innocent eyes? Remember the magic of Christmas when we actually believed that Santa was real? That right there is reason enough to willfully agree NOT to remember past lives and what it's like to be an adult. It would totally kill all the fun of being a kid!
This is why I frown upon belief systems where life is a "one-shot" deal, and then you get judged by God and either rewarded with heaven or punished with hell. Such concepts not only prohibit any further spiritual growth; but not even the reward of "Heaven" sounds like very much FUN to me. Personally, the Christian concept of heaven sounds a lot more like what's going on in North Korea these days -- a bunch of brainwashed people marching around in lock-step, praising an egomaniacal, self-appointed "god", completely unaware that the rest of the world exists, and living in constant fear that to question their reality even for a moment could cost them their existence.
It's sadly ironic that evangelical Christians are probably the first to condemn that closed society (mainly because it oppresses religion), and yet that society is a near-perfect mirror for how they believe they'll spend eternity.
~ RS