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Originally Posted by outback  This explains how you don't remember before birth without going into "you agreed to forget who you really are to experience being human" spiel. The answer is "You don't because the consciousness you refer to as yourself did not exist even though the design for that consciousness did exist at the source/god level!"
I simply cannot imagine an omnipotent being just giving up all its powers so it can feel like a human! As if being human is all that awesome. It's a hype man!  Thus, that logic does not work for me. However, I can understand the omnipotent being wanting to experience its own omnipotence. Being the only consciousness, and no other to compare itself against, it creates beings in his mind and have them interact with each other. Each being has some or all of His powers and can do things as if it was Him. Through them, he can experience His own powers, but He is not them. Yet, He needs them because there is no other omnipotent beings out there to use His powers against.
FYI, I am not saying "This is so". It is just a theory.. |
Okay, then how is it that very young children exhibit memories of past lives, and even how they died?
You seem really hung up on the memory thing as your proof against reincarnation, regardless of the facts that have been pointed out to you that no memory of something does not inherintly negate its existence. I have no memory of my birth nor of the first 2-3 years of my life. Does that mean I just popped into existence at age 3? Should amnesiacs be told their memory loss is because they ceased to exist during that 7-year blank in their brains?
And who says that the OCC relinquishes ANY powers by incarnating as a human being? From the majority of opinions around here, at least, it's just the opposite. Most seem to believe that we all retain that same power we had as the OCC. I believe that it's because the illusion of physical reality is so strong, that not only have we forgotten our true nature, but we also forgot our own omnipotence. The ability for us to "tune out" the physical universe is so difficult that it takes even the most dedicated monks and gurus the major part of one earthly life just scratch the surface of their true reality, as evidenced by feats such as limited levitation, etc.
You make it sound as if we're all Superman, trading our powers in for the love of Lois Lane. I still submit that it's merely akin to turning down the lights in the room until the movie's over so that we get the best possible viewing experience. Nobody's giving up anything.
As a human being, you "suspend" your many powers on a daily basis in order to better focus on certain experiences. You suspend your power to protect your home in order to travel elsewhere and engage in work or play. You limit your power to protect your own safety by driving on the highway each day. How can you say you can't imagine anyone doing such a thing when it's something you do every single day of your life?
Your last sentence is also somewhat revealing, where you imply that God created all of us because there are no other omnipotent beings "out there" to use his powers AGAINST. This statement implies that you may well view God as an agressive and confrontational being. I would suggest that whatever God is, He/She/All-That-Is must surely be more evolved than a hyperactive 16-year-old who just bought every conceivable weapon in World of Warcraft off eBay only to go online and find that He was the sole subscriber. ;-)
Anyway, while you admit that you are leaning towards physical life as being a one-shot deal, at least you remain open-minded, which is ALWAYS a good thing. Just remember this: you are here to learn and grow, and that the physical universe is set up for you to focus intensely on just that. Unless you feel deep down that your purpose here is to learn about the true nature of reality, then it's probably best that we not be too DISTRACTED by all this metaphysical discussion. It's fun to debate, but if it were so important that we absolutely KNOW how the universe works, then the OCC would have made it a tad more obvious, don't you think?
~ RS