[Liara Covert]

Perspectives on reincarnation and 'subjective reality' are discussed in Deepak Chopra's book, "Life After Death." He compares religious and spiritual views to explain why, "its up to every soul to find the home where it belongs":

He explains how in the West, people often deny anyone could know what lies beyond death, or deny that images recalled in dreams could reflect glimpses of a past life. A large number of people believe spiritual knowledge is relative or "all that matters is faith, not the thing you have faith in."

The Buddhist view is that retributive process of karma spans many lifetimes. The process of being born over and over again in different situations is supposed to enable a soul to work through attachments. If passions or bad energy are not extinguished in a lifetime, then these feelings will take form in the next lifetime. What you percieve as your current reality is also connected to past reincarnations.

The Indian (Hindu) point of view is that karma is infinite and constantly being renewed in new births and that past,present and future karma all affect current existence. The end of karma isn't the end of life. Human souls are simply promoted to higher frequencies of existence (evolution). Wholesome actions lead to wholesome states and vice-versa which affects the next life.

The Christian point of view is that to be born into their world of sin is meant to enable a person to find a path back to Jesus. The ideal Christian may be in such a rush to be redeemed, he would renounce this world like many Saints did. In this case, subjective reality may be disregarded in favor of a focus on imagined images of heaven.

The Muslim view is described as personal and emotional, and specifies rewards to be forthcoming in eternity which must meet Islamic expectations.

A Tibetan lama describes souls that have completed their Earthly path :
"imagine that you are no longer dreaming, and although you enjoy being awake, you also enjoy helping others who are still asleep."