do you believe in reincarnation?
970847
No, and every time I come back it seems that I have to answer this same question.
169222
The idea of reincarnation, from my understanding, appears in Indian Hinduism.  In these cultures there is the caste system, untouchables at the lowest, most subserviant end of society and Brahmans at the highest end.  There is very little social mobility;  You cannot change caste in one life time.\nElevation in life's standing come through leading a good life.  If un untouchable lives a bad life he could expect to come back as an elephant or cow.  If he was a bad cow, he might come back as a goat.  A Good Braham enters the first level of heaven and even there, there are levels, 14 I think.\nAs a westener, I find this a facinating insight as to how our culture forms our faith stories.  Notice the principle is the same in ours and theirs: Be good and you will be rewarded.
609150
I believe its real. Some don't. It depends how you grew up and who your influences were. I believe that your spirit reincarnates into a higher spirit if you have treated it well during your life, otherwise you will reincarnate into another life where your spiritual 'level' has not progressed. I am not going to go into much detail... \n\nYou've heard the stories about people recalling previous lives. Do you believe them? I'm not sure myself, but its pretty freaky how much they know about someone else's life in the past. \n\nIt ultimately is upto you to believe if it is fact or fiction, and whichever makes you feel better.
1001973
No one really knows about re-incarnation.  There are alot of people out there who look quite a bit alike yet thre is no relation.\n\nHere is what I believe:  \nWe are made of energy (fact).  When we die, that energy remains (fact).  So who is to say it DOESN'T go from your body to another's?  For all you know you can be a re-incarnated person and you wouldn't know it.  I mean...you won't remember anything of your previous life...it isn't the memory that passes along..it is your energy.  You could be the same energy of someone else.  \nEnergy cannot be created nor destroyed.  FACT.\n\nBelieve what you want...just have your faith.
301952
Yes,Of course! According to various religious beliefs, there is definitely a new life after death. The bodies, after death, will be disposed off, but the life in the body, that is the soul, will be born again in another form, either as an animal or a human being again!. there are various instances wherein,some children have spoken of their earlier life with details,as to what he/she was in the previous birth, the location, parents, aquiatances, etc. On physical verification by impartial bodies, these have been found fully factual, and correct.
32478
First of all, MAN wrote the bible based on his interpretation - not God.  So how do we really know what the truth is??  Everyone can have their own opinion on where you go after you die, but bottom line is, you'll never know until you die.\n\nI personally believe in reincarnation to some extent.  I also believe that we create our own heaven or hell here in this existence, by being as good as we can - otherwise known as KARMA.
833117
I believe that the energy that we send out (thoughts, words, actions) come back to us in some form.  And if we send out negativity, it will come back.  Ditto for positive things.\n\nI don't believe in the Buddhist or Hindu concept of Karma, which is tied into reincarnation and progressing through stages of rebirth, because my beliefs in the afterlife and reincarnation don't mesh with them.
456066
I personally believe that we are reincarnated and there are others in the universe...others don't believe because they are narrow minded and scared, they could also be young souls that don't have much experience.
499708
Reincarnation: Why Believe?\nOnce I have begun to base my sense of ‘who I am’ on perceiving myself as a soul rather than on perceiving only my temporary costume, the body, I deeply realize that, as a being of spiritual energy giving life to the body, I am immortal. I begin to understand that I change bodily costumes just as a snake sheds its skin, but I – the eternal soul – can never die.\n\nDeath and Rebirth\nAt the moment of physical death, the soul withdraws its energy from the organs of the body and vacates its seat in the middle of the forehead. It takes with it the impressions accumulated in that life and enters into the body of an unborn baby, while that new body is still being formed in its mother’s womb. This normally happens between the fourth and fifth month of pregnancy. A human soul only enters a human body. The type of body the soul enters and the conditions of birth are determined by the past actions of the soul in its previous life or lives, and the cumulative account of give and take that it has built up with other souls. Without proper understanding of this process, the leaving of one body and the taking of another is often an experience of great fear and anguish; but the details of the old life are soon obliterated by new experiences so that the soul is not overwhelmed and confused by past memories.
527770
I believe in reincarnation. Reincarnation is basically a system like weather. When plants die in the fall/winter they are renewed, or reborn in the spring/summer. Many people (including me) believe in karma, and that it affects what your future life will be like... For example, if you were a murderer in this life, in the next life you may not be as happy. If you were like Ghandi in this life, you would be very rich in spirit in the next life. It's complicated, but there is evidence for it. Google it.
294474
I believe reincarnation is possible, although I'm not sure how's you'd "prove" it. I've heard stories of past life regression in which someone is hypnotized and travles back to one of their previous lives. My aunt had this done, and in a previous life she was a cow! She described it as a very blissful life.\nPersonally, I think cockroaches are reincarnated back into the same body from which they died.
817838
Do you believe in God?
451304
As a Hindu, yes I believe in reincarnation. The atman sheds one body just as we change clothes, to take on a new body. With each incarnation we have the chance to advance spiritually and eventually achieve moksha. Some can do this is one lifetime, some need several lifetimes. Moksha is a lot like the Buddhist concept of nirvana. Moksha means "liberation" and "union". The Atman is liberated from the cycle of samsara and finds union in Brahman (the word Brahman comes for two Sanskrit words Brih Manah which translates as Great Consciousness or Expanding Consciousness, although it is usually translated into English as Cosmic Consciousness). In many of the Upanishads the message is quite clear that everything is Brahman, everything manifested out of Brahman. The atman is Brahman. Tat tvam asi. Thou art that.
1101461
What is reincarnation??\nLife is infinite.\nLife never ends.\nwe're just reborn where ever we want.\nAnd as time is an illusion, it is easy for those who master it to contact anyone at any 'time'. future or past - doesn't matter.
884589
Yes. Reincarnation doesn't require faith; it just is. One of the biggest attractions of Christianity and organized religion in general is its unconscious familiarity to persons who were acquainted with it in past lives. Religion in particular has a strong attraction to the reincarnated individual because religion embodies the concept of the eternal soul and the afterlife. Christianity especially appeals to persons who have a vague and muddled sense of having lived before -- this is why they seem to feel a mysteriously "this is so right" bond with Jesus Christ, why they feel in some inexplicable way (to themselves) that they feel his "presence." And it's not just memories of the church in past lives they're sensing; it's also the deep empathy they feel with the concepts of dying and being resurrected (as represented by Jesus and the Christian faith), down deep in their soul. Devout Christians sometimes affirm reincarnation through their mystical and magical devotion to the Christian religion. \n\nAlthough modern Christianity is inclined to vehemently deny its connection to reincarnation through the teachings of Jesus, the Dead Sea Scrolls are evidence that Jesus was a leader among the Jewish sect known as the Essenes; Essenes were devout Jews who believed that the end of the world was near, in baptism, communal life, vegetarianism, reincarnation, healing and peace. Of course, modern day Christianity refuses to believe Jesus was an Essene and a Reincarnationist, but their refusal to accept Jesus as he really was doesn't change the truth.
31765
We'll see about reincarnation, heh. \nBut I do believe in Karma, most definately.\n\nI just wanted to say that Karma normally plays out within this lifetime in most cases, I don;t think the people who have answered after me quite gathers that. The karma I believe in makes it so that if you do bad things, bad things will eventually happen to you as well, and likewise with doing good things. If I become reincarnated, I can only believe it is also played out in my next life as well.
899283
You my dear are on the right path, we are only here for healing, we can walk on water, but need not to be reborn ,only to open our eyes. May I suggest a book called Disappearance of the Universe by Gary Renard. I assure you , you will find the exact answerer's in there.     I hope you stay on this path, for you will go  far, this I can promise you.      \n\n                             I AM