Re: Reincarnation, Human and animal

Author: J.Amenta
Date: 1997/02/24
Forums: alt.life.afterlife

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>This is a fascinating subject, and one which currently stimulates the
>old thought juices, due to a recent and unbelievably tragic loss. I
>wonder how much my judgment is clouded by a desire for loved ones to
>be safe.

Ian Stevenson is by far the leading researcher in regards to
the possibility of human reincarnation. He has published several
well documented case studies primarily involving children who claim
to have lived a life before. The cases were systematically studied
either by himself or his associates in the field, and a great deal
of witness corroboration, interview and sifting of evidence was
collected by him in quite a meticulous manner. The cases he has
published are cases all over the world and are most provocative.

Stevenson does not claim that he has proven reincarnation, only
that something is going on that is "suggestive" of reincarnation.

There are also several books on the subject on reincarnation,
that detail the different systems of thought (religion, philosophy)
and the different human cultures that have embraced reincarnation
as either a religious belief or cultural myth.

After spending some time reading these books, one will probably be
surprised on the number of leading intellectuals that have endorsed
reincarnation as a most probable truth in regards to the survival of
the self after death. Read the books to find out.

Although I myself can say neither yay or nay to reincarnation (not
remembering a thing myself of some past life, nor having died yet),
I find the concept of reincarnation
rather romantic and hopeful. If one loves life, its ups and downs,
the many possibilities and variations of life, one cannot help but
perhaps want to live it again. For example, childhood does have
its many joys - and to experience it again for myself would be
something wonderful I think. To also be allowed to deepen the
soul through many lives, to experience life more than just once
would lead to greater depth of meaning and emotion one would
think - to more natural inborn talent and love, and energy...

Yet, the chasm of death is a great silence. Ian Stevenson brings
some remarkable clues to what possibly may be true. Glimmerings
of hope, but nothing really proven. When dealing with
reincarnation, we begin to deal with ultimate truths - somepeople
think death is the single greatest event in an individuals life,
when all truths become bare, when the final answer is given
or not given, where nothing can be hidden in the end.

To be given another chance - to correct
mistakes in a newer, revised edition as Benjamin Franklin put
on his gravestone - would seem not to be an unworthy reality to
hope to be true. Reincarnation cannot be proven as false nor as
true. I for one, hope it is true.

John