What would you say is the central message of reincarnation?
The objective reality of this world must be experienced here, not somewhere else. The Nirvana of the Hindus and Buddhists and the Heaven of Christianity…
FAQ Category: Reincarnation
Famous men have believed in reincarnation. Can you name some?
Undoubtedly many famous men and women have believed in reincarnation without publicizing the matter. Here are just a few men who did voice their belief.…
St Paul states very clearly that the individual is responsible for his or her actions, and that makes sense to me. Does this indicate his belief in kharma and reincarnation? And if so the doctrine of reincarnation was part of early Christianity.
Yes certainly, right up to the sixth century. It was expurgated, declared heretical by the Second Council of Constantinople in AD 553. This assembly was…
Is the intention of reincarnation that we become adept at all things, or are we meant to specialize?
The universal law of evolution is away from uniformity and towards diversification. Therefore we are not intended to become ‘jacks of all trades and masters…
What about those unfortunates who are not so much homosexual as neither one sex nor the other, or who have actual physical deformities making true sexual determination difficult?
They are reincarnated in this manner so as to be in a neutral position, balanced between the sexes. The purpose is for them to have…
Everyone, except certain unfortunate individuals, is predominantly one sex or the other. Does this persist through incarnations, or do we alternate sexes?
The predominance of one sex or the other will persist through the incarnations. We do not come back alternating one sex with the other, as…