There seems to be an increasing interest in "Reincarnation," which is believed to occur when the soul or spirit, after death, comes back to  life in a newborn human or animal body. Reincarnation is derived from Latin, literally meaning after death "entering the flesh again."

Believers in reincarnation maintain that after death a person will return to life in a newborn body as many times as necessary for him to become a "perfect being" or be acceptable to abide eternally with God.

This view more than infers that every human being now on earth and those previously on earth have returned or will come back in newborn bodies. This would indicate that the people presently on earth were here before their last birth and will return again after they die, since in all likelihood they will not have reached a perfect state of being.

Adherents of many religious faiths subscribe to this view. Most Christians, Jews and Muslims reject reincarnation. However, it should be pointed out that some Christians, Jews and Muslims accept reincarnation.

"In case you don't come back," unapologetically,  I offer to you this advice, "live all you can in this life, while on this trip." A life is a terrible thing to waste, on the pretext that after death you will return to earth and have another oppotunity to do soul-completion work. Most people, including believers in reincarnation believe there is a heaven and hell and possibly some place in between, like purgatory, presumably the place where those waiting to be reincarnated reside, and heaven or hell where people who have completed their work on earth will reside permanently.

Personally, I am not counting on coming back, primarily because I am looking forward to being in a much better place than earth. Why would I want to come back to earth? There will be a better way for me to spend my time in eternity than to spend it again on earth among people who didn't get it right on their previous trips to earth and are not likely to get it right on subsequent trips. The Apostle Paul states my case when he said:
                   "No eye has seen,
                        no ear has heard,
                    no mind has conceived
                        what God has prepared for those                              who love him."
                                            1 Cor. 2:9
 Emphatically, No! After death, I don't expect to come back to earth. I am looking foward to hearing the Creator say, "Well done! Enter into everlasting joy!"

Believers in reincarnation, Beware! In the meantime, in case you are not coming back, live all you can in this life; it doesn't matter what you do in particular as long as you live to your fullest and experience as much joy as possible, full joy now.

Copyright 2011 by Uriah J. Fields

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