Tuesday, December 20, 2011

The major Western objection to reincarnation



Is that I do not remember my former lives.
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So it is unjust that I should suffer or enjoy for what I do not remember having done.
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You do not remember half or more of this life.
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Who can remember the details of his childhood?
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How much for instance can you detail of your town?
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The town next to yours?
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Details of shops and people who worked in them?
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Friends of your friends?
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Not even this. 
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What were you doing five years ago in September?
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Ten years ago in March?
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You certainly cannot remember more than a few particulars.
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Only the most important features are retained.
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The rest fades from the mind.
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Now if the argument is good that you have never lived before because you cannot remember it.
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Then you have never lived those years that you do not remember.
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To use your own logic that is.
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An absurd idea surely?
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So be it.
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Reconsider the subject because an understanding and acceptance changes your life
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Radically and without fail.
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It makes sense of seeming injustice.
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The worst of human behaviour.
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Gives meaning and context more importantly to everything you do.
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Your future and future lives depend upon your behaviour and thoughts now.
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Yes, in the scheme of things thoughts are very powerful.
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So watch yours.
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May you find true meaning for your life.
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And not just the nonsense idea that you are somehow not responsible for what you think, say and do.
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So much around us in nature is highly intelligent.
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So much is highly evolved.
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Could humans just be here by chance?
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For no reason?
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Many might say so but are unable to produce satisfactory explanations for our evolution.
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Nor for that matter can they even trace our origins convincingly.
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So until then life for a purpose has more going for it than a lazy no it does not.
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Reincarnation is not an idle idea it is a reason for life and our attitude towards it.
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It is also unavoidable.
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So yes you are responsible for what happens to you.
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No one else, just you.
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Will the above make any difference to your life?
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An example of your choices, your karma.
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Treat it as you will, it is still your choice, your karma!

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