When I was eighteen, I didn’t have a clear identity. I thought it was a problem. Worse, I thought there was something wrong with me. I always felt there was more than what I was born into, and more than my career. Religion did offer a tiny bit of relief, but was I following the right path?
Sadhguru, an Indian spiritual leader, said on a youtube video reference a question about reincarnation, when reincarnated, it was not a random event, you were born into a carefully selected person or other. Why? So that the soul could keep developing.
As far as being reincarnated as a Human being, there is no worse animal because of the potential for acting wickedly on regular basis. In each one of us, there is potential for good and evil. Everyday we have thousands of decisions that affect ourselves and others around us.
According to an article from Sanskriti magazine, The Vedas, ancient Hindu religious texts mentioned that other races of beings exist in the Universe much much more developed than us. Another seemingly disconnected thought, I don’t know how scientists measured the length of the universe but I read that to cross from one end to the other would take 100,000 years at the speed of light. There are more planets than grains of sand on the Earth. To add to the complexity, I hadn’t brought up that the Buddha mentioned there were other dimensions or planes. How about quantum physics? If it was in the Vedas and the Buddha mentioned it, it was truth. Anything and everything is possible in our wonderful Universe. Most certainly, I believe in reincarnation.
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