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Permalink Reply by Capt. Anand Kumar on December 27, 2011 at 10:30pm

The concept of reincarnation is based on the presumption that it is possible to predict the consequence of a cause using a fixed formula like the analogy of credit and debit of accountancy. It may be a great concept in keeping the flock under control by giving them the periodic statement of accounts showing ever accumulating credits. But can it be real?

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Permalink Reply by Ulia on December 28, 2011 at 1:51pm

I wonder if it is possible to think about reincarnation in a vacuum, so to speak. I feel that reincarnation and karma are linked in such a way that one cannot be considered without the other. Perhaps in this case, I would say that it isn't important what form we incarnate into, as it is dictated by our karmic experiences, desires, unfinished business, etc. I feel that it is more about the process, than the end goal.  

 

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Permalink Reply by Ulia on December 28, 2011 at 4:14pm

I am new to Theosophy, but is not Karma its basic tenet? I read on Theosophical Society's page the following:

http://www.theosophical.org/about-us/theosophy/theosophy-what-is-it

"The cycle of reincarnation is ruled by the law of cause and effect. As Saint Paul says--whatever we sow, we will inevitably reap. This is the law of karma by which we weave our own destiny through the ages. It is the great hope for humanity, for it gives us the opportunity to create our future by what we do in the present.

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Permalink Reply by Ulia on December 28, 2011 at 4:23pm

Hi Jon,

I agree completely that both aspects are guided by the process of evolution. A mostly intuitive, and somewhat educated, guess is that we are finding our way back to the One; going through the different dimensions of experiences. I read in the Flower of Life volumes that we 'fell' from higher dimensions into denser ones, in order to experience being matter, while experiencing the 'pilgrimage' as discusses by H. Blavatsky in the Secret Doctrine. I resonate with these concepts. But, I have much to learn :)

I suppose this does inherently indicate that we do not go backward. However, I wonder if it is as straight forward as that. As we mentioned, Karma may dictate Reincarnation. So, who is to say that I don't have unfinished business from the time I was a cat :))  

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Permalink Reply by Ferran Sanz Orriols on January 11, 2012 at 11:31pm

Hi, friends!

The most important consequence of reencarnation to me is the chance to learn.The duration of one body is not at all enough to attain wisdom, but if somewhere a Central Information Server  (words by our friend Capt. Anand) keeps the little I can manage to learn in each encarnation, there'll be a day that I'll become wise!!! And then, freedom!!!  (or at last the knowledge of the kind of business I'm in;-)

 I can't believe a cat's nervous system deserves ME downloaded into him. There is a relationship between form and capacity of expression, and conscience in its objective sense is the capacity of the nervous system to respond to stimulus from the world. In this sense,a wider range of stimulus that can be responded might be understood as a privilege.

 But, of course, true consciousness is not objective and needs no relationship with any form as it's eternal, everywhere, etc... so there seems to be no reason why should ever be a relationship between consciousness as it is and any form... is "to have fun" a reason why there should be anything? 

  

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