Readers Comments (5)

1. Abomination of Desolation says:

   February 11, 2011 at 2:18 am

   Nobody knows. But the basic idea is that when you die your soul travels to another body, assumingly a newborn animal/person.

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2. Classical Liberal Jochan says:

   February 11, 2011 at 2:33 am

   I don’t believe in it. The concept of “Horcruxes” from Harry Potter sounds like it could be more plausible (not very plausible itself). The basics or reincarnation is that you live another life, as someone other physical body, and that your soul has been “reincarnated” to something else.

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3. Vintage Barbie says:

   February 11, 2011 at 2:49 am

   There is no life after death. Therefore, concepts like heaven and hell, and reincarnation are null. We are only physical beings.

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4. San Jose says:

   February 11, 2011 at 3:34 am

   Yeah its real. After this life(this is how it works) you can come back into the future where you will have a more advanced brain thus more harmony or you can come back on some planet where caveman is still going on, or anywhere in between.

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5. 42 says:

   February 11, 2011 at 4:10 am

   That’s like asking if there’s really an afterlife. All anybody can do is guess.

   The best I understand the belief is that you keep coming back until you get it right. And your karma from your current life carries over into your next life, so if you lead a miserable life of misfortune, it might mean you were a bad person in a past life, and now you’re being punished for it. Eventually, when you’ve burned off all your karma and essentially reached a stage where you can’t spiritually evolve any further, you merge with the spirit of the universe and don’t have to come back anymore.

   That’s my cursory-level knowledge. If someone else can explain it better, feel free to correct me.

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