John,

First of all,bro, I apologize to you and all others in this post for any disruptive divergence from the topic of reincarnation. It was not my intent to be disrespectful of your question. I may have appeared to be a divisive dog waiting for that Aussie cat to pass by so I could jump all over him and lick his wascally-whiskers clean of all 'error'....:rollin ... fat chance of that ever occurring in anyone's demented dreams,eh. I will try to color within your questions' lines more carefully;)

As to 'reincarnation'..... it seems to me that there has been boatloads full or empty of speculative ideas concerning its reality....all of which have not been compellingly conclusive.... how could they?

The one aspect that intrigues me though is the notion of CHRIST -incarnating us....in this time and place in order to restore...recover our true story...'re-story-us in HIS-story'.... not as helpless, hapless puppet-agents but as friends and co-creators in the consummations of salvation to the uttermost.

I just have problems seeing humanity in terms of being re-tumbled recycled multiple times ..... could this be yet another image of Divinity...the ROCK TUMBLER.... having need to continually place each rough rock into a breakdown recovery process that may take eons to complete..... where is the omnipotent efficiency in such a notion? Or are we who are easily given over to instantaneous self-gratification conveniently self-deluding ourselves into a false pursuit of self-happiness.... no long drawn out vexatious voyage through time and whatever species of life we may deserve.

Now I wouldn't mind if we all could have excellent epiphanies of true identification with ALL life....including Mother Nature and our planet.... being transported and gloriously associating with all sentience/non-sentience in order to truly top up and maintain the highest capacity of right living and compassion for all creation.....:D

Perhaps the 'glimpses' or 'feelings' of 'remembrance' of 'past lives' are indeed DNA residues of the 'collective' consciousness of humanity suddenly bubbling up from the collective unconsciousness in the form of a specific body/identity..... for the purposes of what? I have no clue.... but could it be a false labor of 'looking back' to a position of irrelevance in our own salvation and restoration?

A very big sandbox of speculation to labor in!

Thanks,John:hearttoheart.gif Ron
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