Reincarnation - A theory of reincarnation. A belief in reincarnation does not discount the existence of heaven, hell, or a final judgment. There are a number of small children who have reported having memories of past lives prior to their present life, and some also report being able to recall a time between lives (see books by Dr. Ian Stevenson, Carol Bowman, Dr. Jim B. Tucker, and Elisabeth Hallett). In some cases these children have also reported being in a place like heaven between lives, and sometimes that they were given some degree of choice ...

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Reincarnation - Eastern religions and traditions. In India this doctrine was thoroughly established from ancient times. While metempsychosis was not established in the older sections of the Vedas, it was explicated first in the Upanishads (c. 1000 BC - AD 4), which are philosophico-mystic texts held to be the essence of the Vedas. The idea that the soul reincarnates is intricately linked to karma, whose first explication was also seen in the Hindu books of the Upanishads. The idea is that individua ...

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Reincarnation, as a doctrine or mystical belief, holds the notion that one's 'Spirit' ('Soul' depending on interpretation), 'Higher or True Self', 'Divine Spark', 'I' or 'Ego' (not to be confused with the ego as defined by psychology) or critical parts of these returns to the material world after physical death to be reborn in a new body. The natural process is considered integrative of all experiences from each lifetime. A new personality feature, with the associated character, is developed during each life in the physical world, bas ...

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• Reincarnation - Contemporary movements and thinkers
• Reincarnation - Common variations in the belief
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• Reincarnation - Objections to reincarnation
• Reincarnation - Theories put forward to explain the phenomenon
• Reincarnation - A theory of reincarnation

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Man can be compared to a plant. He grows and flourishes like a plant and dies in the end but not completely. The plant also grows and flourishes and dies in the end. It leaves behind it the seed which produces a new plant. Man leaves when dying his Karma behind�the good or bad actions of his life. The physical body may die and disintegrate, but the impressions of his actions do not die. He has to take birth again to enjoy the fruits of these actions. No life can be the first, for it is the fruits of previous actions, nor the last, for its actions must be expiated in the next life following. Therefore, Samsara or phenomenal existence is without beginning and an end. But there is no Samsara for a Jivanmukta or liberated sage who is resting in his own Sat-Chit-Ananda Svarupa.

The death and dying and the life after death has always fascinated man. This is an excerpt from the book What Becomes Of The Soul After Death by Sri Swami Sivananda.

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Metempsychosis is a doctrine among some followers of Eastern teachings which expresses the theory of transmigration, that the human spirit may incarnate from one body to another, either human, animal, or inanimate, which is very different from the doctrine of reincarnation, which holds that man is an evolving being progressing through repeated human embodiments. Metempsychosis - Controversy. René Guénon dedicates a whole chapter of his 1923 book The Spiritist Fallacy to the ...

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By exponents of New Age the theory has been voiced, that reincarnation is not incompatible with Christianity, but was suppressed by the church (or the pope or the emperor Constantine) in order to increase the power and influence of the church. According to this theory, the texts that offered the greatest acceptance of Roman Pagan doctrine were made part of biblical canon; those that tended to re ...

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Some New Age writers in the '80s picked up the above theory that references to reincarnation had been removed from the Bible. Shirley MacLaine, e.g., quotes this teaching in her book "Out on a Limb" (1983): "; The theory of reincarnation is recorded in the Bible. But the proper interpretations were struck from it during an ecumenical council meeting of the Catholic Church in Constantinople sometime ...

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According to the Vijñānavādins, embedded at the heart of Buddhism lies a seeming paradox. In contrast to the Brahmanic teachings of the Upanishads, the Buddha stated quite clearly that the self (atman) is an illusion and that man thus has no soul (anatman). However, there is transmigration (samsara) from one body to another. This poses a difficult question: "If there is no soul, what is it that reincarnates?" The theory of consciousness-only starts by explaining the regularity and coherence of sense impressions ...

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In late 1990, Plutonium claims to have had the realization of his Plutonium Atom Totality Theory, a theory he claimed to be one of the most important breakthroughs in scientific history. According to this theory, the Universe is a giant plutonium atom, and the part of the universe we are able to observe from Earth, including Earth itself, is somewhere in its outer electron shells. He then changed his name to Ludwig Plutonium. In autumn of 1994 he claims to have realized that he was the reincarnation of the great early Greek scientist Archimedes, and so ...

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Classical - Greek mythology - Originally humans were combined of 4 arms, 4 legs, and a single head made of 2 faces, but Zeus feared their power and split them all in half, condemning them to spending their lives searching for the other half to complete them. This theory was first explained in Plato's Symposium. Spiritual and religious - concepts of reincarnation and karma. Soulmates have spent many previous lifetimes together. Companion soulmate - People with whom one has made a connection. Twin soulmates - Very close ...

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Theories of Spiritual Evolution are important in many Occult and Esoteric teachings, which emphasise the progression and development of the individual either after death (Spiritualism) or through successive reincarnations (Theosophy, Hermeticism). Spiritual evolution - Spiritualism. In the 19th century Anglo-American Spiritualist ideas emphasise the progression of the soul after death to higher states of existence, in contrast to the ...

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Theosophical Society Adyar - Monastic / Non-monastic. Householders or celibates Theosophical Society Adyar - General philosophical outlook. There exists a Consciousness (Logos), Universal and Individual Immortality of Man Belief in Reincarnation Belief in theory of Karma Universal Brotherhood Evolution is God's plan and every individual ascends to Divinity Theosophical Society Adyar - Spiritual disc ...

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shamanic psychotherapy: Mode of spiritual healing based on shamanism and the doctrine of reincarnation. Its theory posits missing soul parts.

(See also: Shamanic psychotherapy, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

intuitive touch healing: a form of channeling whose theory posits chakras, spiritual blockages, and reincarnation.

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Psychoenergetic Healing: A metaphysical, advanced mode of psychotherapy. Its theory posits a spiritual, healing energy or Light that all humans can access. it also posits reincarnation.

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Anamnesis (Greek) (from ana back again + mimnesco remember)

Recollection; used by Plato in his theory of knowledge. He taught that the human elements of consciousness sprang from seeds of inherent knowledge in the soul, present in the mind as the result of past experiences of the egoic center or reincarnating ego. Thus the acquisition of knowledge is a process of reminiscence or recollection of former experiences.

(See also: Anamnesis, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)

Scientology: Philosophy, quasireligious movement, and system of psychotherapy that elaborated into the Church of Scientology. Science-fiction writer L. (Lafayette) Ron Hubbard (1911-1986), author of the bestseller Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, founded the church in 1953. The aim of Scientology, whose theory posits reincarnation, is to liberate one's essential Self (the true, spiritual self).

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The Cayce Approach to Health and Healing: Holistic approach to healing and wellness that encompasses breathwork, energy field work, Self-Applied Health Enhancement Methods, and remedies (e.g., the apple diet) related to the readings of clairvoyant Edgar Cayce (1877-1945).

Its theory posits reincarnation and a triune body (physical body, mental body, and spiritual body) and defines healing as the process of awakening the God-pattern within humans.

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Tibetan medicine: (Amchi, Emchi): A system that mostly stems from Ayurveda, Chinese medicine, and Unani. Tibetan medicine encompasses acupuncture and moxibustion and heals both the physical and the psychic being. It includes reincarnation, evil spirits, tutelary gods, and three physiological principles (bodily energies): wind, bile and phlegm. According to Tibetan medical theory, karma strongly influences 101 disorders caused by afflictive emotions (e.g., desire or hatred); another 101 disorders caused by such emotions involve spirits (harmful unseen forces); and it is appropriate to expose certain medical substances to the light of the full moon.

(See also: Tibetan medicine, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)