REINCARNATION
There is a science fiction show called “Star Trek Deep Space Nine”. There was a Lady called “Jadzia Dax”. This lady is unusual. She is half human/half alien. Jadzia is the lady’s name. Dax is the name of the alien that lives inside of her. Dax does not have a body, it’s an alien that needs a host to live inside. So when these aliens and humans met, humans decided to be a host for the aliens. The alien would be put inside of a human surgically and the human and alien would become ONE NEW being. Dax does not die. Humans die. Before a human body dies, or right after, Dax has to be transferred into another human body. So for example, Dax and Alex were a unit (Dax lived in the body of Alex). Then Alex died. And Dax was put inside of Jadzia. So now Dax and Jadzia are a unit. If Jadzia dies, Dax would be put into another body. Imagine that Dax was in 10 bodies so far. So Dax has memories of 10 lives. So when the body of Alex dies and Dax is put inside of Jadzia, Jadzia starts to remember all 10 lives of Dax in previous bodies. So Jadzia/Dax is a very smart person, and with experiences and memories of 10 lifetimes. So, here is what happened one time. Jadzia Dax is a woman. (Dax was put into a woman’s body this time). So one time, Jadzia Dax meets another woman, Lolita (for example). And Jadzia Dax feels that she LOVES Lolita even though Jadzia never met Lolita before. But DAX met Lolita when he was in the previous body (the body of Alex). Alex Dax fell in love with Lolita. So when DAX was put into Jadzia’s body, Jadzia could feel Dax’s feelings for Lolita from Dax’ previous existence in a different body. So when Jadzia Dax met Lolita, she felt love for her even know she never met her before. (Only Alex Dax met her).
This was an example of reincarnation. And here is the explanation.
Each body that is born on earth produces a soul. It’s like in order to become a soul, you have to be born as a body. Each body IS a soul. But, at the same time, a soul (after being born) can shed its body and get a different one later. However, the body had to be born in order for the soul to be born.
Your very FIRST being born as a baby is when your soul was born. Your second being born as a baby is when your soul joined another soul and it’s called reincarnation. And it's because when you reincarnate, you sort of insert your soul into this new body (new baby) which is being born. Your soul is not being born this time, it's joining the one that is being born. So this body which you joined has its own soul (since a body produces a soul, but your soul was already produced from before.)
So when you reincarnate, you JOIN a soul in the body. There are two souls then in this same body.
A soul is like a blue print of your personality and behavior. (Like a design of the house). If you put a soul into a body, the soul makes a body behave a certain way. A soul is like a pattern, it's an organization of things. Each person is unique and has its own organization of things, which is a soul. This pattern can be preserved and then inserted into another body. A soul is like an algorithm. It's a set of instructions of how to react and respond to things. And when you add memories to this pattern, then you can have "you".
If you want to put your soul into the computer (into a computer game) for example, what you need to do is to provide computer a set of instructions of how you would respond to things and how you would react to everything. If you can do that, then you would put your soul into a virtual form. If you write down these instructions somewhere, then your soul is preserved. Plus if you write down the memories of this person, then your soul is preserved. So imagine, in the future, people make a robot, a mechanical body. Then they teach this body how to react (based on your pattern, your soul). Then they download your memories into this body. And "you" are resurrected. This robot will think that it's you because it will have your memories. And this robot will act just like you because it was programmed to do so. This idea is not the same as reincarnation. Reincarnation means joining a soul in another living body. This idea means to provide a new body for your own soul that's already been born.
So during reincarnation, there are two programs running in the same body (two souls). They run simultaneously. They sometimes are in conflict and sometimes in harmony. The person feels the best when both souls/programs are in harmony. So for example, the natural soul of the body has a hot temper. So it reacts with anger to certain situations. But the incarnated soul that joined the body doesn't lose ITS temper. So it feels bad about the body losing its temper. The natural soul feels/shares the feelings of the incarnated soul and therefore also feels regret about losing its temper. And the natural soul tries to take measures against losing temper and maybe the strength of the reincarnated soul will help it. Or the natural soul might be a coward. But the reincarnated soul may feel the feelings of being brave and then the natural soul may share the feelings of bravery and may do something brave once in a while.
In other words, both souls (programs), working together make the person act a certain way. Without the incarnated soul, the natural soul of this person would have turned out differently. But since they share a body, both souls contribute to the formation of this person. So, from this perspective, an incarnated soul helps to shape the natural soul of the body. But it's possible that this lifetime is also changing the incarnated soul also (modifying its program as well).
For the period of reincarnation, the two souls merge and become "that person". But after the body dies, the two souls will separate, there will be two of them. Both of them will have memories of this life. The natural soul will continue its journey and evolve. The incarnated soul will go back to the place it came from.
You can get an idea of where BOTH souls will go (natural soul and incarnated soul) when you read the "Options for Afterlife" section.
There can be only a limited number of incarnations on the planet at one time because the number of bodies available for reincarnating into is limited. So there are certain rules and waiting lists. It's a little similar to adoption. If you want to adopt any baby, you will probably get your turn really soon. But if you want a specific baby, you may have to wait for a while on the waiting list. Before you reincarnate, you can study/read about the background of the parents and the circumstances. No one can predict the future, but you can make some educated guesses as far as who the born baby would turn out to be. And based on that, you can choose whether you would want to reincarnate into that particular body (baby being born). But if you are willing to reincarnate randomly, you will get your chance sooner. But you always may end up in a pretty bad living situation in the random case.
You can reincarnate on other planets also, not necessarily just on earth. And so I believe that some of the people here have a reincarnated soul from a different planet living as a part of them.
This was an example of reincarnation. And here is the explanation.
Each body that is born on earth produces a soul. It’s like in order to become a soul, you have to be born as a body. Each body IS a soul. But, at the same time, a soul (after being born) can shed its body and get a different one later. However, the body had to be born in order for the soul to be born.
Your very FIRST being born as a baby is when your soul was born. Your second being born as a baby is when your soul joined another soul and it’s called reincarnation. And it's because when you reincarnate, you sort of insert your soul into this new body (new baby) which is being born. Your soul is not being born this time, it's joining the one that is being born. So this body which you joined has its own soul (since a body produces a soul, but your soul was already produced from before.)
So when you reincarnate, you JOIN a soul in the body. There are two souls then in this same body.
A soul is like a blue print of your personality and behavior. (Like a design of the house). If you put a soul into a body, the soul makes a body behave a certain way. A soul is like a pattern, it's an organization of things. Each person is unique and has its own organization of things, which is a soul. This pattern can be preserved and then inserted into another body. A soul is like an algorithm. It's a set of instructions of how to react and respond to things. And when you add memories to this pattern, then you can have "you".
If you want to put your soul into the computer (into a computer game) for example, what you need to do is to provide computer a set of instructions of how you would respond to things and how you would react to everything. If you can do that, then you would put your soul into a virtual form. If you write down these instructions somewhere, then your soul is preserved. Plus if you write down the memories of this person, then your soul is preserved. So imagine, in the future, people make a robot, a mechanical body. Then they teach this body how to react (based on your pattern, your soul). Then they download your memories into this body. And "you" are resurrected. This robot will think that it's you because it will have your memories. And this robot will act just like you because it was programmed to do so. This idea is not the same as reincarnation. Reincarnation means joining a soul in another living body. This idea means to provide a new body for your own soul that's already been born.
So during reincarnation, there are two programs running in the same body (two souls). They run simultaneously. They sometimes are in conflict and sometimes in harmony. The person feels the best when both souls/programs are in harmony. So for example, the natural soul of the body has a hot temper. So it reacts with anger to certain situations. But the incarnated soul that joined the body doesn't lose ITS temper. So it feels bad about the body losing its temper. The natural soul feels/shares the feelings of the incarnated soul and therefore also feels regret about losing its temper. And the natural soul tries to take measures against losing temper and maybe the strength of the reincarnated soul will help it. Or the natural soul might be a coward. But the reincarnated soul may feel the feelings of being brave and then the natural soul may share the feelings of bravery and may do something brave once in a while.
In other words, both souls (programs), working together make the person act a certain way. Without the incarnated soul, the natural soul of this person would have turned out differently. But since they share a body, both souls contribute to the formation of this person. So, from this perspective, an incarnated soul helps to shape the natural soul of the body. But it's possible that this lifetime is also changing the incarnated soul also (modifying its program as well).
For the period of reincarnation, the two souls merge and become "that person". But after the body dies, the two souls will separate, there will be two of them. Both of them will have memories of this life. The natural soul will continue its journey and evolve. The incarnated soul will go back to the place it came from.
You can get an idea of where BOTH souls will go (natural soul and incarnated soul) when you read the "Options for Afterlife" section.
There can be only a limited number of incarnations on the planet at one time because the number of bodies available for reincarnating into is limited. So there are certain rules and waiting lists. It's a little similar to adoption. If you want to adopt any baby, you will probably get your turn really soon. But if you want a specific baby, you may have to wait for a while on the waiting list. Before you reincarnate, you can study/read about the background of the parents and the circumstances. No one can predict the future, but you can make some educated guesses as far as who the born baby would turn out to be. And based on that, you can choose whether you would want to reincarnate into that particular body (baby being born). But if you are willing to reincarnate randomly, you will get your chance sooner. But you always may end up in a pretty bad living situation in the random case.
You can reincarnate on other planets also, not necessarily just on earth. And so I believe that some of the people here have a reincarnated soul from a different planet living as a part of them.