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Reply #30 - Mar 7th, 2006 at 8:16pm
 
Recoverer,

The site you cite in favor of early Christian support for reincarnation is a classic example of a New Age ghetto mentality that refuses to consult the best of secular and Christian biblical scholarship.   No reputable scholar accepts the so-called secret tradition of Jesus' sayings as a valid source for His teaching.  The one source that has a few authentic sayings is the Coptic Gospel of Thomas.  But that document, like the Bible, teaches the soul's preexistence rather than reincarnation.   Your source cites Origen, the New Age poster boy for reincarnation.  But I can provide several quotes from Origen that actually DENOUNCE the belief in reincarnation.   Yet New Agers continue to quote his preexistence texts out of context without actually reading the original sources.

True, a few later Gnostics do teach reincarnation, but no scholar seriously thinks that these Gnostics transmit authentic Jesus' material.   In fact, many of them advocate a Holy Communion ritual in which semen and menstrual fluid are imbibed instead the traditional bread and wine and in which sexual orgies and wife swapping are practiced.  New Agers may approve of such mockery of traditional Christianity, but no one in their right mind would suggest that they preserve authentic early Christian traditions and practices.  

If after all this, you persist in believing that reincarnation is a biblical teaching, I can create a long thread that addresses all the bogus texts cited by New Agers in defense of this view.  I've already done this on Robert Bruce's site and the universal reaction of posters was disgust at New Age naivite.

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Reply #31 - Mar 7th, 2006 at 8:32pm
 
As I said, what's most important it to grow spiritually. That has much more to do with growing in love and coming back to God.

Whatever way God has it worked out, I'm certain he has it worked out quite fine. He isn't limited by what people believe about reincarnation, neither pro nor con.

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The site you cite in favor of early Christian support for reincarnation is a classic example of a New Age ghetto mentality that refuses to consult the best of secular and Christian biblical scholarship.   No reputable scholar accepts the so-called secret tradition of Jesus' sayings as a valid source for His teaching.  The one source that has a few authentic sayings is the Coptic Gospel of Thomas.  But that document, like the Bible, teaches the soul's preexistence rather than reincarnation.   Your source cites Origen, the New Age poster boy for reincarnation.  But I can provide several quotes from Origen that actually DENOUNCE the belief in reincarnation.   Yet New Agers continue to quote his preexistence texts out of context without actually reading the original sources.

True, a few later Gnostics do teach reincarnation, but no scholar seriously thinks that these Gnostics transmit authentic Jesus' material.   In fact, many of them advocate a Holy Communion ritual in which semen and menstrual fluid are imbided instead the traditional bread and wine and in which sexual orgies and wife swapping are practiced.  New Agers may approve of such mockery of traditional Christianity, but no one in their right mind would suggest that they preserve authentic early Christian traditions and practices.  

If after all this, you persist in believing that reincarnation is a biblical teaching, I can create a long thread that addresses all the bogus texts cited by New Agers in defense of this view.  I've already done this on Robert Bruce's site and the universal reaction of posters was disgust at New Age naivite.

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Reply #32 - Mar 7th, 2006 at 11:04pm
 
Thanks for all the replies.

Don and Recoverer, I was hoping you two would get involved.  Alyssia, I like your idea about time.  If our linnear timeline does not hold true for being nonincarnate, it may be senseless to us how a soul from a hellish realm would incarnate again to do harm, or why a soul who evolved to or past the focus 27 level would descend into mayhem while reincarnated and take two steps back so to speak.

Don, I find this issue most unsettling.  I hope Bruce sees this thread, and others with much more experience.  I look at some individuals bent on doing harm from cradle to grave, and I wonder.  If we take reincarnation dogma, then they have supposedly had hundreds of incarnations already.  If they die unrepentent, how would they ever incarnate so many times if not retrieved?  Unless Alyssia's idea about a simultaneous timeline makes these musings irrelevent.

Rondele said on another thread what we have spoken about before which is the use of the logical mind compared with epiphanies of a personal nature or the new age "cheerleaders" as she called them/us.  I loathe terms such as ghetto or cheerleaders as I find them demeaning.  But I would be proud to be in either category if I could find an understandable and believeable unifying theory for consciousness while incarnate or in an afterlife.

Hence this thread.  Logic won't answer my question, I know.  But for those of you who have experience (Bruce, Dave, Marilyn, Kathy, I don't want to leave others out...), your personal views of what you have seen are the most interesting to me.

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Reply #33 - Mar 8th, 2006 at 5:10am
 
Hi DocM ... and everyone  Smiley

A very good question (and possible answers too)
Keeping with the theory of reincarnation; why do some people come back evil seeing they have experienced the fruits of Spiritual realms that are said to be pure?

I refer to writings from a book-
'Atlantis to the Latter Days' It is known as the
'Osirian Scripts' inspirationally dictated to HC Randall-Stevens by the Masters Oneferu and Adolemy of the Osirian Group.  Adolemy being incarnate under the name Osiraes (not to be confused with Osiris) in the reigns of Amenhotep III & IV and Oneferu been incarnate under the name of Men-Aton during the reign of Akhnaton.
Furthermore it is published by The Knights Templars of Aquarius 1957.

This being said; the writings are 'a History of Earth' that parallel with and correct the mistranslations of the bible scripts.  The book is dedicated to the Adamic Master Teachers.

To my frustration there is a book prior to this 'The Book of Truth' that I have not managed to get, this book takes us make to the very beginning and in this book that I quote from its says .. this has been documented in the above book.

From what I have managed to bridge between these writings is there is a seed of 'evil' this seed is refered by the name 'Eranus who become Satanaku' and I bridge this name as 'the Fallen Angel - Eranus'

Eranus dwelt and was viceroy of Lemuria (Sarkon) prior to Atlantis. When Earth's God (Adam Ptah El Daoud and His Divine Twin Evam) saw the evil heart of Eranus They banished Eranus to the Astral regions of Earth where Setturn, the Lord of the Astral regions, used the Satankuic spirits to test the strength of the Men of Earth.  Thus through trials shall Man strengthen his character.

However, it seems that Satankuic was forever and is forever manipulating Mans gift of Free-Will and craftly using his (Satankuic) dark powers to try and gain control for his own personal gain.

An example of this is in the Egyptian Era; Amenhotep being the Pharoah at the period of the Exodus; there existed the Amon/Amen priesthood.
They are named the evil priesthood who were against the Aton Priesthood (Aton - The Divine One - Adam) Tut-Ankh-Aton, a great initiate of this time, fought the Amens and strived to bring the Truth (Aton) into the hearts of the people.

The Amen priesthood murdered him and buried him with the name Tut-Ankh-Amen and today he is still known us Tutankhamen.

Do churches not preach people to say Amen after prayers?

The Osirian writings say that God (Adam & Eve) have marked the time when the Amen will be destroyed. 

This is a possible connection to the War in Heavens topic - I think, if im right to say this, before the Creation of the Earth and indeed the before Creation of the Universe by 'The Cosmic Breathe' there has been this War - the war of the Black Orchid and the White Lily.

A huge suject this is to be true, and to get back to your oringinal question DocM - I'd like to think that every Child is born innocent until temptation is put before him and the exercise of free-will determines the outcome.

We are human and influences are understood by the 'higher-powers' it is part of our learning and one could say there is no such thing as a mistakes -only choices.  I would say the yard stick is 'morals' and here I might say the Christ Spirit, the White Lily, is a loving guide.

I can quote numerous examples of re-incarnation from the bible but will do another time.

DocM .. does this make sense to the question you asked?

Love and Freedom  Smiley


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Reply #34 - Mar 8th, 2006 at 5:24am
 
Furthermore I would like to add, as I have said before, it is not a Universe of 'chaos' and possibly my above posting lends itself to 'chaos' so I quote from an ancient Shinar Script-

'The Justice of God is too instantaneously comprehensive to be at all thought of by Man, who, indeed, cannot be just because his nature is bent to a strong line of self-advancement.'



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Reply #35 - Mar 8th, 2006 at 7:52am
 
I never meant to say that certain souls are all good or bad.  If you read my first post, this thread is simply to try to understand the place of those who unrepentently choose to harm, where they came from before birth (if there is a before birth), and the sequences.

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Reply #36 - Mar 8th, 2006 at 9:33am
 
Hi Matthew,

I just noticed this thread this morning and I do have some thoughts on this subject.  I will try to post regarding this later as I need to head out to pick up my mom, but let me throw something else into the loop....  consider the possibility that we also can incarnate within the same body during the same lifetime.

That's a teaser! haha!  I'll be back.

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Reply #37 - Mar 8th, 2006 at 11:15am
 
The thing is, Anna, if you believe in the mind creating/vibrating at a certain level, than unrepentent people who harm will be in a realm of their own making when they pass over (a hell).  It would not make sense for those in that state to be able to incarnate at will, since their minds would not have created that state of freedom.  So the idea that someone could maim 1000 in one life, and be reborn right away, and maim 100, and that this was spiritual improvement sounds crazy to me.


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Reply #38 - Mar 8th, 2006 at 11:17am
 
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Does it matter to you that your theory no only lacks evidence, but it precludes any meaningful grounds for moral and ethical behavior.  

Don


No, it doesn't matter at this point.  If I spent time sifting through the supposed evidence (which are mostly ambiguous), I would simply end up with a complicated conclusion that smacks of human invention rather than truth.  Besides, I like to live the right questions rather than accept all the answers ;)

Again, I don't think moral and ethical behavior are an issue in the afterlife.  Morals and ethics have changed radically in our history over the last 100,000 years.  Rape and murder were not morally wrong in our early existance, they were part of a normal day.  I don't see the afterlife as being so regimented and bureaucratic as to have a mechanism to keep pace with shifting human values - it seems very backwards to me.  That's overcomplicating it in a very big way.  I agree with Paranoid Android's statement, nobody is born evil.  If nobody is born evil, they're probably not evil after they're dead.  Hell is the creation they've made during life that echos into the afterlife. 

And really, you have to believe reincarnation is at least possible.  God knew his son before he was born to Mary.  He arranged Mary to give birth.  Jesus dwells still in heaven after his death.  So, he was there before as the son of God (Jesus knew his father and vice versa), born incarnate, died, and exists still.  Seems to me that being born and living as a human is the least tricky part of that whole equation, so repeating it with anybody would not be a big leap.
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Reply #39 - Mar 8th, 2006 at 12:46pm
 
Doc said: If our linnear timeline does not hold true for being nonincarnate, it may be senseless to us how a soul from a hellish realm would incarnate again to do harm, or why a soul who evolved to or past the focus 27 level would descend into mayhem while reincarnated and take two steps back so to speak.
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The question you raise Doc is not clear to me, how you could imagine this is possible. you must have a belief in chaos principle operating instead of an orderly universe of cause and effect. or, you have a belief in good and evil. referring back to my mentor Monroe, to quote from him "there is no good, there is no evil, everything just is."
those we tag evil are still connected to everyone else, in both spiritual realms and earthly domains, as we are all possessed of both good and evil and we are all spirit.
not only that, but to see someone else as evil is to create them as evil; to vision them as healed is to create their health.
Linear time is a joke, it's not real, we don't need to buy any consensus reality as real. We're going to wake up someday and realize we thought it was real, but it was a movie and we bought the whole thing. I've had the Brooklyn bridge sold to me so many times, I should have the deed to it here somewhere.
there is absolutely nothing to get uptight about here as it is an orderly universe, and we do come here for the challenge and the struggle and we need each other's head to ram into for that too Tongue I refuse to believe there's anything evil out there or unredeemable to a state of grace; there are only people and spirits behaving badly who need to use a higher octane petrol. maybe we can help, maybe not, but its the opportunity that matters..and we only get one day at a time to look at. love, alysia
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Reply #40 - Mar 8th, 2006 at 1:10pm
 
Its not that Alyssia, I don't believe in pure evil or good, but I do believe in the illusion of the individual until we merge back with God.

So, when I look out at the souls exploring their dark side, I wonder, if the afterlife/consciousness model is as described, how they could incarnate repeatedly - since these hells do not seem too easy to break out of.

If someone says "wait, we are all one, individuality is illusion, and there is no evil, so why bother posing the question?"  I'd have to say that while I agree that we are all one, that there is an individuality both incarnate and excarnate that temporarily distinguishes itself from the all that is in its own mind.  It is to that, and to its incarnations of which I speak.  On this particular thread, about those who choose to harm, without repentance/remorse.


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Reply #41 - Mar 8th, 2006 at 1:47pm
 
Doc:

I feel what you posted below. Not too long ago I asked myself a question similar to the question you posted on this thread. I was wondering why do some sources I like write as if belief systems exist, while others don't.  At times I would agonize over the question.

Even though for the most part I believe that psychological change won't be forced on a spirit, hence the need for varying belief systems, in the end I determined that there are some questions I won't be able to answer no matter how much I think about it. When it comes to this sort of issue, thinking often just leads to opinions. All sorts of opinions.

But that's okay, because real spiritual growth isn't about figuring out the cosmology behind everything. I'm certain that beings in the spirit realms already have it figured out without our help.

What's important while in the physical, is to grow as much spiritually as we can.  It does seem as if people approach this need to varying degrees. I wonder why. If we are all experiencing our first incarnation, then how come we don't share the same level of entusiasm for spiritual inquiry? But I won't go off on that tangent. Wink


As far as somebody staying bad forever, I don't believe this will happen, because divinity exits in all of us, it's like an inner calling, and eventually each of us, without fail, will respond to this calling.  What's important is that this inner calling is answered. Not how it's answered (e.g., reincarnation, in the spirit World without reincarnating)



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 Logic won't answer my question, I know.  But for those of you who have experience (Bruce, Dave, Marilyn, Kathy, I don't want to leave others out...), your personal views of what you have seen are the most interesting to me.

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Reply #42 - Mar 8th, 2006 at 2:07pm
 
Thanks Recoverer,

I agree that evil and good are not absolute in us; we are far more complex while individuals.  I was hoping that you, Bruce and others, any who had direct experiences (NDEs, etc.) would comment. 

When you read of some astral adepts, mediums, etc., some will claim extensive voyages to the other side to observe and question. 

So, yeah, I'm interested in how the process of incarnation works.  I know that when we die, we may get answers in certain areas (focus 27) that we just can't get now.

The rational approach won't save us, but it is a necessary underpinning to our spiritual journeys.  Let me tell you though, rational knowledge gives no comfort during real life crises.  That is where truly spiritual people will find solace over the rationalists.


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Reply #43 - Mar 8th, 2006 at 2:51pm
 
Hi Doc M Could you tell me what focus 27 is because i dont know .       God bless juditha
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Reply #44 - Mar 8th, 2006 at 3:12pm
 
Juditha,

Focus 27 is a number made up by the Monroe institute for where most people end up in heaven.  You can get a description on it on this website if you click on the What is the Afterlife link above.

It has been likened to a summerland, with beautiful parks and a place where reunions occur and where many questions are answered.  Where thought creates anything you want.  Some believe that it is only a temporary area though from which you move on once you are adjusted after death.


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