DocM
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Many who have intense recollections of a past life may have merged with another deceased human in the mental/spiritual plane. Since in that realm, thoughts and memories are conveyed immediately and in large quantities, we might at first access the memories and emotions of another, and say "wow, that must have been me," whereas, in fact we merely had a close encounter where we could see, feel and taste another person's memories in such detail that we assumed it had to be our own memory. This is what Don refers to with the discarnate possession talk (I think).
In texts such as the Bardo Thodol (Tibetan Book of the Dead), there is an underlying theme, that for the average person who dies, rebirth is inevitable, unless he/she can recognize the death process and deny their attachment to the physical world (which keeps drawing them back again and again).
What the reincarnationists don't take into account are two factors; namely, love and free will. If the universe runs on love (PUL), and if we die and are, essentially loving people, then theoretically, we meet others in focus 27 or other heavens, and learn about our spiritual existence. We help others, and are helped in turn. In that setting, might we voluntarily reincarnate? Sure. Then again, we might help others who just crossed over, or try to go into the hollow heavens or hells as retrievers. What do we do? Why whatever takes us in the path of love, and our free will.
A reincarnationist may say that we actually use our free wills in reincarnating, because we are so attached to earthly things that the illusions of the immediate afterlife send us into goose chases that end with us in a womb ready to repeat the entire process. I say, bunk.
Perhaps, if a person is not met by loved ones when they die (and reports are that a vast majority of people are met), and didn't believe that they would survive death, perhaps then they might be so fooled that they would reincarnate hanging on to the only thing they understood (earthly life). However, this would not describe the majority of people who die.
If love and free will exist then, in my opinion reincarnation certainly is not inevitable - though it may be possible.
M
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