Is there anything to the concept of reicarnation?

I can only answer from my understanding. I believe the earth plane was created to learn lessons. Although I do believe we also progress in spirit my understanding is it's much slower and harder to progress in the spirit realms! Therefore I believe we reincarnate as we could not learn all lessons in one lifetime. I have also gone through a past life regression which was very effective in healing my present life!
Love and Peace,
SHONA!!

I agree with Shona. We each have lessons we have to learn - I believe the Hindus have the idea of climbing the steps to Nirvana? I believe its like that. Thus we are reincarnated to learn our lessons. When we have learned them all, we reside on the Other Side (Christians would call it Heaven).

I do not believe in Hell. The Judeo-Christian idea of Hell is merely a mechanism for control. You will do what the church told you to do or you will burn for eternity in Hell. So who made the church's rules? Who made the church God? The rules of the church are not God's rules, and God is the only being able to direct us. This, again, implies a purpose to life other than to either watch us sin or watch us be good...reincarnation.

However, this is not something I can forsee anyone really having proof of. How can you test for it? How can you test for a soul? You can't, but we believe we have souls.

I think the best thing to do is to communicate with God to determine what your task or lesson for this particular life is, and try to accomplish it. Whether you go to Heaven or reincarnate, its always a good idea to listen to God.

It's a good idea at any time. But what do you mean by "reincarnation?" Do you mean the spirit comes back? I know each person born has a soul, for it's the soul departing from us that causes us to be dead, but whether it's an "old" one or "new" - the "soul" I don't think is an individual thing that can or needs to be recycled, but a bit of the Spirit of God.

In that vein, one of the prelates approached the Pope in Rome one day and said, "Good news and bad news, Father."

"Good news first," said the Pope.

"Jesus called! He's back!"

"Why, that's wonderful," said the Pope. "And the bad news?"

"He called from Salt Lake City."

Catty (who is convinced God has a sense of humor - witness the platypus - and appreciates that joke)

I think its more like this -

When you sleep and dream, you are in another world. That world is no less real - to you the dreamer while you dream - than the actual world is to you when you are awake.

This is an analogy to reincarnation. The waking you is constant - you are always cattywumpus no matter if you are awake or dreaming. When you dream, you are different, but still deep down cattywumpus.

To use this analogy, our individual lives are the dreams, and the life of our soul is the waking self. Not to say our lives aren't real - that's not what I mean. What I mean is the soul is constant, and although ourselves and our circumstances are different for each life deep down we are still cattywumpus.

Please let me know if that makes any sense.

I believe that when I die, one of two things will happen...SOMETHING OR NOTHING. If it is nothing, it will be o.k. If it is something it will be much better. I don't believe in hell, but I do believe in God. If I get reincarnated, I will shake my fist at God!!!