Reincarnation

Meaning, perspective and coherence

One of the crux of reincarnation is that this cyclical reversion answers many of the questions, that otherwise will remain unclarified, and offers new perspectives to mysterious coherences, which are not satisfactory discussed by neither the prevailing Christianity nor the materialistic science. Reincarnation and karma tell us that there are coherences between events from the past and the present conditions, just as it often is the same souls that are involved in more time epochs' events. We will also be enlightened about how the future is created, and the key to growth of the good always lies in the perception of our possibilities here and now. The reincarnation perspective holds a number of ethical consequences, which we will describe briefly.

a) Justice: We can no longer say that the world is ruled by blind and incidental powers. With the karmic lawfulness we have a key to the cause and effect relationship, which connects all existing, from the largest to the smallest. There is a meaning to the "madness", and we have a right to ask the question: "Why?" and expect an answer, - if not now then at a later time. With the cyclical lawfulness we know that we are fellow players in a development drama, which expands epoch upon epoch, and that we cannot be exposed to anything that are not part of a learning process. Everything has a deeper sense and serves a higher purpose, even though we cannot recognize it at present. With absolute justice there are no absolute tragedies and even the greatest catastrophes are at sight turned to precious perceptions. He, who now loses, shall later win the triumph that seemed so unattainable. Everyone is included by the divine plan and thus also by the care, which the divinity shows to the seed set to sprout. Life is the cosmic gardener, who nurses and nourishes all embryos, so that they can grow to flowering maturity.

b) Joint responsibility: We can no longer look upon former times' fatal confrontations and dramas and say, that "it has nothing to do with me". We are all fellow participants in the historical processes, and maybe we have exactly, in past existences, been part of the changes that we now read about in the history books. We often speak of that it is important to create a good world for the coming generations and future children. Now we may add that these children also could be ourselves! Our karmic, joint responsibility and mental commitments are a result of cosmic solidarity and fundamentally the unit from which all creatures originate. We are able to evince practical solidarity with all living, because life is one. There is only one life, the divine, which pulsates in all existing, and we can therefore fully and completely maintain that we are all "in the same boat". It is therefore uselessly and without perspective to think of oneself and only seek one's fortune. We are at any time fellow creators of each other's happiness and misfortune, and we do well to choose the right. My actions as a human being are decisive, and I am highly self-determining. My outside world is my co-world, and my fellow creatures are my family. Therefore the conflicts of the world are mine as well, and I must contribute to the growth of the unity. Active sympathy and practical good will are therefore natural consequences of knowledge of the reincarnation law's work.

c) Equality: There are no qualitative differences between souls. We are all on the way, and even though some souls have had more incarnations as human beings, this does not make them more valuable in the divine household. We are all souls and only time separates us regarding development. In moral and development respects we are placed various places on the life ladder, and those who have come farther may lend those behind them a helping hand, just as they themselves are supported by the ones in front. In this way the life chain is one uninterrupted movement of experiences transformed into enlightenment and wisdom in the seeding process. Wonder children and geniuses are souls, who in past lives have developed talents, which they in this life can show with unusual performance, but we are all equal because all of us are children of the same God, living expressions of the same spiritual source. We are where we are, and we are all on the way towards greater development and awakening. Talents are self-taught and not only an expression of blind inheritance and accidental environment. We grow in mould chosen by ourselves and come into flower in consequence of the spirit's unquenchable aspiration .