I have a passion for anything metaphysical; I am always in the middle of a good book about quantum physics, spiritualism, or theology. Because of this, I have always kept an open mind about reincarnation.
For some reason, this concept has always seemed plausible to me – mainly because this teaching crosses so many different cultures, countries and continents. I find it fascinating that so many religions believe in reincarnation. By the way, Wikipedia does a fine job outlining various beliefs and reincarnation teachings at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reincarnation
Well, after much consideration, I’m seeing this whole “reincarntion thing” from a different angle… and I’d like to find out what you think about it.
Let’s start with the familiar words of Jesus: “Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own.” (John 14:10) And then there’s this one… “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. (John 17:20-21) As you may already know, there are MANY more Biblical quotes similar to these, but I think the above two passages make the point Jesus was trying to teach. Over the millennia, many sages and mystics have been trying to get their hands around this concept, but just haven’t been able to communicate it (in its truest sense) to the masses…and I think it’s mainly because society across-the-board hasn’t been able to grasp it.
I had an idea a while back that made me think about space/time and the physical/spiritual aspect of our higher self (our Spirit). Quantum physics teaches, time and space are simply an illusion created by the observer (us) and the subatomic particles that tell a chair to “be” a chair is the same exact energy that tells a human that they are “solid”. The quantum physicist, Leon Lederman, calls this subatomic particle the “God Particle”. The movie “What the Bleep Do We Know Anyway“ explains this theory very well.
So, I thought, if there is really no reality of time and there is no reality of space, and we do actually have the possibility of returning to this physical plane via reincarnation, then maybe – just maybe we could be born into another life that is actually in a the temporal past – instead of the temporal future? If there are no time restrictions – then there shouldn’t be any reason why we are limited to the timeframe of which we inhabit a body.
Then it occurred to me that if we are not restricted to “time” then we are not restricted to “space” either. And I thought, well if we are able to spiritually transcend time and space, our true essence may very well inhabit more than one space (or body) in one time – perhaps we are multiple beings in this space/time era?
With that being said, I realized that we ARE a single Spiritual “person”. I Am. You Are. And as Spiritual teachers, over the centuries have taught, and as quantum physics verifies, we are all the same “Energy” inhabiting this physical dimension, under the illusion that we are separate beings, separate matter. Not that “me” is in multiple places, because there is only one physical self in one physical location…and the “me” is called “Viola” but there is a greater “Me” that is “You” as well. We are ALL the same spiritual entity (soul mates or spiritual twins, if you will) just sharing an illusion of a separate physical existence. There is no “us”, just a ME. So when YOU hurt – I hurt…when you laugh – I am happy… because we are ONE Being. Our corporeal minds in this realm of “illusion”, cannot see past the physical barrier of matter, so we are essentially trapped within separate confines and cannot mentally perceive Our Oneness with our limited five physical senses.
In Mayan tradition there is a greeting that many people working with Mayan wisdom know of. It is In Lak’ech. We understand In Lak’ech to mean:I am another yourself …and also means I am you, and You are me.I like it.
So it all comes full circle back to Jesus… We are One, and I can think of no higher purpose in this existence than to reach out to our many “selves” and love them. How could we possibly want it any other way?
If this kind of stuff interests you - you have got to check out this downloadable book by Adrian Cooper, called “Our Ultimate Reality”. It will rock your world…it did mine.
In Lak’ech,
Viola
Beautiful post Viola.
In Lak’ech, back at you (and thus everyone else)!