~ Reincarnation ~

Spirits with Bodies

We are spirits with bodies – not bodies with spirits “inside” of them. Our spiritual form merely projects a physical body from out of it. Truth goes beyond, for example, an animal sporting the so-called “Spark of the Divine” within. The truth is that Consciousness (God), through Will, one’s Purest Essence, manifests all things freely as expressions of Itself. So not only does an animal possess the spirit of God, but the animal is Itself God alone. Since God cannot be lacking in anything, to any degree, all of God is just that one single animal. This is the meaning of spirit. So much so (and remembering that spirit is the essence of existence) even a fool can see that the animal exists.

Man consists of an array of expressions, called bodies, the densest of which is currently regarded to be the “physical” body. Our higher forms, in turn, express themselves as their lower counterparts*, through the planes in which they are spawned**.

* The order is as follows: Transcendence (Will, the Creator), Self/God (consciousness), Cosmos (energy), mental body, emotional body, ethereal body and physical body.

** Note a form does not incarnate into a dimension, but rather the dimension is the way in which the form is expressed. The “physical” dimension, for example, is the way that entities express themselves “physically”. What you see about you in the world are purely “physical” expressions of Self/God, and only there because of your consciousness, for your consciousness spawns all things. When you die, the whole world will surely pass away with you as well, for it is no longer spawned by your consciousness that now spawns the next.

It is in this way then that the spirit which is man, through the dimension called “physicality”, manifests a physical body. This body is the organized energy of one’s organized Consciousness, through the action of Will, one’s Purest Essence. A man can then see the physical body and in truth exclaim, “I see God”!

Thoughts on Reincarnation

Here follows a discussion on reincarnation, starting from the most incorrect view:

Incarnation – a Lie

Know that this world is an illusion – a skewed presentation of Oneself. Since anything’s Purest Essence is Transcendence, any expression of It, through Will, is an illusion, for it is but an expression of the Truth – not the Truth Itself. One’s entire incarnation therefore is an illusion. This is indeed the entire point of an incarnation! You see, the illusion is necessary in order to point the way back to the Ultimate Truth. All things, by sheer definition, fall short of Transcendence, and are therefore False indeed! Their Falsehood serves only to point the way to the Truth through distinction.

Since Self is Consciousness (God), all things are not only of Self but are Self. Not only do you freely manifest / create what you see but are also all that you see. For all things come from Your Consciousness (God) alone, through the action of Will (the Creator), your Purest Essence. Your Consciousness freely creates the whole world and the illusion of your walking around “within” it, separate from all else. It is in this way then that the sun is seen to shine upon mankind and mankind cannot be the sun! It is in this way too, that the world spins and no one can stop it!

We have all incarnated because we are all diligent to know the Truth in a fuller, more meaningful way. This way, means, or dimension is the incarnation itself, and of course the sole meaning and purpose to life here on earth. The meaning to life is to understand Oneself. This translates into an understanding that one is Oneself and never was one at any point, to any extent separate from the Supreme Being - the reflection of your True Nature, Transcendence.

The mere fact that each of our incarnations persists is proof that we strive for the Truth, literally with every living breath! It’s not like we were only curious about the Truth at the point of incarnation. No, we are curious now still. To know fully the nature of an incarnation frees one from it in the moment. If death finds you before you find Yourself, you will certainly reincarnate.

As stated, the nature of an incarnation is itself a manifestation of an understanding of Oneself. So dear and profound the understanding that we call it life – living in it and holding onto it literally for dear life. Everything that happens in this incarnation – all the manifestations therein, though illusions, are understandings of the Truth, for they, though lies, are each expressions (creations) of the Truth, pointing the way to It. Creation itself thus points the way to the Creator. And what is the Truth? The Truth is Oneself, Buddha.

Our illusionary “lower selves” invent the lie that we are each individual beings separate from God and all else. So great the lie that we call it life and living life. Smell a flower, run your hand through water, feel joy, feel pain. What is it that you feel? It is a lie! For it is not Oneself, Transcendence! This life is merely the dimension through which Transcendence, through Will, the Creator, is expressed. An incarnation is really a means (dimension) of realizing the “difference” between one’s illusionary “lower self” and Transcendence (Endless Nothingness). Since it’s simply not true that one is separate from God in any way, an entire incarnation is indeed the strictest of lies!

Only once you know the Truth
Will the bonds of incarnation break.
The Truth is Oneself
Transcendence.

Why we can't remember

Since the spirit is constant and time an illusion there is no such thing as past and future with regard to the spirit. To this end, it’s nonsense to talk in terms of past lives. These lives are “past” only in terms of this planet's man-made time-line. One cannot remember simply for the following reasons:

The Spirit

Conventional thought on reincarnation suggests that spirit detaches itself from its earthly body when it no longer has any use for it and, after a time, reattaches itself to another physical body.

From Physical to Physical

The spirit moving from one physical vehicle to the next.

In truth, though, the physical body is really a projection of spirit.

The Higher Self

The essence of a living being (an entity with a higher instance).

So it is not correct to talk in terms of the spirit “inside” or “attached to” the physical body. This is true only on a very basic level of understanding. No, it is the case that spirit expresses itself in a form so low in vibration that it is regarded as “physical”. The physical body is thus said to reflect the spirit as spirit completely saturates it with Life Force (Prana). So abundant this Life Force that surplus energy radiates from out of the physical body – producing its various auras. The sheer existence of the physical body and its makeup (bones, muscles and tissues) all bear witness to the spirit (via the Ethereal Web). Indeed spirit is the channel through which Life Force (expressed consciousness) sustains the physical body in the moment.

The mere fact that a body ages, proves that the spirit expresses itself in bodily form only ever in the moment. For as the consciousness projected from the spirit changes, so too does its resultant physical form. In this way not only does a spirit project itself as countless bodies (aging) through what we regard to be a single lifetime, but also across lifetimes.

Spirit does not have to project a bodily form. It can just as well project a form less dense. So there are many degrees to which one can reincarnate. One could, for example, reincarnate as an idea in someone's head for example.

From Physical to Metaphysical

The spirit moving from a physical to a metaphysical vehicle (not strictly in compliance with what is generally considered to be a conventional incarnation).

Spirit projects a physical form. But what spirit are we talking about, and what is the form? The spirit is the expression of God. There is God, and the expression of God. This expression is called energy. When energy itself is organized in specific ways, creation results. The meaning of that which is created is called “spirit”. Spirit is thus the essence of existence. So your spirit is the meaning of your bodily existence – whatever the existence may be. You may be alone or with friends. You may be wearing a particular shirt or another. You may be swimming in the ocean or driving your car. Whatever your experience (lower form), the entire episode is projected by spirit, for spirit is the embodiment of what “it all means”.

Since one’s entire life consists but of a series of experiences, brought on by one’s consciousness, one actually reincarnates countless times during what would appear to be only one lifetime. These reincarnations produce countless bodies. These bodies are but the experiences undergone. One experience might be when one’s physical body comes into contact with other physical bodies. When this occurs the expression of one’s spirit extends to include all that is held or touched. Here the lower self “enlarges” to envelop the experience and the spirit becomes more pervasive in that it channels the consciousness required to produce the experience. When this happens one is actually moving closer to the essence of God. It is for this very reason that upon every moment one gets closer to God, and will of course eventually find oneself to be but God. It is positively a certainty that all will one day be realized to be God. Everything already is, all need only know this.

Entity Creation

The spirit of Metaphysical Instance 2 is the full encapsulation of Metaphysical Instance 1 (both instance and spirit).

Think too of the situation when the wind blows against your face. The air molecules collide with your physical body. Only at the point of contact do the molecules actually become part of your body. So you become what you used to be plus one air molecule at a certain point in time. Again, spirit allows for the projection of this experience. This is why you can feel the wind blowing on your face in the first place. You feel but yourself. This is Self – the meaning of God.

Notice, too, that the converse is true - your body becomes part of each and every air molecule that you come into contact with. So an air molecule becomes what it used to be plus you. Of course, if you are standing on the earth, then the molecule inherits also the entire world, since, by your standing on the earth, it is of you and you of it.

The Role of Time in Reincarnation

The postulate of time being an absolute property of the metaphysical planes is completely flawed because these planes are not subject to time. I'm not saying that there is no time in these planes. I'm only saying that one can't assume that there is. Our brains here on earth have only introduced time in order to help us view the world in a more logical way. Just because this world happens to have time as we know it does not mean that this same time, or any time for that matter, must exist elsewhere.

Major characteristics of the dimensions of Consciousness (God), the Spiritual Planes, have it that they are not subject to space or time, or anything for that matter. But it doesn't mean that space or time or anything else cannot be introduced there either. However, when there (in a plane) it’s easier to be as Oneself, and not subject to time and space. Introducing the concrete notions of time and space will only bring on a corruption of consciousness and thus pull one back to this world.

I know from my own experience that time becomes somewhat dissolved from the upper regions of the astral plane and almost completely dissolved in the plane thereafter. I once meditated with a friend for what seemed just under two minutes but was actually around five hours.

Consider now the following postulates on reincarnation:

Single Time Line

Consider the case of the same time line existing both physically and metaphysically. This is probably the view held by most people, and is positively the most incorrect.

Single Time Line

A person lives physically from A to B, then metaphysically from B to C, then again physically from C to D. Time lines tm and tp are one and the same time line, extending across both physical and metaphysical planes.

Here, a person is born on earth at point A and dies at point B. The spirit moves on to the Metaphysical Universe but remains subject to earth’s time line until as such a time, point C, that the spirit re-enters the world. So the person lived a physical life from A to B, a metaphysical life from B to C and another physical life back here on earth from C to D. During the life of C to D, people would talk about the past life “A to B”.

Time Lines of Varying Magnitude

If the metaphysical time line (Tm) is not the same magnitude as that of our own then this would mean that a much larger or smaller amount of physical time is taken up in the metaphysical life of B to C. In our example here, the time line in the metaphysical universe is of the same direction, but of greater magnitude.

Time Lines of Varying Magnitude

A person lives physically from A to B, then metaphysically from B to C, then again physically from C to D. Because time lines tm and tp are of differing magnitudes, in this particular example, a much smaller amount of earthly time relative to metapysical time is taken up during the metaphysical existence of B to C.

Zero Spiritual Time

Consider now the postulate of there being no time in the Metaphysical Universe at all.

Zero Time

A person lives physically from A to B, then metaphysically in zero tm and tp time from B to C (B is C), then again physically from C toD.

Again, a person is born at point A and dies at point B. The spirit then moves into the metaphysical and back to the physical in zero time. Death is rebirth; the two are one and the same.

Perpendicular Time Line

Consider now the notion that no time at all passes physically, but any amount of time passes metaphysically as the spirit drops back to our time line. Again, a person is born at point A and dies at point B. The spirit then moves into the metaphysical universe and back again in zero earthly time (point C which is still point B). In the meantime the spirit has lived or is still living metaphysically from B to C. The person lived a physical life from A to B, a metaphysical life from B to C, and another physical life from C to D, during or after the metaphysical life of B to C. Again, rebirth is at death.

Opposing Time Lines

If the metaphysical time line (Tm) is negative to our one here on earth (Tp) then one’s past life could well be in the future.

Opposing Time Lines

A person lives physically from A to B, then metaphysically from B to C, then again physically from C to D. Because time lines tm and tp are negatively related, the spirit goes back in time relative to physical time line tp, before reincarnating at point C.

Again, a person is born at point A and dies at point B. The spirit then moves on to a negative metaphysical time line (Tm), until as such time (point C) as it re-enters the physical realm.

So again the person lived a physical life from A to B, a metaphysical life from B to C, and another physical life from C to D. Notice that the date of re-birth is less than the death date. This would then mean that co-existence is possible. This is where one person is simultaneously found in two or more bodies. Such a person could be talking to their own self whilst believing they are talking to another person. If the distance from B to C is greater than the distance from A to B, then one would be born in the past and any “past” lives spoken of would actually be future lives.

No Spiritual Time

If there is no spiritual time at all then one’s re-entry will occur at random as an when consciousness expresses a rebirth.

Perpendicular Time Line

A person lives physically from A to B, then metaphysically in zero tp time from B to C along time line Tm, then again physically from C to D.

Again, a person is born at point A and dies at point B. The spirit then moves into the Metaphysical Universe and back again seemingly at random (from an earthly point of view). From this viewpoint, every incarnation can be seen as an incarnation of Oneself. This last postulate is the most correct one, for all that there is, is Oneself alone, expressed as all things (incarnations), which are really embodiments of one’s understanding of Oneself.

The Law of Karma

Much has been written about the Law of Karma, the Law of “Cause and Effect” - where you reap what you sow, if not in this lifetime, then in the next (or even the one after that). The Cosmos, being singular, is holistically in balance, for it is Itself. Something within the Cosmos, however, can produce an imbalance of energy (a murder for example). Now since the Cosmos is holistically in balance, the local imbalance of energy must, sooner or later, be corrected. If corrected straight away, it affects one’s current incarnation; if later on, it will affect an incarnation only further down the line. The imbalance can either be corrected in one file swoop or in many smaller ones over time and even across many lifetimes. Notice that an energy imbalance is only created through thought, the vehicle of energy. So if a murderer feels he is doing the right thing and is simply being himself, then he is free from any repercussions. The people that suffer as a result of the murder are simply receiving back energy owing to them from acquired prior imbalances. When the murderer himself suffers, he suffers only because of the correction of past energy imbalances. One will reincarnate if one, as a whole, is not in perfect balance. If there are Cosmic energies that need to be corrected, incarnations will be spawned – representing completely the appropriate organization of energy needed to correct the imbalance. This organization of energy (how things are specifically held together) is but creation. This is the meaning of one’s incarnation. Incarnation then, is itself the meaning of Karma.

The Present Moment

All that there is, is the present moment. Whatever is manifest is your own particular understanding of Self/God. This of course comes across to you as the world “about” you. You claim ownership of this and say, “I am in the world!” Positively this is incorrect. There is no such thing as incarnation, as the world knows it. Your consciousness produces whatever it wants to. Currently it just so happens to have produced the scenario that you were once born and have lived up to this point. But all this “knowledge” is ever only produced in the present moment. This is so because the present moment is all that there is. Everything happens only in the present moment as a direct result of ones own consciousness, through the action of one’s own will. Full realization of this, will immediately break all bonds of illusion, and one will, in the moment, be Buddha.

Death

Death is the Great Deliverer, for It frees us from the bonds of the Lie that is this world. Notice, though, that death is akin to the blinking of an eye. The blink is instantaneous, and one returns here to this world for it is here that one’s heart is.

When one dies one remains what one is, or put another way, one becomes (produces) what one’s heart is. This is a karmic principle - that one incarnates in accordance with the state of one's heart. Yes, upon death you will become whatever you are. This is how you “came” to this world in the first place. If your heart is in the world you will incarnate back here and live out in exact fashion your nature, not deviating from it to any degree. Remember you are an expression of Yourself, and can therefore not deviate in any way or to any degree from the expression. If you, for example, are an expression of yourself found to be in Heaven, then in Heaven you will be. Similarly, if you are an expression of Yourself found to be in Hell, then in Hell you will be. For what your heart is, that is yourself, initiated and sustained only through Will, your Purest Essence. You can therefore, at Will, be anything or “go anywhere”. If you wish to go to Heaven, then Heaven is where you will go (whatever Heaven is supposed to mean to you). If you wish to go to Hell, then Hell is where you will go. If you wish to come back to this world and live a certain lifestyle, then this is certainly what will happen. It is not possible to go to a place if it is not a manifestation of your Truest Nature. Furthermore, nothing can ever happen to you unless your Purest Essence, Will, specifically manifests it. Everything, though, remains but a warped expression of Yourself. This is the strictest meaning of an incarnation.

In simple terms, life here on earth can be viewed as the dream of a greater reality; so when one dies, one wakes to that greater reality. Just as the termination of the dreams of this life gives rise to the returning to this life, so too does the termination of this life give rise to the returning once again to the greater life that had momentarily spawned this one.

In truer terms, in this lifetime, when one awakes from sleep one incarnates back into this existence to take off where one left off the day before. Actually this happens moment by moment. Life is but a series of incarnations, one after the next, second by second, for your consciousness brings this all on in and as the present moment.

Death should not be viewed as some kind of a gateway to the next life. Your consciousness has only created death for others to pass through during the time that you are here. Death itself can never come to anyone. It is only known from the viewpoint of the living, as a fanciful creation of the brain. When death comes to another, all that happens is an alteration of your consciousness that produces the world and those around you. Your consciousness got that person to pass away. All this occurs only from your perspective. All that each one of us has is the present moment, and never is there death – only Life – for this is the meaning of the present moment. For man, it is the meaning of God, for it is all that there is. Surely you will never die, for all that ever happens are the expressions of your own consciousness. And when one Transcends even all things (illusions), one is Buddha.

The type of death experienced by all is merely a dimension through which there is a change in consciousness, since different manifestations result because of it. A small change occurs within what is regarded to be a single lifetime, whilst a drastic change results in what is regarded to be another lifetime. The latter is what is recognized as physical death.

Since the manifestations of one’s consciousness changes all the time, death can be known to be constantly with us. In this way we consciously die and are reborn moment by moment. With each change in consciousness, with each change in thought, with each change in what is seen, heard, felt and understood, death takes us to it. Death, then, is but the bringer of life.

In Summary