I Believe In Reincarnation
Since I was a little girl, I believed in reincarnation. I had stumbled upon a television program about reincarnation and instantly, I connected to it.
Brought up practicing Catholicism, I approached my mother about reincarnation. My mother was a devoted Catholic and didn't believe in reincarnation, however, she was open-minded and didn't seem to mind that her young daughter had a different belief system. Reincarnation just made sense to me at a very early age, although no one else in my family believed the same or spent any amount of time actually thinking about it. Perhaps for many, it just seems so... out there, too far beyond the mainstream mindset.
It wouldn't be until my forties that I would come to the awareness that my Zodiac sign plays a role in my reincarnation belief.
A few of years ago, I went to the bookstore to meet a man with whom I recently started seeing romantically. As we walked and talked throughout the bookstore, we came into the Religious/Spiritual section. My new friend asked me what sign I was and when I replied "Pisces", he pulled a book from the shelf and teasingly mocked "Now, I will find out all about you....." with a wink.
He read a passage that surprised me. "Hmmm", he stated "It says here, that most Pisces believe in Reincarnation".
"Is it true?" he prodded as he glanced up to look at me.
Gulp. Oh no. Here, I was, on a date with an intelligent, pragmatic CEO Conservative in his early fifties, who was now asking me a question that exposed a part of me I wasn't sure I was ready to reveal just yet. Answering truthfully could have him running for the door, before he has the chance of really getting to know me.
Reincarnation, for the most part, is perceived by many in mainstream society as a bit too far out and although, I would have preferred revealing this belief later, it wasn't an option now. Time to grit and bear the truth. "Yes, actually, I do believe in reincarnaton and always have, since childhood."
He actually did not run. Whew!
That was the first time, I had ever heard a link between my zodiac sign and the belief in reincarnation.
Although today's mainstream western religious culture hasn't accept reincarnation, in my opinion, it just makes sense, as well as, answers many common theological questions asked people of all faiths.
Probably, the number one question many people have in life in general, is the hand of cards people receive at birth.
Why are some people born with incredible privileges while others in extreme disadvantage etc.?
Who has not witnessed the child born with some birth defect or extreme poverty, to the point that his/her belly is severely bloated from starvation and not question why this happens to some of us and not others, or why does it have to happen at all?
How else can a soul truly understand all there is to understand in the world without having first hand experience?
For a soul to truly learn and understand the gamut of emotions and experiences we can have as a human being
one must actually have such experience. As many of us may "think" we know what a certain condition feels like, many of us also know, when the opportunity does come knocking and we have the chance to actually "feel" the condition up close and personally for ourselves, we truly get the picture.
From love, hate, injustice, bigotry, forgiveness, unconditional love, trust, friendship, loyalty, abuse, power, abuse of power, wealth, oppression, poverty, racism and tolerance the circle of experiences are many and perhaps too much to experience in one lifetime.
Having specific experiences of literally living in another person's shoe's by virtue of stepping into them brings their experience home like no other can. For a soul to understand the meaning of that experience the soul needs to experience it first hand.
For a soul to evolve takes many many experiences.
GOD gives us many many opportunities to see from all views in order to understand the essence nature of being.
The opportunities are endless to learn and experience until we "get it" right.
We are one, whether we realize it in this life or the next. or the next after that and the one thereafter.....etc. etc.
