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Some lines are so good they make reading the whole post worth it! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "tom_kimb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What is reincarnation? To begin with, reincarnation does not take place > within a matrix of linear time. It's not as if e.g. you had a life > in ancient Greece and then you died; then you had a life in ancient Rome > and then you died; then you had a life in the Middle Ages and then you > died; etc. Rather, all of your past and future lives are going on at > once, in an eternal NOW moment. > > > > Think of it like this: survivors of near-death experiences often report > seeing all the events that ever happened to them flash by them in no > time at all. Thus it would seem that we experience the thought forms of > our lives twice once in linear fashion over a lifetime, and the > second time around in timeless fashion at the moment of death. > > In an analogous manner, while there is indeed an evolution going on in > the universe, this evolution is not taking place in linear time: > it's all happening at once. Space and time have no objective > existence. They are merely cognitive tools which evolved as sentient > beings evolved, to enable them to focus upon one thing at a time instead > of everything at once. The linearity of time is an illusion, a > falsehood, which Eastern philosophers have termed maya or samsara. It > is this false appearance that there is such a thing as an objective > reality out there unfolding in linear time, which animates the striving > of all sentient beings and keeps the wheel of reincarnation of > life and death and rebirth turning. > > > > Babies (and even young children, who sometimes talk about memories from > other lifetimes) are not as centered in a one-track existence as adults > are. Babies and young children are consciously impinged upon by > influences from other lives and probable realities which most adults > have learned to ignore. The same socialization process which props up a > baby's sense of being a unitary, abiding, separated individual also > imprisons that individual in a furrow of inexorable linear temporality. > > > > For most people, 99.9% of decisions are made on the basis of > socially-conditioned actions and reactions what they were taught > by their parents and society. But every now and then everyone has > poignant moments moments of consciousness or conscientiousness or > conscience when they sense that probable realities are branching > off this way or that; or they feel echoes from other lifetimes and > realities; or they hear voices from deep inside them. When this happens > people feel connected to something more profound than their customary > hustle and bustle; and that something is their true purpose in this > lifetime the reason they were born. > > > > Nobel laureate William Butler Yeats' channeled masterpiece A Vision > explains the true nature of reincarnation what it really is and > how it really works. Starting this coming month Magical Almanac, Bob > Makransky's free monthly ezine of astrology and magic, will be > presenting a six-article series which explains the theory of > reincarnation as described in A Vision. This series includes complete > instructions for safe and easy techniques you can use on your own to run > past life regressions and probable reality progressions; and to > recapitulate memories from your present lifetime (thereby releasing the > pent-up emotions which you have invested in your memories). > > > > To subscribe, send an e-mail to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > You can also subscribe (and view past issues) at: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MagicalAlmanac > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MagicalAlmanac> > > > > Privacy Statement: We will not give or sell your name or e-mail address > to anyone, ever. > > > > ******************** > > > > "We all to some extent meet again and again the same people and > certainly in some cases form a kind of family of two or three or more > persons who come together life after life until all passionate relations > are exhausted, the child of one life the husband, wife, brother, sister > of the next. Sometimes, however, a single relationship will repeat > itself, turning its revolving wheel again and again." > > William Butler Yeats, A Vision >