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In the survey of the rebirth of the soul - “Is there life after death?” - worries many. Some say that after human life comes eternal life for the soul, and depending on how you lived this life, it depends where this eternity will last, in hell or in heaven. Others are of the opinion that it is quite possible to be reborn again in such a world, but not only as a human, but also as another living being. Still others argue that we live once and will never be born again. There are different opinions on this matter, mainly religious movements ask this question, building on this the moral and ethical principles put forward, however, people from science periodically make attempts to prove the phenomenon of rebirth, while ordinary people are often motivated by knowledge about rebirth for a more good life today .
The rebirth of the soul has been painstakingly studied by researchers such as Raymond Moody, Ian Stevenson, and Michael Newton. In their works, they described in detail the experiments and research carried out and tried in every possible way to scientifically prove the existence of this phenomenon. Of course, they were not immune to criticism, however, this does not mean that they were not right. Things are different in eastern countries, where Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism are widespread. For these movements, rebirth is a central and integral concept of the teaching. But first things first.
Scientific evidence for soul rebirth
The most famous scientific figures who at one time studied the rebirth of the soul were Raymond Moody, a psychologist and physician, and Ian Stevenson, a psychiatrist and biochemist. Naturally, not everyone in scientific circles was ready to accept their work. However, both Moody and Stevenson tried to approach the study of this problem as scientifically as possible. Raymond Moody used regressive hypnosis in his research, often used to study the rebirth of the soul. Possessing a great deal of skepticism on this issue, the first thing he did was go through this procedure himself and, remembering several of his past lives, seriously began studying rebirth and published the book “Life Before Life.” Before that, he was known for his other work, “Life after Life” (or “Life after Death”), which declared the unconditional existence of the soul and its further journey; it described the experiences of people who suffered clinical death. There is another well-known book on this subject by the author Michael Newton, Ph.D., hypnotherapist, “The Journey of the Soul,” which also describes cases of people being immersed in deep regressive hypnosis, through which clients experienced out-of-body experiences and remembered their past lives.
Ian Stevenson has been researching soul rebirth for 40 years by looking for evidence to support children's statements about their past lives. That is, facts were compared, for example, a child claimed that he lived in a certain city, with specific people, was afraid of something, etc. And Stevenson went to this place and checked the data, looked up archives. Often what the children said was confirmed. Over the years, about 3,000 cases have been studied.
Why do scientific circles doubt the rebirth of the soul?
The main reason for doubts about the rebirth of the soul in scientific circles is the incompletely studied human brain and its capabilities. It has already been proven that any information, be it a sound, a picture or a smell, is immediately imprinted on our brain. And in critical situations, in illness or spontaneously, a person can remember this information and pass it off as his own experiences. There is a known case when a woman, delirious, began to speak Hebrew and Ancient Greek, which she had never learned. It turned out that she worked as a maid for a shepherd, who often read sermons in ancient languages at home, and these texts were involuntarily imprinted in her subconscious. From this we can understand the doubts of scientists about the rebirth of the soul, especially in the modern world, where a huge barrage of information is pouring into the heads of the population around the clock through the media, and it is not so easy to discover where a past life really takes place and where it is a fantasy.
Rebirth in Buddhism
If earlier we talked about the rebirth of the soul, then, unlike other faiths, Buddhism speaks of the rebirth of the mind, represented by the flow of impressions, experience or cittas. In Pali, rebirth is called punabhava, which means 'to exist again'. You can often find a comparison with a burning candle, where the wax is the physical body, the wick is the sense organs, the oxygen particles are the objects of perception, and the flame is consciousness or mind. A burning candle is like a living person: from the outside it may seem that the candle is always the same, but every time a new particle of wick and wax burns, and every second the flame interacts with a new particle of oxygen. When the candle burns out completely, which symbolizes death, the flame can move to a new candle, and this is a new body, rebirth, but can we say that the flame is still the same? According to the teachings of Buddha, yes. Buddhists are of the opinion that a new body is caused by accumulated impressions and karma. It is believed that rebirth occurs due to a passionate desire to continue living, enjoying, and receiving impressions. The Buddha called this desire a seamstress: just as a seamstress sews different pieces of cloth, so this passionate desire connects one life to another. In this case, the cycle of lives and deaths is called samsara. Being in samsara is considered an unfavorable state of affairs, and one of the main themes of Buddhism is practice to break this vicious cycle.
Traditionally, Buddhism distinguishes six worlds of samsara, that is, six possible paths of rebirth:
- World of the Gods;
- World of Asuras;
- World of people;
- Animal world;
- World of Hungry Ghosts;
- Hellish worlds.
It is interesting to note that all six worlds are reflected in each of them. For example, in the human world you can meet those who live as if in hell, that is, a person can be subjected to torture and bullying; children in hungry areas of Africa are like hungry ghosts, despite the fact that there is enough food and water on earth, it is practically inaccessible to them, and they suffer from hunger and thirst; there are people who live like animals - they sleep on the street, eat whatever they pick, etc.; There are also those who live like human beings; people filled with envy, while not needing anything, represent the world of asuras; There are, of course, those who live like gods, they already have everything in the human body, they are beautiful, healthy and do not know troubles. And thus, each of the worlds can be considered. Still, it is widely believed that being born as a human is one of the most precious births, since here there is development and the ability to move forward, which is difficult to achieve, for example, in the world of the Gods, since there is no incentive for development due to the lack of need for anything. Rebirth into one or another world occurs on the basis of accumulated karma, i.e. certain reasons must be created for birth in a specific world and circumstances. In general, for a soul to end up in Christian hell or heaven, conditions must also be created during life - why not karma?
The symbol of samsara in the Buddhist tradition is the wheel of rebirth, or bhavacakra. Traditionally, he is depicted clutched in the paws and fangs of the death god Yama. In the center are a pig, a snake and a rooster, symbolizing ignorance, anger and lust - the sources of suffering that keep the being in the wheel of samsara. Next, people are depicted striving upward - towards spiritual life, and downwards - unvirtuous ones, who are led to hell. Then the six worlds of samsara are located, and the twelvefold formula of existence (causes and consequences) completes the picture.
According to the statement of the 14th Dalai Lama, the consciousness that we have now will pass on to the next life, and we also had it in our previous life. Consciousness has no opposing factor that would lead to its stop, to its cessation. In the deep layers of consciousness there are memories of past lives, and a person with a sufficiently high level of development is able to access these memories. With further sharpening of consciousness, it becomes possible to foresee the future. The Dalai Lama also emphasizes that if you live a meaningful life every day, you can guarantee a good next incarnation for yourself.
What does recognition of the phenomenon of rebirth give us?
This is perhaps one of the most important questions, the answer to which explains the position of opponents of the rebirth of the soul. The fact is that when a person understands that he not only lives more than one life, but that the quality of this life affects the next, that nothing passes without a trace and that he will have to atone for all his sins and reap the fruits of his actions, then the realization comes that living like this The way most of us live today is simply not possible. But is such a position beneficial to those who promote unbridled consumption, living one day at a time and putting material values above spiritual ones? Of course not. It is worth thinking about why people who have experienced clinical death or gained experience of past lives, for the most part, change for the better. Apparently, they saw something that led them to the need to reconsider their lives now. In any case, the understanding that life does not end with this incarnation, and may even just begin, fills what is happening with meaning, allows you not to lose heart and realize your responsibility and involvement in what is happening. That is, what we have today is the fruit of our past actions, and blaming someone else for it seems stupid.
In Tibet and India, the majority do not even question the question of rebirth; this is considered an undeniable and even obvious phenomenon. As mentioned above, in these cultures it is argued that being born as a human is a precious birth that must be earned, I am silent about being born in the body of a white man, for Indians this is comparable to divine incarnation. If a person could not live this life as a human being, then welcome to the lower worlds: animals, pretas or hell. This theory undoubtedly makes you not only think, but appreciate and cherish the chance to go through this life in full awareness and with the opportunity to influence your development. For example, animals are practically deprived of such an opportunity, since, according to people who have had the experience of remembering life in the body of an animal, instincts rule in that world and there is practically no room left for the manifestation of volitional conscious actions. Even a person, saving his life or being in need, is often unable to think about anything other than meeting his needs, let alone animals.
I am very close to the statement of one lama Dzongsar Khyantse Norbu Rinpoche. According to him, we develop habits from life to life. For example, depressed and angry people may have developed the habit of being sad and angry over five hundred lives, and this habit is reinforced from incarnation to incarnation so that the person is no longer aware of it and controls him. But as soon as he realizes that this is not him, but just his habit, then at that very moment he can begin to form another, more beneficial habit, which will strengthen from life to life and, on the contrary, make the path of life easier. Combining this idea with the generally accepted Buddhist view that birth is driven by craving, we can think about what desires and habits drive us in this incarnation, and where they will lead us in the future. Suppose a person constantly thinks about food and eats without noticing it, that is, this is his habit that cannot be controlled, then does he need a human body for this, or might the body of some animal be sufficient? Of course, all the qualities inherent in this individual are important here; perhaps they still weigh in favor of the world of people. However, as we discussed above, human life can also be different; you can be born in an environment where there will be no opportunity to gain consciousness.
In conclusion, I would like to say that regardless of whether we believe in the rebirth of the soul or know that it exists for sure, we must justify our involvement in the human world. Is it really necessary to prove that in the future you will have to answer for everything? Your personal conscience may be enough to live with dignity, respecting yourself and others now, striving for development not in order to deserve something in the future, but so that this life is filled with meaning and high ideals.
On our self-development portal, a very interesting and rather esoteric topic continues, namely, the teaching about Reincarnation or the reincarnation of souls and beings many times, about the so-called past lives, and therefore we will try to talk in more detail about the meaning and lessons of a wandering soul reborn in different worlds universe.
Many people on planet Earth believe in their past lives, especially in countries where Buddhism took root, and these are India, Tibet, Laos, China, Thailand, Sri Lanka. And it’s no secret that just people without any religion can also remember their past lives or incarnations.
Is it possible to remember your past life (reincarnation)?
All over the world, thousands of people have already remembered their past lives, and their description will take many books.
Sometimes people involuntarily remember their past lives, or even know them from birth, as was the case with our friend, whose real story about her own reincarnation, you can read on our portal. And we have already written about a whole science and branch of psychology that can try to send you to a past life in a state of hypnosis.
But most often, the recollection of one’s past life in an ordinary person, without any innate abilities or deviations, occurs in deep meditation or samadhi. When the usual senses stop working and a person begins to explore his inner world.
Why don't people remember their past lives?
Ordinary thoughts and emotions prevent an ordinary person from remembering his past. It is believed that all the experience of past lives is in the Akashic Archive or in the world of Light, where everything we have done and everything we have lived is recorded in the smallest grains of light.
And so, in order to penetrate into this sacred sphere of our soul where all the necessary information is stored, it is necessary first of all to stop our mind and feelings - this the process in yoga is called pratyahara. And when this state deepens, a person can enter samadhi, with partial or complete stoppage of the heart and breathing.
Then you can enter the world of light, where the World Data Bank or Akash is also located, which we will talk about separately - then you can truly remember your entire past reincarnation. In this experience, a person remembers many lives: in such and such a life I was born there and there, ate such and such food and died in such and such a way from life to life.Reincarnation and rebirth of man in the religions of the world
The doctrine of reincarnation in many world religions came from Buddhism, because after his enlightenment Buddha Shakyamuni, about whom you can also read separately, remembered or saw in his perfect samadhi all his past lives.
In addition, the doctrine of reincarnation passed into Hinduism and early Christianity. Yes, and into Christianity too, since Jesus Christ spent his early years, for some reason not described in the Bible, in India and Egypt.
Although later Christianity began to reject the transmigration of souls, believing that the soul for some reason lives only one single life and waits thousands of years for the second coming of Christ.
But how can they expect the second coming if they crucified the first and most important coming of Christ in the form of Jesus Christ. The second coming will come and they will want to execute him.
The reason why the transmigration of souls began to be rejected in Christianity is that the spiritual level of the followers of Christianity was extremely low, and the founders of the Church were more concerned about domination over ordinary people, influence in society and material wealth.
There is information that in the Christian movement of the Cathars in Europe, and this was the 11th-14th centuries, there was a doctrine of reincarnation. The Roman Church recognized them as heretics and launched a crusade against them, committing yet another armed bloodshed in the name of God, so to speak.
Tibet - reincarnations of the Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama translated as "ocean of wisdom or great teacher" and is considered incarnation of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara- the aspect of Buddha's Compassion.
So, it is believed that The Dalai Lama has been reborn for the 14th time as the spiritual and political leader of Tibet..
And usually, before his death, the Dalai Lama told his disciples and the people of Tibet in which place in the country he would be born and where to look for him. Thus, the current Dalai Lama XIV, at the age of two, was found in the village of Taktser in the northeast of the country by a group of lamas (spiritual teachers) who were looking for his new incarnation.
And when a lot of toys and ritual accessories of the previous Dalai Lama were laid out in front of the child, he chose with 100% accuracy the objects that belonged to him in the past, with the words: “This is mine, this is mine!” Likewise, many lamas of Tibet, in the process of their spiritual practice, were able to remember many of their lives.
How is karma related to Reincarnation?
If you believe Eastern teachings, then every person has his own karma, every country has it, every animal has it, and of course karma (the law of cause and effect) directly affects the reincarnation of every person.
In addition, karma confirms the presence of reincarnation itself - after all, people at birth have different shapes, body colors, one is born to rich parents, and the other to poor ones, someone wants to achieve something, but does not succeed, and for someone it is given easily.
And the reason for birth is due to karma and nothing else. If there were no karma, no one would be born not only on earth, but in other worlds or places too.
Dalai Lama on Reincarnation
The spiritual leader of Tibet, the Dalai Lama, says about Reincarnation that there are 2 types of rebirth after death: firstly, due to karma and negative emotions, and secondly, rebirth due to compassion and prayer.
Strong desires and attachments lead a person to the next birth and birth occurs in different worlds, depending on karma. And this is called the wheel of samsara.
If a person practices good deeds, then he can be born in higher worlds. In addition, having completely destroyed his karma, a person exits the cycle of birth and death.
How does Reincarnation happen?
It is usually believed that after his death, 49 days after his death, a person chooses his new birth, depending on the actions of the body, speech and mind accumulated in life before birth. This condition is called Bardo- an intermediate state between life and death.
There are several ways of birth from the Bardo: firstly, this is a vision of the world into which the soul must reincarnate and, captured by this vision, flies into it - this is how a new birth occurs.
Secondly, the soul is attracted to a certain type of light that corresponds to its vibration. Accordingly, the purer the soul, the better birth it will have in higher and purer worlds.
Thirdly, there is God Yama or the God of Death, who is responsible for the reincarnation of souls. This is not a general God, but precisely the one who is responsible for reincarnation and subsequent lives. Well, probably many people know the story about the white and black stones on the scales. In short, they will make a verdict and send whoever where.
Why do we live only for today despite Reincarnation?
Here, on this planet Earth, each person considers himself a separate biological being, deprived of his integrity and having forgotten his angelic essence.
After all, every person is a part of God, and this means that, in essence, everyone is eternal and has always been, and always will be. In the state of God there is no beginning and no end. This is a circle, this is the center - wherever you go, everywhere you are as a part of God.
Many of us on this planet are quite old souls. Some were Lemurians, others Sumerians or Egyptians. There were hundreds and thousands of previous incarnations on this earth, and in other places too.Lessons on Reincarnation
Most likely, since every person is reincarnated, it turns out that he goes through some of his own life lessons related to obtaining some qualities that he does not have, or with the goal of helping others learn their lessons.
But in general, we can say that since every person is a piece of God, reincarnation occurs in order to recognize this piece of God in oneself. Sometimes lessons are shown in the form of stories because through them it is easier to understand the big picture of people's lessons, and we will look at some of them.
Real cases and lessons of reincarnation
Childless Sofia
Sofia, even as a little girl, of course knew that she was born to become a mother. Little Sofia seemed to know everything about children, how to raise them and what they liked.
And now the time has come, and she found herself a man who told her that he wanted many children and a family. This is what I needed, Sophia thought and they bought a big house. But it turned out that Sofia was barren and all her knowledge of how to raise children was useless, and her husband left her, because he wanted a family.
Sofia did not want to be angry with God; after all, she was a spiritual person and began to look for answers to her questions. And Sofia changed her life - she realized that she was the one responsible for her life and that she had planned it all herself.
Sophia gained wisdom and realized that her mission in life was to make known her knowledge about how to raise children. And she should not have had her own children, since this would have prevented her from fulfilling her mission, which, in principle, was much more important for the development of society as a whole and for divine affairs than one child well raised by her.
Favorite Alexey
Once upon a time, one person incarnated on Earth, having almost no karma - this is the story of Alexei. And when he was born, he was missing one part of his brain. And although Alexey was very smart, he lacked the part of his brain responsible for the growth of the body.
The doctors knew that he would not live long. He was loved very much by both his parents and friends. And yet, at the age of 12, he died, and it was his mission to develop his spiritual level and help his parents. How much grief and sorrow his young parents endured; they missed their beloved son so much.
But Alexei and his parents had a mutual agreement even before he was born. Alexei's death served as an acceleration for his parents to receive enlightenment. Having achieved enlightenment, the parents exhausted their karma and even became famous healers.So one sacrificed himself for the enlightenment of others. After all, since Alexey, like any person, lives forever - those 12 years he lived on Earth were a gift, a gift to other people and just a small portion of time, if we take the entire history of mankind in comprehending enlightenment and God within oneself.
Conclusion
Reincarnation and its possible previous lives and births makes every person think about the meaning of his life and this is already good. Maybe something needs to be changed for the better in our lives or even urgently made adjustments to it.
In any case, if a person does not know his essence, who he is and where he comes from, then, probably, this is the meaning of life, namely in his further self-knowledge and self-improvement. And it is precisely this ignorance that should, in theory, give us the impetus for further development and knowledge of the real world.
Well, we are not saying goodbye to you, since we are all eternal, but simply saying - see you on our Training and Self-Development portal, where we will continue to talk and communicate on spiritual topics.
Questions about what happens after his death have troubled humanity throughout its entire existence. In ancient times, the approach to theories about the transmigration of souls or the afterlife took place at a relatively primitive level - primitive people, worshiping totems and living nature, believed that higher powers would take care of them after their death.
They also believed in the ancestral transmigration of souls - when the soul wanders exclusively within a specific generation. Later, various ones arose, each of which has its own separate or similar vision of the afterlife. In this article we will look at what is reincarnation, how this concept is interpreted in different religions, how Christianity and the theory of reincarnation of the soul are connected.
Reincarnation call the process of transmigration of the soul, the spiritual being of a person into another form, which occurs after the death of a person. Such a concept exists only in Eastern religions - Christianity excludes reincarnation as such. 
It is noteworthy that reincarnation is not the transmigration of the human soul into the body of just another person - in all Eastern religions there is a theory that in a past or future life a person was or will be anyone: a plant, an animal, an insect - but always an animate object. Who the spirit will move into and what status you will gain in a future life depends on the deeds done in the present - depending on what you earn, your position in the future will be determined.
Did you know? The origin of the concept of “reincarnation” dates back to the 6th century BC. e. - the names of Socrates and Pythagoras are associated with him. According to legend, it was Pythagoras who uttered his famous phrase that the soul moves in a cycle determined by necessity.
Some theologians carry out a more advanced decoding of the concept of “reincarnation of the soul” - this is not the transmigration of the soul as an energetic principle, but the transmigration of the Spirit - a material structure that exists outside of time and environmental conditions.
There is even a special science - the physics of reincarnation, which provides calculations and plans for exactly how the spirit leaves the body and moves to another object. For example, in such physics the percentage probability of gender change during relocation is calculated, split personality or the law of vitality - according to it, the reincarnation of a person into an object of lower rank - for example, an insect - is impossible. 
However, many religious movements dispute this theory. How exactly do Eastern religions explain the transmigration of the soul after death? Let’s take a closer look.
Basic teachings of Eastern religions
The common principle that unites all Eastern religions is monism, the ability to see the Divine or higher powers in everything: in nature, celestial bodies, objects. For most Western religions, such a concept is heresy.
Important! Eastern religions are based on the theory of reincarnation and liberation, while Western religious movements produce a theory about the sole, earthly existence of the soul and spirit, which leads to post-mortem reward or punishment - this is their fundamental difference.
Rebirth of the soul is one of the key concepts on which the entire philosophy of this religious movement is based. The process of reincarnation is described in the Vedas, in these sacred texts the idea of souls can be traced. Only the mortal body, the outer shell, dies - the spirit is immortal and is capable of moving and being reborn. Such a philosophy is inextricably linked with the concept. 
It is precisely due to what karma a person has or what he earned in his current life that will determine who the person will ultimately transfer into in a future life.
According to the philosophy of Hinduism, the human soul is in constant wandering, and the fact that at the moment it lives in a specific person is only part of its journey, a kind of stop, preparation for the next rebirth. This cycle is called samsara. Chained people are characterized in the Vedas as ignorant and sinful beings who do not understand the true meaning of things. Those who have realized - those who have been conducting spiritual meditation for a long time - can leave the circle of samsara. In this case, the wanderings of the soul, its numerous births and deaths cease. This indicates that a person has achieved salvation (moksha).
The key difference between this movement and other Eastern religions is that the human soul can transmigrate into virgins- certain divine beings. In essence, a person can become a deity. However, this is only possible by accumulating enough exceptionally good karma. It is noteworthy that such reincarnation into a deity in Jainism is undesirable and even negative. 
In order to earn good karma, the philosophy of Jainism has developed strict, even ascetic rules of morality and behavior (especially for priests). What is the value of just ahinsa - non-violence against any living creature (for example, sin happens even if you accidentally crushed an ant). Such strict rules mean that modern followers of Jainism today have mainly handicrafts. For the Jainism religion, the only way to get rid of the cycle of death is to achieve purity of spirit (by observing ascetic strict rules, constant meditation, suppression of passions). Ordinary people will not be able to get rid of samsara - to do this they need to become an ascetic.
The Sikh religion also teaches about immortality and rebirth of the soul. Unlike Jainism, family life and marriage are sacred to Sikhism- for them this is the basis of being, a way to glorify God - the only Creator of all things. Sikhism has no traditional concepts of karma, heaven and hell, or the afterlife. This religion is a synthesis of certain concepts of Hinduism and Islam, which has developed its own philosophy. preach love and friendly relations towards all living beings. 
The philosophy of Sikhism is based on the theory that man did not appear in this world out of nowhere - he already existed before. It is his past life, his possible family that determines his uniqueness and difference from other people in the present. The subsequent rebirth of the soul depends entirely on the guru, or God - the deity’s decision about rebirth is based on the good deeds performed by a person in the present. Past life certainly influences present existence - but it does not predetermine the status of Sikhs and their position in society in present life.
Did you know? There are cases in history when Sikhs were freed from the reincarnation of the soul: the tenth guru Gobind Singh, after performing the sacrament over the Sikhs, freed them from connection with a past life - a past family, faith, predestination.
In the religious movement of Buddhism, the concept of the immutability of the soul is absent - on the contrary, spiritual state can change depending on the law of karma(who or what the spirit will move into in the next life depends on the person’s karma). If a Buddhist was able to achieve heavenly peace, bliss, nirvana, the soul will be like a heavenly creature. If life was filled with negative actions and deeds, the soul will experience hellish torment during reincarnation. 
It is noteworthy that in Buddhism there is a threefold attitude towards the reincarnation of the soul: it exists, it does not exist, and it does not matter whether it exists or not.
The fact is that, according to one facet of Buddhist teaching, the spirit wanders within the 6 wheels of samsara (hell inhabitants, hungry ghosts, animals, people, asuras, gods), therefore, as a result of the state of karma, the soul will be imprisoned in one of these 6 states. Another aspect of Buddhism says that the soul as unchangeable, moving from one object to another, does not exist (however, the karmic tendencies of past existence remain, which affect our soul in the present life).
Buddha said that there is no past self traveling between time. At the same time, he taught his followers that they would still reap the results (or echoes) of actions from a past life. 
It doesn’t matter whether there is rebirth or not - in a broad sense (as some followers of the Buddha taught), a person is a new being every day, not the same as he was last week or a month ago (experience accumulates, a person gets older) - but the person does not feel any difficulties or discomfort. Therefore, according to this concept, it is not at all burdensome for a person to receive future benefits from actions performed now, in the present.
Taoism is a Chinese religion based on the belief in immortality. It is noteworthy that gods as such are absent in this movement at all - their place is taken by various energies, so many are inclined to call Taoism more of a science than a religion. The theme of immortality is covered in many Chinese legends and myths, and recipes for longevity are kept in secret manuscripts to this day.
This belief in longevity also affected the Chinese: the immortality of the soul, according to Taoism, is possible in an exceptionally healthy and physically strong body, so recipes for youth have been selected over many centuries. In this regard, Taoism in its early stages came into conflict with Buddhism - the vague wandering of consciousness in the circles of samsara (Buddhism) contrasts with the theory of concrete work on immortality (Taoism).
However, later, under the influence of Buddhism, followers of Taoism also began to lean towards the theory of the relocation of the soul to other realities, worlds and periods of time, and the main goal - maintaining physical strength - gradually gave way to spiritual self-improvement, meditation and concentration. 
However, this did not exclude the attempt of the minions of the Tao path to discover the “elixir of life” - the Chinese people are still famous for their medicine, and traditional Chinese medicine remains the most popular among alternative medical sciences.
Important! The main components of Chinese medicine are acupressure and acupuncture. However, it is strictly not recommended to practice such methods of treatment on your own - ignorance of human anatomy and incorrect technique of performing or acupuncture can lead to significant deterioration and even death.
This Japanese religious movement is distinguished by its peacefulness and a certain idealization: the world seems initially to be a good, bright home for souls- both living beings (people, animals) and dead ones. In accordance with this belief, the main feature of Shintoism is the desire to live in harmony with all living things - not only with animate beings, but also with stones, nature, etc. Such a concept as immortality also appears in Shintoism, but is considered that only the spirits of deceased ancestors can achieve immortality. 
Shintoism combines both totemism and magic - amulets and sacred objects are widely used. There is no clear division between good and evil: if a person lives in harmony with everyone, then, most likely, he does good and follows the right path. The human soul, according to Shintoism, is also sinless and ideal - however, evil spirits can seduce and denigrate it.
Shintoists believe in reincarnation, but it is believed that the newly reborn soul does not carry any memories from a past existence. However, it can demonstrate certain talents, inclinations and skills in a person’s life in the present. In Shinto there is no place for divine influence on a person’s path - everyone can determine their place by their feelings, actions, actions and relationships with others.
Perhaps there are no more antagonistic concepts in religion than reincarnation, the cycle of the soul in Hinduism, the wandering of the spirit in the circles of samsara in Buddhism, the immortality of the soul in Taoism on the one hand, and Christianity on the other. According to Christianity, every person and his soul are created by God the Creator. With the death of a person, his spirit also dies - until God resurrects his faithful and obedient followers to life in paradise. 
Christian theologians (both Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox) say that belief in reincarnation and karma helps a person explain why in this life he has problems, troubles in his personal life, etc.
Theologians say that it is easier for a person to blame his suffering on the law of karma, a past life - instead of repenting in the present, believing in the One God and leading a further sinless life. According to the Bible, reincarnation does not exist - this was preached by the followers of Jesus Christ, and they also argued that the spirits of the dead (as they believe in Shintoism) are not immortal.
Did you know?The Bible says: “The soul that sins shall die” (Ezek. 18:4). These words are the main arguments of Christians in opposition to the theory of reincarnation.
Christians, in their arguments about the impossibility of transmigration of the soul, rely on the words of God recorded in the Bible. They also cite simple statistics: if the majority of Eastern religions have been preaching since ancient times about the need for purification and the achievement of good karma, then enlightened, reborn people by today should make up more than 70% of the Earth's population. However, in practice, there is a global deterioration in the moral state of people, the emergence of more wars and, especially in recent decades. 
The confrontation between Eastern religions and Christianity has been going on since the 1st century AD. e. (the time Christianity was separated into a separate branch of religion). According to statistics, in the modern world there are more than 33% Christians, and 23% are Islamists. The remaining 45% is divided between Eastern religions, atheists and various non-traditional beliefs. Thus, we see that the theory of reincarnation of the soul today is giving way to the belief in the absence of immortality, karma and samsara.
Many of those who pay attention to their spiritual development have come across stories that talk about such a phenomenon as the rebirth of the soul after death.
After the death of the body, the soul immediately or after some time incarnates in another. The ancient Greek philosophers Socrates, Pythagoras and Plato believed in it.
Reincarnation is spoken of in Kabbalah. Many
They describe cases where people remember their past lives and identify themselves with a specific person.
Over the past decades, the number of people who believe in reincarnation has increased significantly.
The souls of children return
Often mothers who have lost their children for some reason see their souls in the newly born.
The small North Ossetian town of Beslan in 2004 turned into a territory of sorrow. 186 children died. In the first three years after the tragedy, seventeen children appeared in the families of those killed in Beslan.
Zarina Dzhampaeva, who lost her son Zaur in that tragedy, was categorically forbidden by doctors to become a mother for the second time. Even after the birth of her first child, she received a transfusion of contaminated blood, which resulted in cirrhosis of the liver, chronic hepatitis and disability. Three years were a real nightmare.
One morning, Zarina approached her mother in a completely different way - she was unusually cheerful, saying that a swallow had begun to build a nest above one of the windows of the house - which meant that they would soon have a child.
Lidiya Dzampaeva: “ I saw Zaurik in a dream, and he was such a cheerful boy. He came, stood next to me and told me - Granny, I was born again, I am yours again. I told this dream and say, Zarina, don’t be afraid, this child will be born.”.
After another examination, it became clear that Zarina was carrying a child under her heart. How one doctor tried to persuade her to terminate her pregnancy. Having given a receipt, the expectant mother refused. Doctors called the birth of an absolutely healthy boy, Alan, a miracle.
Zarina believes that she has already met the soul of her dead son. The soul was reborn after the death of Zaur. For Zarina they are obvious. The boy is most drawn to his deceased brother's favorite toys, and when he looks at his photographs he becomes indescribably delighted.
Resurrected
Along with Zaur, 14-year-old Sonya Arsoeva died on that fateful day. Exactly to his mother, promising to return. Fatima Arsoeva, the mother of the deceased Sonya, endured the pregnancy surprisingly easily, carrying 
depending on your age. The girl was named Anastasia, which means “resurrected.”
“Every day I find something new from Sonechka in my daughter. Nastya can play with Sonya's favorite toys for hours.”
The girls are very different only in appearance. In her habits, character and even her first words, little Nastya exactly repeats the deceased Sonya.
“My first daughter, Sonya, and I were a very strict mother - both in clothes and in everything. I really regret this“says Fatima Arsoeva. - " If the soul of the deceased Sonya really incarnated in her sister Anastasia, this time her childhood will be happier«.
Conscious rebirth of the soul after death
Do you want ? It is believed that the conscious rebirth of the soul after death is within the power of a few enlightened Tibetan lamas. On the eve of their death, they can name the date and place of their future birth. Which greatly simplifies their search in the future. This is what happens with the line of the highest Tibetan lamas of the Karma Kagyu tradition - the Karmapas.
Back in the twelfth century, the first Karmapa, Dusum Khyenpa, left a letter before his death indicating the exact time, place and family into which he would next be born. His followers just had to go there, find him and start teaching him. Since then, he has been dying and being reborn to continue his mission. Conscious reincarnations help preserve the traditions of this religious teaching. The chain of reincarnations since the 12th century has never been interrupted until today.
In the last century, the sixteenth Karmapa was born in 1924 in one of the provinces of Tibet, where the monks found him thanks to a letter from his predecessor. After his death in 1981, the search was on for his next reincarnation. For the first time in many centuries, a successor was not immediately discovered. This time, ordinary people helped find him. They said that they knew an unusual child, who has called himself Karmapa since childhood.
The seventeenth Karmapa, Thaye George, was found at the age of eleven. The monks carried out a check - they showed the boy several personal belongings of his predecessor, and the child unmistakably chose them. After which he was recognized as the next reincarnation of the Karmapa, which allows us to talk about the reality of conscious reincarnations.
Now, looking at Thaye George, it’s hard to imagine that he survived more than one life. One day the day will come when he will leave a letter of prediction with information about where and when he will be reborn next time.
While the Tibetan Karmapas are reborn once every century.
How does organ transplantation affect the soul experience?
But what happens when a person in real life suddenly receives a memory of the experience of another soul? As happens with organ transplants and blood transfusions.
Doctors have noticed that organ transplant patients experience personality changes. They develop character traits that patients did not possess before the transplant.
The concept of reincarnation is closely related to knowledge about human cellular memory. Memory of the soul, And from life to life the soul transfers all its experience, entering a new physical body at each incarnation.
An organ entering another body can lead to changes in psychosomatic reflexes that are not
controllable by the brain. In other words: Together with donor organs, a person receives a piece of the donor soul.
Jewish girl Yael Aloni received a heart transplant at the age of nine, after which she began playing football. The donor for Yael was a thirteen-year-old boy, Omri, who was covered with sand while playing.
Despite all the efforts of the doctors, the miracle did not happen. The boy died without regaining consciousness. Doctors persuaded the parents to donate their son's organs to other people in need. So, after his death, the boy was able to help seven people.
In order for rehabilitation after the operation to be successful, the girl needed to take many medications. She took them while snacking on chocolate - with a new heart, she gained a strong love for sweets.
A passion for outdoor activities was also a new “acquisition” for her - immediately after the operation, she went on an excursion with her classmates.
“I have much more strength now. I now put more effort into fulfilling my desires. If before I had no serious hobbies, now I am seriously involved in dancing. I really like hip-hop because it has a lot of sports elements.“says Yael.
The girl’s mother noticed that from a withdrawn, uncommunicative child, her daughter became the life of the party. Any injustice could cause Yael to have an attack of aggression.
“She became bolder - in a good way, she began to answer me in a way that she had not answered before. She began to show more clearly that she didn’t like something. I don’t know where she gets her character.”
According to the boy's father, Ofer Gilmore, his son was a cheerful, active child. He was respected by his peers for his fairness and honesty. He never let himself be offended and always defended the weak.
Yael Aloni's mother wanted to meet the parents of the boy, thanks to whom her daughter is now alive. The meeting was tense, because the boy’s parents were in mourning. To defuse the situation, the girl turned on music. The boy's parents were shocked when, out of all the disks, Yael chose the one that their son liked best.
“At that moment I realized how similar they are, says Omri's father, Ofer Gilmore, Even their manner of speaking and remaining silent is the same. Yael reminds me a lot of my son”.
One day, when Omri came across information about donation in a cafe, he read it and for some reason said that he could become a donor. Remembering this incident, his parents decided that it was a kind of testament to their son.
To date, Yael Aloni has also filled out a donor card - a lifetime consent to transplant internal organs to those in need in the event of her death.
Heart transplant helps solve crime
Several years ago, in one of the US cities, residents were shocked by the murder of a ten-year-old girl. There was no evidence, no witnesses, and the case was about to be closed. But a girl called the station who was in... The narrator received a heart transplant from a girl killed by a maniac.
After the operation, the child began to have nightmares in which she was killed. She told her doctor about this. After listening to the smallest details of his patient’s story, the doctor was convinced that we were talking about the circumstances of the death of the donor girl.
The phenomenon of the rebirth of the soul after death allows traditions to continue and gives people hope for the revival of their loved ones and a meeting with them.
