Facts about the SOUL and REINCARNATION
1. There is no positive proof of the existence of souls, immortal karma, reincarnation or any other spiritual life. It is interesting to note that in their later years Hindu philosophers such as Osho Rajnish and J. Krishnamurti reversed themselves and claimed that there was no reincarnation.
2. There are obvious profit motives and political power for those who promote belief in the supernatural. How many gurus have made their fortune with the idea of the soul and reincarnation? Historically, the idea of the soul has been as much a matter of politics as it is a matter of personal religious belief. It is a fact that the Hindu Brahmins justified the cast system on the basis of bad karma from past lives to be born into the lowest class of untouchables; and good deeds to serve the higher cast are necessary to be born, on the next carnation, into a higher cast family. China banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission in 2007. The real motive is to cut off the influence of the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled political and spiritual leader.
3. It is very likely that humans have a built-in genetic predisposition to avoid the inevitable fact of our future death in order to reduce fear and stress. Our brains may create myths about God, the soul, immortal karma, reincarnation, and the afterlife as a buffer against the painful knowledge of the inevitable demise of ourselves and everyone we know and love. By making up myths about life after death and / or reincarnation, the brain can comfortably exist without the highly charged survival instinct being electrically connected to the newly discovered knowledge of the inevitability of our future death.
4. Life on earth was created through the non-human laws of nature. Strands of chemicals (DNA) were created in the process of the origin of life, and later in the process, some strands of DNA were encased in protective layers that increased their ability to survive dramatically, creating the first single-celled organisms such as the first bacteria. From simple unicellular organisms more complexity was added until a myriad of multicellular creatures were produced. Through this slow process of evolution over billions of years, there was never a need for a soul, except perhaps to help humans deal with their growing awareness of the inevitable time-death equation. We know that humans evolved from single-celled organisms. Where did the soul enter the scene and why?
No one can honestly say that it is impossible for human beings to have soul or immortal karma or reincarnation. An absolute negative cannot be shown in the face of such a large and complex subject. It can only be said that, given the evidence, the possibility is unlikely. The burden of proof falls on those who believe in the supernatural and there are currently no facts to support their case.
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