Reincarnation which is a synonym of the word re-birth simply means ‘being born again’. Talking about it in the human soul’s perspective which is separate from the physical body and is immortal in nature, reincarnation implies ‘to be made flesh again’.
In contrasting the concept of reincarnation with those of metamorphosis and resurrection, it must be said that while the former involves change from one form of life top another, the latter term in the Christian sense refers to rising up of the body from the dead.
Reincarnation is also known as soul transmigration and has been a concept which has been believed in since the ancient times. Prevalent in both the eastern and western hemispheres of the word during those days, it was part of almost all doctrines that studied the infinite potential of the human soul.
Hinduism, one of the oldest and known to be one of the most spiritually advanced, has reincarnation in the core of its philosophy. It believes that the soul is immortal and omnipotent in its presence which is trapped in the physical body in the world which is illusionary. The ancient holy Hindu texts of Upanishads echo this same belief.
Another core concept of Hinduism is that of the ‘Karma’ or quality of your deeds in your past lives. Thus past karma defines the quality of life and experiences you undergo in your current life. Till the time you attain complete spiritual understanding of the ultimate truth, your soul goes on being reincarnated into this illusionary world.
With this understanding he starts sadhana or spiritual practice which would lead him to that stage. When he finally experiences the truth of the soul and his ultimate potential, it is then that the soul gets liberated or attains Moksha and thereafter ceases to reincarnate again.
Ancient Egyptians and Greek philosophies during that time are not much different with both believing in reincarnation. Egyptians believed in ‘ka’ as the source of supreme power and energy which can be compared to our concept of the soul. Proof of their belief lies in their act of preserving bodies of the dead so that it can accompany the ‘ka’ into the next world. The Greeks on the other hand believed that the soul leaves one body and rests in a place called the underworld for purification thereafter reincarnating itself in another new born body. Till the time this purification takes place, the soul goes through reincarnations. Once ultimate purification is attained, the cycle of reincarnation stops.
In case of Theosophical beliefs, soul is the source of prime energy which does not have any age or form. According to their beliefs, souls are a part of a rhythmic process in which in manifests itself a number of times in this world to gain experience and leaves temporarily through death in order to manifest once again some time later.
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