I’ve gone to a lot of trouble to learn a lot and gain a lot of wisdom (though starting like a fool helps a lot with the latter!), and yet there is still so much more room to learn and grow, so the prospect of cutting that process short makes me sad, even if it is inevitable.
I think we are just souls inside bodies and we come back again and again to learn. But if you dont believe that, then I understand if life feels very important to hold on to.
For me, many things have created this perspective on life. But its impossible to tell others to believe it. You have to experience it for yourself.
Reading about reincarnation experiences that is hard to explain, or talking to mediums and getting to talk to your dead parents… There are many ways to explore these things, and you should look for anything they say that is literally impossible to explain.
I am agnostic as to whether reincarnation/rebirth is a thing, but if it is then I follow the Eastern view that the best thing to do about it is to become one with Brahman/attain nirvana so that this is the last life as a separate being. I have had ambitions to spend more time and energy on spiritual practices towards this end, but unfortunately I have had numerous health problems that have drained my energy and made it hard to focus. (I also used to be in pretty good physical shape and lost most of it over the last year or two.) It would be really nice if I at least had enough time and energy to make it to stream entry in this life.
I’ve gone to a lot of trouble to learn a lot and gain a lot of wisdom (though starting like a fool helps a lot with the latter!), and yet there is still so much more room to learn and grow, so the prospect of cutting that process short makes me sad, even if it is inevitable.
I think we are just souls inside bodies and we come back again and again to learn. But if you dont believe that, then I understand if life feels very important to hold on to.
For me, many things have created this perspective on life. But its impossible to tell others to believe it. You have to experience it for yourself.
Reading about reincarnation experiences that is hard to explain, or talking to mediums and getting to talk to your dead parents… There are many ways to explore these things, and you should look for anything they say that is literally impossible to explain.
I am agnostic as to whether reincarnation/rebirth is a thing, but if it is then I follow the Eastern view that the best thing to do about it is to become one with Brahman/attain nirvana so that this is the last life as a separate being. I have had ambitions to spend more time and energy on spiritual practices towards this end, but unfortunately I have had numerous health problems that have drained my energy and made it hard to focus. (I also used to be in pretty good physical shape and lost most of it over the last year or two.) It would be really nice if I at least had enough time and energy to make it to stream entry in this life.