The rebirth of the soul into lower forms of life. Is there life after death: proof of the existence of the afterlife

In Western culture, there are three main concepts of what happens to a person after death. physical body: the concept of Hell and Paradise in the religions of faith, the materialistic concept and the concept of rebirth (reincarnation).

In Western religions, faith has become widespread hell and heaven concept according to which God judges human souls.

In Western science, it has become widespread that consciousness is a product of the activity of the brain and completely disappears after the brain dies. On the other hand, numerous studies, conducted mainly in British and American clinics, have shown that many people at the moment clinical death the flow of experiences is not interrupted even in the complete absence of electrical activity in the brain.

During these studies, scientists were not interested in the nature of experiences (i.e., whether people saw a clear light, observed their body from the side or heard voices), but the very fact of any experiences at the time of clinical death, as well as the presence or absence of electrical brain activity at that moment. When enough impressive statistics were accumulated, the researchers came to the conclusion that the presence of experiences does not depend on whether the electrical activity of the brain continues in a state of clinical death or completely stops. As you understand, if consciousness is a product of the brain, then a person cannot experience something at a time when there is no electrical activity in the brain - this is the same as watching TV with the power cord disconnected.

And finally there is the concept of rebirth (reincarnation), according to which our consciousness does not disappear without a trace after the death of the body, but simply passes into another state - taking on other forms, but retaining its essence, which has always existed and will always exist.

In our culture, for some reason, instead of trust own feelings, accepted believe conventional wisdom (dogmas - in religion or axioms - in science), therefore, some people sacredly believe in the idea of Hell and Paradise only because their religion prescribes it to them; others believe that consciousness is a product of the brain because they were told about it many times in school and university; and still others believe in the concept of reincarnation for the simple reason that they read about it in some "secret knowledge" books that can be bought at every corner.

But this approach is not trustworthy - after all, you can believe in anything. Another thing is if you you know because knowledge is much more reliable than faith. And, if you have experience related to memories of previous lives, it is like that you have returned from an exciting trip to distant countries and are trying to tell the inhabitants of your provincial town about your impressions, but suddenly you are surprised to find that they are not only have never been to these wonderful countries, but they don’t even believe that they exist. Moreover, they also persist in their ignorance, trying to convince you that you invented all this for the simple reason that your stories are very different from theirs. everyday reality. But for you, it's funny - you really were there, so you do not need to believe or not believe in it. You know. Just know.

This page contains statements about rebirth (reincarnation, life after death) of people more than known in Western science, philosophy, literature and other fields, from antiquity to our time.

It is quite remarkable that Western philosophy itself is closely associated with the idea of reincarnation. Pythagoras, who became the founder of philosophy and the first philosopher (before him there were only wise men), having introduced the term philosophy itself, remembered his previous lives and often spoke about it.

Reincarnation and early Christianity

In early Christianity, the concepts of hell and heaven had not yet been developed, and the attitude towards the idea of rebirth was more than calm. many fathers christian church: Clement of Alexandria, Justinian the Martyr, St. Gregory of Nyssa, St. Jerome did not consider that the idea of rebirth in any way contradicts the idea of Christianity. The idea of rebirth is most clearly expressed in the writings of one of the fathers of the Church, Origen.

Blessed Augustine himself, an outstanding Christian theologian and philosopher, reflected on the possibility of rebirth in his "Confession", which shows that at that time in the Christian environment, rebirth was not considered something unnatural.

But in 553, rebirth as an idea was banned by the highest decree of Emperor Justinian.

Justinian was a good politician and skillful diplomat, which allowed him to make a dizzying career - from the son of a poor Macedonian peasant to the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. At the same time, he was "an insidious and indecisive person ... full of irony and pretense, deceitful, secretive and two-faced." Thanks to his energy and attention to detail, he did a great job and was able to combine the many disparate laws of the empire into one single “Justinian Code”, and also significantly expanded the boundaries of the empire. But Justinian went further - he decided to put things in order not only in worldly, but also in spiritual matters.

At that time, Christianity consisted of separate currents, many of which accepted the idea of rebirth. Justinian considered this state of affairs harmful, naturally, not for religious, but for political reasons - he believed that if the citizens of the empire thought that they had a few more lives left, they would not be so zealous in public affairs. Justinian knew how to achieve his goals - first of all, he sent a message to the Patriarch of Constantinople Mina, in which Origen was presented as a malicious heretic. Then, in the year 543, a council was assembled in Constantinople by order of Justinian, at which, with his approval, an edict was issued listing and condemning the mistakes allegedly committed by Origen. (It must be said that at all the councils that were held during the reign of Justinian, final decision accepted not by the assembly of bishops, but by the emperor himself).

After the council, Pope Vegilius expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that Justinian interfered in the affairs of the Church, and rejected the imperial edict, but later, after threats from the emperor, he was forced to issue a decree in which he anathematized the teachings of Origen. However, this decree caused such strong discontent on the part of the authoritative bishops of Gaul, North Africa and a number of other provinces that in 550 the Pope was forced to abolish it.

In 553, Justinian convened the Fifth Ecumenical Council in Constantinople. The council could hardly be called "Ecumenical", since it was attended mainly by representatives of the Eastern Church - most of the Western bishops refused to take part in this dubious event. The Pope himself, despite the fact that he was at that time in Constantinople, as a sign of protest did not participate in the final verdict, for which he was exiled by the emperor to one of the islands of the Sea of Marmara.

The result of this council was a decree that more than unambiguously defined the attitude of the Church towards rebirth.

After the "prohibition" of rebirth by the highest decree, any mention of it was tantamount to signing a death sentence for oneself - the medieval church burned the author of such statements along with his books. But there were people who were not afraid to speak about their beliefs even under the threat of a fire. One of them, the author of the words "To burn is not to refute", the great Italian philosopher and theologian Giordano Bruno in his closing speech said:

Then they burned him.

The times of the Inquisition began to fade into the past, which made it possible to more freely express their beliefs. Below are the statements great scientists, writers, philosophers about rebirth. In some cases it's just inner feeling denounced in words, in others - an unshakable conviction that it cannot be otherwise.

In the East, the idea of rebirth is naturally woven into culture, religion, and science, which is why over 90% of people take this idea for granted. In the West, it is customary to believe in other things, but nevertheless, the situation is gradually changing - according to the latest polls, more than half of the population of the United States and democratic countries of Europe recognize the fact of rebirth and do not consider the idea of rebirth to be something strange.

Some people seek to know about their previous lives, but such knowledge is more than useless unless it is within the person himself. For example, when the Buddha was asked: "Who was I in my past life?”, he often answered like this: “If you want to know what you did in your past life, look at your life today, if you want to know what will happen to you in future lives, look at your actions in this life.” And this is more than logical - everything is subject to the law of cause and effect or the law of Karma.

It is not so important whether a person believes in the idea of rebirth or denies it - much more important are the changes that can occur in his life after accepting the idea of rebirth. For example, as it once happened in the life of Henry Ford: "Religion could not offer anything that made sense. Work could not give me complete satisfaction. It is useless to work if the experience gained in one life cannot be used in the next. When I discovered rebirth... time was no longer limited. I have ceased to be a slave to the hands of the clock ... I would very much like to convey to other people the peace that the idea of rebirth can give us.

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Most people know what reincarnation is, and many believe in rebirth or the reincarnation of the soul, but do not accept that a person can go into more lower forms life after human. Is it really possible for a person to acquire an animal form of a body, after a human one?

A person after reincarnation can indeed take on a lower form, such as an animal, plant, or mineral. In the knowledge based on the teachings of the great spiritual teachers and the ancient Vedic texts, it is clearly shown that a person, if his level of consciousness corresponds to the level of an animal, acquires an animal form of a body, despite the fact that he had human body.

Consider the root cause of reincarnation in this material life. Why does a person reincarnate? Creature endowed with a material language is the result of the desire to taste. There are ears, it is the result of the desire to hear. There is a nose, the result of the desire to smell. There are sexual organs, the result of the desire for love pleasures. Thus, there are different sense organs, according to the desires of the being. Therefore, the main reason for obtaining a material body is that a person has desires associated with matter. And in this world we see all kinds of bodies. The dog has a tongue and the human has a tongue. The pig has a nose and the man has a nose. Different living beings have different types of bodies.

If one looks at these various kinds of beings in the world, it becomes obvious that material nature gives the living beings all sorts of combinations and almost unlimited types of implements with which to enjoy. The type of nose, tongue, or other sense organ that we have is determined by our type of thinking, our desires, our previous karma, and our karmic reactions. If the person is now in human form, but his consciousness is concentrated at the level of the animal, namely, the animal is only interested in eating, sleeping, sexual pleasure and defense or struggle. When a person cares only about the indicated interests, then his consciousness is at the lowest, animal level. On a subtle level, this will be the determining factor in the formation of the next type of physical body.

Those who deny this and say that in the course of reincarnation we cannot acquire a lower form of life after the human, base their ideas on personal experience which is not confirmed by anything.

Such people are not guided by spiritual authorities, and ancient scriptures. The Srimad-Bhagavatam contains amazing story Jada Bharata, who, having undergone reincarnation, changed the human body and received the body of a deer. Bharata had to live his life in a lower form in order to return to human form again. Another point confirming the presence of involution in the process of reincarnation is related to certain laws that we cannot bypass. The basic law of the human form of life is responsibility.

Animals by nature cannot choose to be responsible or not, they are instinctively forced to comply with the duties assigned to them. For this reason, any actions in animal life forms do not create karmic consequences in the future. For the lower forms, nature arranges in such a way that the personality automatically evolves towards a rational form of life - human, but when it receives it, there comes a moment when the responsibility of the personality, its free will comes into force. Thus, animals are constantly evolving to more higher type body.

But the human form of life differs from the animal form in that a person always has the choice of responsibility for his actions. We are responsible for our actions, which is why human form there is a karmic system and the opportunity to descend into more primitive types of bodies.

Taking into account the existence of a soul in a person and the fact that it is an immortal part of a person, one can ask the question: how long does the soul exist? Is she born again and again, or, having lived only one life, does she go back to where she came from? In the East, there is the concept of reincarnation. It says that the human soul incarnates many times, thereby gaining experience and improving its qualities. The theory of reincarnation is widespread not only in Asia, but also in Africa. And also this theory was recognized by the first Christians, and only the Council of Constantinople in 535 rejected this idea, and written sources were destroyed. There is no reincarnation in Christianity, but signs of belief in reincarnation can be found in biblical parables, such as the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. Here we see a discrepancy between the opinion of the supporters of Christianity and the Christian doctrine itself. If the soul incarnates once, then the person must be punished in this life, and not later.

In fact, the idea of the rebirth of souls was unprofitable for the ministers of the church, since they would lose the tool for controlling the masses. And the tool of manipulation is the fear of going to hell if you have sinned all your life. If the idea of the reincarnation of souls were widespread, then surely many people would believe that it is possible to sin in this life, and you can work off sins in the next.

If we take it for granted that a person is born only once, then why such a difference between people and the reigning injustice in the world? One person is born in prosperous family and throughout his life he easily achieves everything, enjoys life, knows no troubles, while the other experiences problems from the very beginning, and no matter how hard he tries, he cannot achieve anything in life? Why are some people talented and others not? How to explain the fact that Mozart, for example, gave his first concert at the age of 4, and he still could not read or write? And other talented people showed their abilities from a very young age. How could they do this if they were born for the first time, and why other people did not show these talents, since they had the same initial conditions? How to explain what babies show different traits character from the first days of life, and these traits cannot be explained by their heredity? Why do some people have phobias - fears, while others do not? Where did they come from, since people were not born before? It can be concluded that the problems that a person has remained with him from a past life, and he brought them into real life in order to cope with them.

If we agree with the theory of the reincarnation of souls, then we can conclude that we made some mistakes that led to the fact that in this incarnation we suffer from problems, illnesses or serious phobias. And vice versa, if in a past life we behaved well, acted according to conscience, did good, then in this life pleasant events and success in business await us.

Currently, some psychologists and psychotherapists are turning to the idea of reincarnation of the soul. They use the technique to remember past lives and use it to treat fears and phobias. One of the well-known researchers in this field is the Virginia psychiatrist Dr. Ian Stevenson. In 1960, he published the article "Evidence from memories of previous lives." He devoted the next 40 years to the study of this problem and collected descriptions of more than 2600 cases of reincarnation from all over the world, published 10 books and many scientific works, many of which were fundamental in the field of research into the phenomenon of reincarnation.

There are other researchers in this field such as Dr. Edith Feore, Dr. Helen Wombach, Denis Kelsey and Joan Grant, among others. Professor Ian Stevenson suggested that the concept of reincarnation allows us to explain phenomena such as mental disorders, which is difficult to explain from the point of view of modern psychologists and psychiatrists with all the baggage of their knowledge that they have. Stevenson concluded: "The idea of reincarnation allows us to understand the individual characteristics of any person." And these features are:

innate fear in relation to certain phenomena in infancy;
unusual interests and games that are found in babies;
unusual abilities and behaviors, which are often manifested in children and which they could not learn about in infancy;
habits and addictions, temperament;
shyness in front of people of the same sex;
differences in identical twins;
the ability to recreate in memory the environment that they see for the first time;
fear of things that caused injury, injury or violent death;
predisposition to a certain way of life;
a penchant for a religion that is not characteristic of the area, etc.

And in fact, why does a person, if he was born for the first time, feel fear for those things that were previously unknown to him? Or why some people are inclined to one or another type of activity, having initial or already developed skills? Some, under hypnosis, even begin to speak in a foreign language for themselves, which they have never learned.

Many phobias and fears stubbornly resist modern methods treatment. And one can come to the conclusion that the source of these phenomena is deeply rooted in the soul, even if the person does not remember the cause. All that is needed to arouse fears of this type is a form of sensory impression that subconsciously reminds the person of a past incarnation in which he may have had cause for a negative reaction. In the depths of the soul, information is stored about every event that an individual has ever experienced. All that is needed is a repetition of the external events or circumstances in which this fear appeared, and he experiences this emotion again.

There is a lot of evidence, and I myself participated in the “Past Lives” training, where I felt the effect of regressive hypnosis on myself, and also observed people put into a state of such hypnosis, in which they told unusual things about their past lives. Some said that they were of the opposite sex, others that they lived in a different country, and in this state they demonstrated knowledge of the language and described local sights, etc. And this is not all guesswork or fiction inadequate people, a real facts and experience.

From all of the above, we can take on faith that there is a multiple rebirth of the soul. There is something to think about here.

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Many of those who pay attention to their spiritual development came across stories that talk about such a phenomenon as the rebirth of the soul after death.

The soul after the death of the body 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 researchers studied the phenomenon of reincarnation of the soul. They describe cases where people remember their past lives and identify themselves with a specific person.

Behind recent 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 mourning. 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 was transfused with infected blood - as a result, cirrhosis of the liver, chronic hepatitis and disability. Three years was a real nightmare.

One morning, Zarina approached her mother in a completely different way - she was unusually cheerful, saying that a swallow began to make a nest over one of the windows of the house - which means that they will soon have a child.

Lydia Dzampaeva: " I see Zaurik in a dream, and he was such a cheerful boy. He came, stands next to me and tells me -granny, I was born again, I am yours again. I told this dream and I say, Zarina, do not be afraid, this child will be born..

After another examination, it became clear that Zarina was carrying a child under her heart. As one doctors persuaded her to terminate the pregnancy. Giving a receipt future mother refused it. The birth of an absolutely healthy boy, Alan, doctors called a miracle.

Zarina believes that she has already met with the soul of her dead son. There was a rebirth of the soul after the death of Zaur. For Zarina proof of reincarnation obvious. The boy most of all reaches for the favorite toys of his deceased brother, and when looking at his photographs, he becomes indescribably delighted.

resurrected

Together with Zaur, 14-year-old Sonya Arsoeva died on that fateful day. Smooth on the fortieth day the girl appeared in a dream to his mother, promising to return. Fatima Arsoeva, the mother of the deceased Sonya, survived the pregnancy surprisingly easily, despite her 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.”

Girls are very different only in appearance. Habits, character, and even the first words, little Nastya exactly repeats the deceased Sonya.

“With my first daughter, Sonya, I was a very strict mother - both in clothes and in everything. I really regret it” - says Fatima Arsoeva. - " If the soul of the deceased Sonya really embodied in her sister Anastasia, this time her childhood will be happier«.

Conscious rebirth of the soul after death

Do you want plan where and when you will be born in your future incarnation? 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. This greatly simplifies their search in the future. So it is with the line of higher Tibetan lamas Karma Kagyu traditions - Karmapas.

You can Learn to remember your past lives and discover many secrets of their past incarnations.

Back in the twelfth century, the first Karmapa, Dusum Khyenpa, left a letter before his death, where he indicated exact time, place and family in which he will be born next time. His followers only had to go there, find him and start teaching. Since then, he has been dying and being reborn to continue his mission. Conscious reincarnations help to preserve the traditions of this religious teaching. The chain of reincarnations from the 12th century did not stop until today never.

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 for his next reincarnation lay ahead. For the first time in many centuries, a successor was not immediately discovered. This time they helped find him. simple people. They said that they know an unusual child, who calls 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 that, he was recognized as the next reincarnation of the Karmapa, which allows us to speak about the reality of conscious reincarnations.

Now, looking at Thaye George, it is hard to imagine that he lived through more than one life. One day, the day will come when he will leave a prediction letter with information about where and when he will be reborn next time.
So far, the Tibetan Karmapas are reborn once a century.

How does organ transplant affect the experience of the soul?

What happens when a person real life suddenly gains a memory of another soul's experience? As it happens with organ transplants and blood transfusions.

Doctors have noticed that organ transplant patients have a change in personality. They have character traits that patients did not have before the transplant.

Knowledge of human cellular memory is closely connected with the concept of reincarnation. soul memory, the experience of all its incarnations is stored in every cell of our body. And from life to life, the soul transfers all its experience, entering a new physical body at each incarnation.

The organ, getting into another body, can lead to a change in psychosomatic reflexes that are beyond the control of the brain. In other words: together with donor organs, a person receives a particle of the donor soul.

Jewish girl Yael Aloni underwent a heart transplant at the age of nine, after which she began to play football. The donor for Yael was the thirteen-year-old boy Omri, who was covered with sand during the game.

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 who need them. So, after his death, the boy was able to help seven people.

In order for the rehabilitation after the operation to be successful, the girl needed to take a lot of medicines. She took them with a snack of chocolate - with a new heart, she received a strong love for sweets.

Passion to active species rest 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 earlier I did not have serious hobbies, now I am seriously engaged in dancing. I really like hip-hop, because there are a lot of sports elements.' says Yael.

The girl's mother noticed that from a closed, uncommunicative child, her daughter became the soul of the company. Any injustice could cause a fit of aggression in Yael.

“She became bolder - in good sense, began to answer me in a way that she had not answered before. It became clearer to show that she did not like something. I don’t know where she has such a character.”

According to the boy's father, Ofer Gilmour, his son was cheerful, active child. He was respected by his peers for justice and honesty. He never let himself be offended and always defended the weak.

Mother Yael Aloni 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 the music. The boy's parents were shocked when, out of all the discs, Yael chose the one that their son liked the most.

“At that moment I realized how similar they are says Omri's father, Ofer Gilmore, even the manner of speaking and being silent is the same for them. Yael reminds me a lot of my son”.

Once, when Omri came across information about a 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 - lifetime consent for a transplant internal organs needy in the event of her death.

Transplanted heart helps solve crime

A few 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 described in detail the place of the murder and the killer himself. The narrator was transplanted the heart of 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 it. After listening to the smallest details of the story of his patient, the doctor was convinced that we are talking about the circumstances of the death of the donor girl.

The phenomenon of rebirth of the soul after death allows traditions to continue, gives hope to people for the rebirth of their loved ones and meeting them.

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