REINCARNATION - A PROVEN THEORY

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Philosophic Argument

Part 3 of 3:  An Explanation for the Future Life

We have addressed, so far, questions regarding the differences we find among us in the present life.  However, assuming the existence of an after-life, we now ask about the conditions we will face in the after-life, given the inequalities mentioned above.  Again, Kardec addresses the argument by analyzing such a situation given the belief in only one incarnation.  He writes,

"If we consider [the soul] in regard to the future, we encounter difficulties that modern thinkers find equally inexplicable:

1. If our future destiny is determined solely by our present life, what will be the respective positions, in that future, of educated and uneducated persons?  Will they be on the same level, or will there be a difference in their degree of happiness?

2. Will the person who has spent a lifetime working to advance ethically and intellectually be placed on the same level with someone who has been unable to advance  ̶  not through any personal fault but because he or she has had neither the time nor the opportunity?

3. Can someone who has unknowingly done wrong be justly punished for that wrong-doing, though it has not been the result of his or her own choice?

3. While we try to raise the level of humanity's knowledge, change its ethical standards for the better, and spread the benefits of civilization, millions die every year in complete ignorance of these efforts.  What will their fates be?  Will they be treated as unredeemable?  And, if not, have they earned the right to be placed in the same category as those who have progressed?

4. What will be the fate of children who die before they could act wrongly and rightly?  Should they be placed among the supremely happy?  If so, what have they done to deserve such a favor?  And why should they, any more than others, be exempt from further undergoing the trials of life on Earth?

Which of our two hypotheses can better solve these problems?  Undoubtedly, if we admit the fact that we have had many lives, our answers will conform to the idea of divine justice.  According to this justice, what we are unable to do in one life, we can do in another.  Thus, no one is exempt from the action of the law of progress; everyone is rewarded progressively, depending on his or her own efforts.  At the same time, no one is excluded from eventually achieving eternal happiness, no matter what obstacles he or she has to encounter on the road."

In conclusion, the key to understanding the inequalities we witness and experience here on Earth, as well as the questions they raise about the after-life, is the philosophy of reincarnation.  Reincarnation offers the explanation for these considerations as well as many other problems and questions (not mentioned here) that arise regarding life on Earth, right and wrong, creation and destiny, etc. 


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