posted April 24, 2006 04:40 AM         

The concept of eternal reincarnation might be threatening to most Christians, because it counters the doctrine of divine reward for good behavior (i.e. eternal life in heaven). It also implies that we must suffer unending cycles of corporal existence (i.e. punishment) in order to achieve eternal life. Such a concept would be difficult for the Church to sell to its flock. Therefore, the Church intentionally removed most references to reincarnation from the Bible in order to make the sting of death a one time ordeal, but it added the concept of an eternity in Hell as a consequence of unforgiven sinful behavior. And where is Hell? Isn't it where Satan rules: Earth? Why is Hell depicted below ground? Because that is where dead bodies are placed and from where our fears of death arise as ghosts. Why is Hell hidden from view and depicted as a subterranean world? Because we couldn't possibly face the truth. The Church also had to associate Christ with Perfection and humanity with imperfection. Moreover, it had to then introduce the doctrine of Divine Grace, or forgiveness, but forgiveness of what? SIN, or the Serpent IN us, something that is inherent in our being and which cannot be removed (cf. Saint Augustine's Confessions). Ironic, isn't it that existence in the flesh could have such polar (bad and good) consequences, but then that is the nature of the Serpent. The only way to break the cycle of reincarnation is through ascension to a higher vibrational level, and that requires unconditional love and forgiveness.

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I love this line: The only way to break the cycle of reincarnation is through ascension to a higher vibrational level, and that requires unconditional love and forgiveness.

Cheers,

posted April 24, 2006 04:51 PM         

Sure sounds like reincrnation to me.

posted April 24, 2006 05:18 PM         

Here's the question though..

If reincarnation, why?
If reincarnation, how?

posted April 25, 2006 01:53 PM         

~*^Humankind is in charge. But most do not get that bit yet...always looking outward for some great someting to save them and fix it for them.
The ultimate denial of personal responsibilty on a global/species scale.
Paradise is all around but few can see it.
All the material for a "Heaven on Earth" is already here.
Like Dorothy looking outwards for the answers and finding she had them all along.
Home is where the heart is...or God is us. We are individual parts of God experiencing the human condition through each of us to someday have all parts in harmony living with each other as unique cooperative individuals.^*~
Ok..
Rambling over for now,

posted April 26, 2006 05:00 PM         

And why is it that the Christian Churches (at least the fundamental ones, anyway) preach that all esoteric knowledge and occultism comes from an evil enemy of mankind? Is it possibly to stop people from growing beyond the need for a Christ-crutch that keeps the religious leaders powerful? Oddly suspicious, if you ask me.

I've also heard it said that the "serpent" that dwells within us all is not some inherent sin that all humanity is cursed with, but rather the Kundalini "serpent" that some claim lies dormant at the base chakra, waiting to be awakened. I'm not sure about this, but, from what I've read about Kundalini and the early Church, it is definetly an interesting concept.