Another After life Question?

Question

when giving birth to my son i had a realization .. what if the next life starts at the very moment you come out of the womb.. when people die they say that they see a dark tunnel and a bright light .. well what if that dark tunnel is the womb.. which would be dark. and the bright light would be the exiting of the womb. and people say they hear loved ones saying come on you can do it .. he/shes coming etc... etc.. well atleast think about it

-my friend john on ghosts
ghost are souls in waiting (purgatory)

Answer 1

I think it's very possible that souls are re born as new persons !

Answer 2

The Jury is out. However I personally lean away from the notion that the dark tunnel and white light may correlate with immediate reincarnation. I think that it probably does do so in some instances, but that if it does, then it does not do so very often.

People who do not understand that time is an illusion will tell you that you can't go immediately from death to birth because it took the fetus nine months to mature.

There might be the counter-argument that the soul only enters the body at birth, but most people who believe in souls do not believe that. It is more common to believe that our souls enter our bodies at the moment of conception.

And of course there are a range of opinions in between these two extremes including some opinions that require the child to reach a particular age such as five or seven years old or such before it may be considered to be a human being.

However, time and space are illusions, so it is not only possible for someone who is dying to begin another life in a new womb before their death, but it is also possible for a soul to incarnate multiple times in the same world at roughly the same time.

People will make up all sorts of arguments why this just can't be true, but the bottom line is no one really knows. To the best of my understanding and expereince creation is absolutely infinite and anything we may imagine is true in some universe or other, in one parallel dimension or another...

As for purgatory, we create that for ourselves when we believe we've done something marginally bad and don't know how to atone for it... but whether we create an afterlife experience of heaven or hell or purgatory, we can always move on from those experiences and find something else to experience, whether it will be a blissful time with our soul mates in the spirit world, or a new reincarnation, or a resurrection in which we return to a life we have previously died in.

Those are our three options between lives. If there are other options I am unaware of them. I have been trained to assist recently deceased spirits who are having difficulty resuming their lives on their own to choose one of these options and move on.

Answer 3

That's a pretty heavy thought. I guess if you believed in reincarnation that would be perfect. The soul leaves the body and immediately exits another. I don't agree with the idea that ghosts are souls in purgatory, though. From what I was once taught, the souls in purgatory will be there until judgement.

Answer 4

1. "Know thou of a truth that the soul, after its separation from the body, will continue to progress until it attaineth the presence of God, in a state and condition which neither the revolution of ages and centuries, nor the changes and chances of this world, can alter. It will endure as long as the Kingdom of God, His sovereignty, His dominion and power will endure. It will manifest the signs of God and His attributes, and will reveal His loving kindness and bounty."

2. "As to the question whether the souls will recognize each other in the spiritual world: this fact is certain; for the Kingdom is the world of vision where all the concealed realities will become disclosed. How much more the well-known souls will become manifest. The mysteries of which man is heedless in this earthly world, those he will discover in the heavenly world, and there will he be informed of the secret of truth; how much more will he recognize or discover persons with whom he hath been associated. Undoubtedly, the holy souls who find a pure eye and are favored with insight will, in the kingdom of lights, be acquainted with all mysteries, and will seek the bounty of witnessing the reality of every great soul. Even they will manifestly behold the Beauty of God in that world."

3. "... a love that one may have entertained for any one will not be forgotten in the world of the Kingdom. Likewise, thou wilt not forget (there) the life that thou hast had in the material world."

Answer 5

As a Theravada Buddhist our Teaching says precisely that. A Life is reborn immediately following death depending on the Life's level of evolution and the Karmic consequence of previous Life experience and Action.

I am very moved by your insight and analogy, its refreshing to hear a non Buddhists views on a difficult and often misrepresented and misunderstood concept, especially when given the simplest and most honest interpretation.

In your words I will think about it... most assuredly

Thank you. A moving story.

Peace from a Buddhist in the season of joy....

Answer 6

Interesting idea, but I don't believe it to be true. I believe that we are given a reward in the astral realm after our physical life is over. It's duration and fullness depends on the karma we have accumulated while in physical form on earth. The great light we go to meet, is the Great Judge of all souls, the Ancient Of Days, or Almighty God. It is this great being who judges us by our deeds on earth, and determines what our reward will be.

Answer 7

The idea of next life,reincarnation, immortal soul nullifies the value of Resurrection.

When you die, you die. Dust you are and to dust you will return, as stated in Gen 3:19, meaning a person ceasts to exist.

Answer 8

NO we praise God we do not have to depend on so many "what if's" like you have in your question, we have The Holy Bible and "IF" taken the verses IN CONTEXT that is read the verses around what you are reading AFTER you have asked God to guide you BEFORE you started reading so you can have what the author intended by that verse. In 1 thess. 4 15-18 we are told what GOD says happens at the end of this world and the subject of death and what happens ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE is a subject that is covered in a free on line bible study at www.itiswritten.com bible questions www.bibleinfo.com talk to me also [e-mail] God bless

Answer 9

If you really wants to know about the death and life read Bhagvat Gita. Lord Krishna explains everything in it.

Answer 10

Interesting theory.