Who or what do you think you were in a previous life?
2007-09-07 09:48:23 · 22 answers · asked by csize 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yes
In one I was an early teen that starved to death in Greenland, in another I was an old man that died in a Car crash in a model T when I had a heart attack, in another I was a Native American that scouted for the Conquistadors.
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2007-09-07 09:51:06 · answer #1 · answered by gnosticv 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Nope. As much as I'd like to believe someone can come back and get another chance to "get everything right," I don't see any evidence for it.
Kind of a bummer, since I study Buddhism, and Buddhism posits rebirth (NOT reincarnation, since there is no self to reincarnate). Western Zen adherents sometimes look at it more figuratively -- you're "reborn" into the cycle of suffering every time you do something that's not a mindful action. That works more for me.
2007-09-07 09:56:42 · answer #2 · answered by Cap'n Zeemboo 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Hinduism believes in Reincarnation.
*Buddhism's view is called Rebirth of the mindstream. Rebirth is a difficult concept to fully grasp for most people; this is the basic concept. The ultimate implication of The Buddha's teaching on kamma and rebirth is that human beings are the final masters of their own destiny. Through our unwholesome deeds, rooted in greed, hatred, and delusion, we create unwholesome kamma, the generative cause of bad rebirths, of future misery and bondage. Through our wholesome deeds, rooted in loving-kindness, generosity, patience, peacefulness, compassion, and wisdom, we beautify our minds and thereby create kamma productive of a happy rebirth. By using wisdom of the Noble Eightfold Path to dig more deeply below the superficial face of things, we can uncover the subtle truths hidden by our preoccupation with appearances. Thereby we can uproot the binding defilements and win the peace of deliverance, the freedom beyond the cycle of kamma and its fruit. **Good Question.
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2007-09-07 09:52:55 · answer #3 · answered by McLeod 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it is more plausible then some other beliefs.But I am not sure I even believe in that.If I was reincarnated then I probably was a pope, a minister, a rabbi, a Muslim cleric, and a prophet.All of which taught me what I needed to know today.That I was full of bs back then.
2007-09-07 09:54:52 · answer #4 · answered by Demopublican 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
DO I believe in Reincarnation???
Hell YES!
Look at My name!!!
NOW ask Me THAT!
Who was I in a previous life?
Well, ME, of course... I've been Dead TWICE, and counting!
2007-09-07 09:54:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes.
Being a Buddhist myself ... we always believe in reincarnation.
2007-09-07 09:55:55 · answer #6 · answered by [SOPHIE] 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
A settler in western Nebraska. Nobody special, just a guy living in a dugout trying to scratch out a living in hard times.
2007-09-07 09:53:30 · answer #7 · answered by Jack P 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't, but I've often noticed that those who do tend to claim that they were someone famous or powerful or at least romantic in their previous lives. I have yet to hear anyone claim to be a "night-soil man."
2007-09-07 09:52:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, I don't believe in Reincarnation.
2007-09-07 09:51:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Yes. I have been many people, but nobody well known to modern times.
2007-09-07 20:01:52 · answer #10 · answered by aisha 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋