Everyone™. Does a person get one life only?

Why couldn't it be my fifty-first?

I read a book many years ago entitled;' "Many Lives, Many Masters" by Brian Weiss MD. Since then, I have read/researched and cross-referenced every Spiritual book of antiquity and Bible I could get my hands on, hoping to gain more knowledge. That's a lot of books!

Also, I had a near-death experience some twenty years ago. This gave me a great insight into the 'other side'. I remember much of what I experienced. When I read that book, it brought back much of what I had encountered during that time.

I have come to the conclusion that everything in this life goes in cycles. So it is only reasonable that life does as well. Our soul/being remains intact but it is given a new body following the death of the old one. How much time lapse - I don't know. Our being may live many, many times [depending upon what we have learned and overcome in each life cycle.

I truly want to believe that when we have discovered (awakened) to our higher Spiritual being, forfeit our material ego and learn that this life is not about us, but for the Good of All, we have reached the 'point of no return'. And, when there is nothing we truly desire here in this world anymore, and nothing or no one matters more to us, as finally going Home, we have gained enough Light to have graduated to the highest Spiritual attainment. :D

Peace and Blessings

Good post! :D

Unless I have undeniable proof to the contrary, I'm gonna live my life as if it's the only one I have.

Which means living life to the full, not wasting my time being petty, and trying to generally be a good and honest citizen who helps others in need.

I'm an atheist and have been for 46 years.

Since each person's physical body is an integral part of that "person," we get one life only.

If there is some aspect of me - the spirit, soul, whatever - that may have been hundreds and hundreds of rabbis before this life, it wasn't actually "me." (And that's a pretty big IF.)

Probably. Exactly what would be the point of us experiencing consciousness and then death and then consciousness again over and over and over for all eternity?

Fireball: Inside voice, please.