One Life vs Reincarnation

[hgill]

Hi Leo,

Just a thought. Are you not short selling the concept of becoming a sage or getting enlightened etc.  by sticking to "one life" concept? I understand that if this world is an illusion then so is life and death from that angle. But is "getting best out of rest of the life" enough reason to motivate individuals to start this tough journey when next breath one takes could be the last one? Do not you think putting this in some other way like “this is the only way out of this endless hell in which consciousness keeps changing forms forever” may be more motivational? In this case it doesn’t matter how old one is or how long one will live in this body, this journey of self-realization has to be started at some point as there is no other way out of it. And if self-realization is not attained in this life then it will continue in next life form without losing the hard work from previous life. I know no one can claim the truth of this concept but hey this can motivate even if someone is at the deathbed.

Yes, actualize.org has lot of similarities to Sikhism. But reincarnation is the central theme in Sikhism like most other eastern religions. Hell is coming back into forms and merging back with the source is the Heaven.

I'll really appreciate your response to this post. Thank You.

[Shadowraix]

"this is the only way out of this endless hell in which consciousness keeps changing forms forever"

What exactly is this endless hell you're talking about? There is no way out of consciousness and its manifestation.

Reincarnation doesn't exactly conflict with the one life idea. Being born in another life is just another manifestation of consciousness.

Motivation for the current corporeal form you have ultimately comes from an innate desire to make use of it. Its about living in the present and using the potential "future" to morph your present into what you want.

[Leo Gura]

@hgill There is no difference between the one and the many.

One = Many

Many = One

The Absolute reincarnates infinitely as EVERYTHING. That's nonduality. Not only that, you are ALL beings at all times right now! You just aren't conscious of it. There is no need to wait for an afterlife as you are ALL beings already right now.

There is nowhere in the universe you can go where you are already not. You are the whole shebang!