OUR ROLE IN TRANSFORMATION

According to the law of karma and the theory of reincarnation, you have made yourself into what you are. Therefore, you alone can remake yourself.

With the desire for transformation, we open ourselves to the grace that we hear is always present and which will make change possible.

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Since reincarnation is not in the Bible, is it therefore false?

No. If it seems true to you, act as though it was.

With reincarnation, there is no need for a vicarious atonement, for a Savior. We become our own liberators! Lifetime after lifetime!

By believing that we only live once, it is easier to live carelessly, hoping for the best afterwards! Harder it is for us to shape the lines of our future destiny by actions undertaken here and now!

Consider: moral and spiritual excellence, character development, a loving and enlightened personality ... isn't this the height of life? But if attributed to genetic influence or mere upbringing, it loses much of its splendor.

It's more logical to think of our character developing steadily lifetime after lifetime as a result of individual effort consciously undertaken.

Recommended Reading: Reincarnation, an East-West Anthology, ed. Joseph Head and S. L. Cranston. Its expanded version is known as Reincarnation: The Phoenix Fire Mystery.  Either volume is engrossing for the beginner, the advanced student, or the skeptic.

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Note: All "Words of Wisdom" are quotations from Paul Hourihan, unless otherwise noted.