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RESURRECTION AND REINCARNATION M.M.NINAN INTRODUCTION There are essentially only three approaches to the problem of life after death with several variations within each. 1. The Materialist Monist: Those who believe that the only reality is matter - a sort of materialist monists- who believes that life is nothing but the qualitative aspect of the quantitative structure of matter. When the matter dissolves, the life also ceases. We need not expect life to continue beyond death. However man is not an independent entity. We communicate to the generations through our DNA whereby we transmit our learned and inherited characteristics and learning. There is a collective consciousness that is a common pool from which we all take what we want and more. Will these explain the observed facts? 2. The Reincarnation: Those who believe that the universe consists of the material and the immaterial components. Life is the contribution of the interaction between these two. Call it Body and Mind or Body and Soul each independent of each other. Mind or Soul gathers experience through the five senses and develops a personal identity. When the body dies, the Soul survives and puts on a new clothing befitting the Karma in that life time. The Soul migrates and reincarnates. Buddhism and Jainism were the oldest religions that proposed the reincarnation theory, which was later absorbed 5
RESURRECTION AND REINCARNATION M.M.NINAN 3. The Resurrection: The Third approach is Resurrection which is the teaching of the three Abrahamic Religions. In this approach Man is the result of the breathing of the Spirit into material body which resulted in the living Soul. As long as the eternal Spirit is able to refresh the Spirit within man, man exists in the infinite dimensions of the Spirit which is part of God. When man sinned, the connection was lost and man became part of isolated system whereupon the law of decay and death became inevitable. Immortality will be obtained only when the Spirit within man reconnects with the infinite Holy Spirit. At the end of the age, the Soul will be reunited with the body and will stand Judgment. This study concentrates on the beliefs of various religions and nations regarding the processes of reincarnation and resurrection. M.M.Ninan San Jose, CA 2014 6
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