Originally Posted by Mafoo

i was thinking about reincarnation and the balance of karma(im not well versed on these subjects so i thought yahooka would be perfect to learn and get my idea out to some heads ) The accepted idea of reincarnation is that the soul is retained after death and deposited into a new phyisical body(right?). The idea being that one goes through this process until they have become enlightened. What if the concept of reincarnation is much more literal and physical/ chemical? my idea is that we ARE reincarnates, but that our reincarnation is much less about the deposition of a timeless spirit into a new body, but moreso about becoming the next step toward enlightenment for all people.