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From: jwl@mvutd.att.com (James W Lacey)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.eastern
Subject: Re: Reincarnation
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Date: 12 Dec 90 01:14:53 GMT
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In article <1990Dec10.030247.15986@nas.nasa.gov>, hugh@achilles.adelaide.edu.au (Hugh Garsden) writes:
> 
> I have another question about reincarnation.
> 
> Presumably our rebirth consciousness, soul, or whatever,
> exists outside and apart from the material universe. This
> means that it is not subject to the natural laws of space
> and time. 
> 
> Therefore, is there any reason why I could not be reincarnated
> in the _past_ (i.e. the past according to the current direction
> of time in the universe). Or, weirder still, could I be
> reincarnated in my own _present_.
> 
> This may sound a bit silly, but surely it is an interesting
                       ^^^^^
> question which deserves an answer (and I am interested in the answer
> for other reasons than pure curiosity, but I won't go into that here). 
> Why do I have to be reincarnated in the future? 

More like "idle speculation."

Re-birth can also be looked at as a process that
the universe goes through continuously.  The person
that you were 10 minutes ago is not the same person
now reading this note.

Jim Lacey
my opinions are my own