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Reincarnation On Trial
Salvation Theory
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Reincarnation, as popularly conceived, is a salvation theory. It purports to provide the means by which an imperfect humankind will be elevated to the heights of spiritual wholeness.
It is claimed that by living hundreds or thousands of mortal lives - some say hundreds of thousands - by experiencing life from both sides: rich and poor, black and white, uneducated and sophisticated, saint and sinner, male and female, on and on; that one will achieve a sense of completeness by a blending of all of these experiences.
Well, there is something to be said for attaining wholeness by a blending of opposite energies. But, reincarnationists need to get back in the queue, stop pretending to lead this parade, as the precept of dualistic blending is an ancient one and well established in the Spirit realms - but, with a very different modus operandi.
and they shall travel on and become One Person
How could we forget that wondrous program of ultimate blending, the romantic yin-yang, the "Great Harmonia," the eternal marriage of Twin-soul lovers.
I especially like James Webster's summary statement of Twin love and its purpose; quoting Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov:
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"The soul ... is itself only one-half of a complete being. For each of us there is a counterpartal [person] of the opposite polarity. And our pilgrimage towards emancipation [freedom from the lower levels of consciousness] consists in drawing ever nearer to this balancing factor ... so that in the end we become [a spiritual One Person,] a male-female being in whom the positive and negative forces are in perfect equilibrium, reflecting the nature of the Male-Female Creator. Only through the perfect union of two souls of the opposite sex can that blending of forces be achieved which brings freedom from illusion and the full experience of Reality."
This begins to sound like salvation to me. Each of these lovers becomes a kind of messiah to the other, as they mutually lead each other into greater consciousness, greater development, greater expressions of being, greater perceptions of love.
And all this occurs without reincarnation; indeed, reincarnation would destroy it.
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Editor's note: Reincarnationists will deny this. They might claim that soul-bound lovers will grow ever closer as they chase each other into different incarnations, different bodies, different educational levels, different genders, different marriage partners... Well, we can hardly wait.
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James Webster:
Those minds which influence each other the most are of the same soul group, or "spiritual family. The deepest link of all is that between [a lover] and his or her angelic 'counterpart' or Twin-soul, embodying the most fundamental form of love."
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Both of these theories of salvation, reincarnation and Twin-soul marriage cannot be true. Many afterlife reports affirm the existence of the latter happiness; as an example, see Margaret's report.
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Charlotte Waterlow:
"To me, the weakness of [reincarnation], as it applies to ordinary people here and now, is its narcissism. It does not provide for redemption by love in ordinary life."
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Editor's last word:
The term "salvation" must be used guardedly. In a larger sense, there is no "salvation" required for any human being. The deeper person of each of us was created perfect, "made in the image," and needs no touching up.
However, the problem is one of realization and perception of the riches within. Enter, the spiritual Lover and Beloved, custom-crafted to lead each other into greater vistas of what they have and what they are.
The subject of authentic, spiritual romance -- fraught with so much misunderstanding, given the nearly-universal failure and disappointment of common Eros in this world -- constitutes just about the most important information to which you might attain. Spirit Guide Margaret asserted that sacred romance forms the basis of what heaven's happiness is all about; even that, it becomes impetus to one's eternal spiritual evolution.
I will be addressing this subject often and at length in many of my writings. But, for now, allow me to offer the following quotation.
Robin Waterfield, in his introductory comments to Kahlil Gibran's The Beloved, speaks of the mystic poet's philosophy of authentic romantic love:
"... for Gibran love is a means - perhaps the best means - to self-realization, without which one is less than a full person. [... Indeed,] love's sole aim is self-fulfillment. The idea that love will always find a way to fulfill itself is a powerful one that Gibran held all his life."
Amen, Kahlil.
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