Do We Reincarnate? Ask Deepak Chopra!

Description: Deepak Chopra examines different theories and perspectives on reincarnation. What is the relationship between memories and our material life? Are memories in our brain or in a consciousness field that transcends space and time?*

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[adrianwarner]

Whenever I listen to Deepak, it's more like I'm remembering something I'd forgotten than learning something new.

[sathsangschoolofmusic]

Knowingly or unknowingly I messed up my life so much. I want to be reincarnated to live the life that I like to.

[sanchariesingh]

I believe in reincarnation. When I was 12, I had drowned when I went fishing with two older cousins. I went on a journey and I met children and spouses from previous life times. I even played a game with one of the children who told me that I was his mom and there is no such thing as past lives. During My NDE, I saw my deceased body in the water and I guess I became what is called the soul. Being a soul, I still had all my senses and I saw people on the other side talking without moving their lips. They did not wink either. I saw waterfalls, beautiful streams, and green plants. Nothing looked dead. I saw my uncle Bill and some of my deceased classmates and they all looked healthy and their skin looked vibrant. The furnitures were beautiful. I even sat on a kid's brown triangular leather lounge. There were white science magazines there with no pictures. Anyway, when i returned I came back with a gift as a medium.

[olivtrees]

If reincarnation was real then why is it that when you're young it's so hard to visualize yourself being old? In youth we have this strange subconscious idea inside us that we will be young forever (even though consciously we know this isn't true) and so getting older tends to hit most people hard. Yet if we were born and died a hundred times already, then our soul should be more comfortable with getting older by now.

[brianionmusic]

Thank you for the explanation. I'll have to listen to it a few more times to understand the technical language. Reincarnation is an ancient and persistent belief...and life goes on.

[TheChopraWell]

Interesting theory! It does seem true that our memories change over time. That computer metaphor is great!

[sphianva]

I've always believed we reincarnate, but I never thought about how every cell of the body (including the brain) is completely replaced, yet we still have memories from before our body changed! Love you Deepak!

[pyakelis]

Dr. what I like about you is that you know how to combine science and spiritual philosophy and show that they are all one in the same. Brilliant!

[StephC]

I quit talking about this becaues people were spreading rumors that I am nutz.But I actually remember when I was born and also when I was in my mothers womb and before that. When I was about 16 I told my parents these they thought I was crazy.I tell people that we dream everytime we sleep, they do not believe me. If you slept then you dreamed, most people do not believe this, But I dream every single night...UNLESS I DID NOT SLEEP.

[StephC]

Sometimes information escapes while we are asleep and depending on our age at the time this happens we may interpret them as dreams but in fact they are distant memories of a past life. If they repeat in same sequence they are not dreams but a distant memories. These can be horific in nature when they repeat in sequence. But they are indeed past life memories.Real dreams flip flop throught a dreams but images during dreams with repeated sequence is something that needs more investigation.

[heydrrachel]

This is wonderfully fascinating, and you describe it so clearly. THANK YOU!

[EMunozRN]

I think reincarnation exists because a lifetime as we know it is simply not enough time to achieve all the things one wants to achieve for oneself, for humanity and the universe in general. We usually take just one path in life and we can't really complete the task in onle life only. This is why we born again and again to keep going until we achieve bliss.

[Will_JJHP]

I believe memories are multidimensional. A 4-dimensional paradigm is just not an adequate model to understand its true nature. The more we understand the other dimensions of our universe, the better we'll understand memories.

[VarozPk]

I think memories function as saved files do on a computer. The memories we have today are not the original memories we once had as a child, but instead copies of those memories. Those memories that we once had become diluted over time from being copied from pre-existing copies (due to the lack of the original copy).

[Marilyns]

I do believe this. I don’t understand why so many people who have had a NDE, talk about their experience in hell or in heaven. If neither of those places actually exist, why do those people have their experiences? I wholeheartedly believe that we grow spiritually and advance as we expand.

[StephC]

These are things I remember everytime I died! Everytime we die we recall more and more. information is always being stored. These trickle all our lives. in little pieces and some goes un-noticed.Some may get your attention through dreams that are not really dreams but distant memories of a past life.

[StephC]

I remember my death of my past life, I know this sounds crazy. But I do not remember a past life. Remembering my death of a past life is indication that I had a past life.I have been struggling with this all my life since about the age of 5! I wish I can speak to some-one regarding this, I would be looked upon as crazy.Our bodies are just flesh machines with our souls being the driver.when our machines break down. we just jump into another one and keep driving. this is all very familiar to me.

[ethansmall]

what about memories that surface without intention?

[tinrooftv]

I do believe in reincarnation but if memories are not stored in the brain, how do people lose their memories from a physical condition like head trauma, dementia, Alzheimer's disease. stroke ect.?

[indianmilitary]

We hardly remember our past lives or have no memories of our past lives do we? Karma or cause and effect law of nature knows how to keep an account of our thoughts (desires and ego) and actions. Individual perceptions, thoughts, body types differ in every life based on karma. Consciousness is gender neutral. Men in this life could re-incarnate as women in next life.Black woman in this life could re-incarnate as a white man in the next life. It all depends on Karma (due to desires, ego thoughts and action)