Reincarnation Revealed

Religion is the theoretical aspect of human life—something to ponder upon, a seeming mystery that to many seems to defy translation. All recognize the duality of being: the spirit or abstract side of life and the practicality of material existence. Man needs the knowledge to walk the middle path of life. Without this knowledge he becomes engrossed in the lower emotional channels of mind, and confusion and degeneration becomes the motive power. Man needs to know how his mind may become at-one with Divine Consciousness instead of lost in materiality. His health, peace of mind, and happiness depend upon it. 

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"Religion is the theoretical aspect of human life—something to ponder upon, a seeming mystery that to many seems to defy translation. All recognize the duality of being: the spirit or abstract side of life and the practicality of material existence. Man needs the knowledge to walk the middle path of life. Without this knowledge he becomes engrossed in the lower emotional channels of mind, and confusion and degeneration becomes the motive power. Man needs to know how his mind may become at-one with Divine Consciousness instead of lost in materiality. His health, peace of mind, and happiness depend upon it.
Because life is considered eternal, theories have been created to show how life is carried on over the ages: how personality manages to survive and the mental capabilities find expression and progression over the aeons of time.  

The theory of reincarnation is based upon the perpetuation of human mind from birth to death, and then back again through birth through conscious mental effort. One of the weaknesses of the theory is that it allows a mind the ability to pick a human vehicle of expression in which to become reincarnated, yet the theory denies the mind the knowledge of how to find constructive expression through this self-chosen instrument called man. If disembodied human mind has the ability to think whilst deprived of its body and brain, then why should there be a physical existence in the first place? Why are so many lives in error, when so divinely inspired and chosen?

Religion is the theoretical aspect of life, an intangible subject that in most cases does not infringe upon logic and reason but remains a deep mystery that depends mostly upon faith and a great deal of imagination for acceptance. Many and varied are the theories concerning the evolution of human life and man's ultimate destiny, although the most common one is that of the personalized theory of God who dwells in a heaven that might be pictured as a glorified earth, with man retaining much of his earthly characteristics and consciousness. Yet, this theory contains little that is tangible and basic in the approach to human problems.

The overall pattern of life reveals a woeful lack of logic and reason concerning the true facts of life. Admittedly we have advanced to a tremendous degree on the path of science, which is based upon fact and reality; but we have not the humanitarian and spiritual qualities in man to guarantee human safety and perpetuation of the race. Certainly, man's stewardship is completely degenerated. Man has become the number one destroyer upon earth and now threatens complete destruction, and yet those morally and spiritually responsible for the spiritual progression of man sit idly by, awaiting the outcome which they seemingly think is inevitable.
Why should such a minority decide the fate of man, civilization, and natural life upon the earth? When are responsible men going to cry out in shame and in spiritual authority against the degenerated precepts of men? Why should man live in a state of perpetual fear? What is man's destiny? Surely, we must have a spiritual purpose based upon logic and reason and not spiritual revivals; one cannot revive that which has never been! Our present-day teenage revolution could well express the complete collapse of our modern civilization, for the want of basic and logical principles of right and proper thinking. More should be known about "Life's Purpose" and how man might better attain his mental and spiritual stewardship.

Myriad are the themes of religious concept; few are really basic or practical. It is the general concept that one cannot reduce spiritual theory to the plane of fact and reality. Too long the world has been steeped in mysticism; man needs something he can understand and apply as a daily guide toward peace of mind and a complete and happy life—something not too complex, yet factual, tangible, and applicable....  

Yours in Service,

Alfred J. Parker

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