I’ve taken part in my fair share of mainstream and far left religions, and the one thing that always bugs me is when people start talking shop, ie. language that only ‘those in the know’ will understand. I’m forever trying to figure out ways to communicate spiritual stuff in everyday language, in my own words, and especially make it demonstrable, if possible, through my limited understanding of science and physics. I figure if a concept can’t be explained by the mechanics of every discipline, then maybe it isn’t so valid. That’s what I think, anyhow. Personally, I think it all comes from the same source (math, music, physics, food, philosophy), whatever that source might be, so I think a belief or a rigidly held dogma should be explainable by any terminology. But that’s just what I think.
So I’ve thought for a long time about reincarnation, and for me, in layman’s terms, it boils down to electricity (This is where you get to school me, because, like I said, I don’t know much about science except my own ragged bits of learnin’). I figure, our brains are animated by electrical impulses, right? (remember, I’m talking about science here, not esoteric religious philosophy.) When we have a thought, it shows up as a zap of juice. Our thoughts create our picture of the world, and also flavor the world we experience. That same electrical energy animates our bodies down to a cellular level. Perhaps even the soul is electric. (Here’s another interesting random thought about electricity I found while writing this) And… if nothing is ever created or destroyed, where do those electrical impulses go when we die? Do they just re-aggregate– or reincarnate- in another form? Are they attracted to similar forms (ie. human to human or animal to animal, etc.)? What about rocks, though? Can our ‘consciousness’ get stuck in a rock? Hell if I know. That’s why I ended the title of this thing with a question mark.
Do you have your own wacky theories about reincarnation (or any other wayward science)? Fess up!
