BellaOnline Forums Religion and Spirituality New Age William Butler Yeats’ Theory of Reincarnation

What is reincarnation? To begin with, reincarnation does not take place within a matrix of linear time. It�s not as if e.g. you had a life in ancient Greece and then you died; then you had a life in ancient Rome and then you died; then you had a life in the Middle Ages and then you died; etc. Rather, all of your past and future lives are going on at once, in an eternal NOW moment.

Think of it like this: survivors of near-death experiences often report seeing all the events that ever happened to them flash by them in no time at all. Thus it would seem that we experience the thought forms of our lives twice � once in linear fashion over a lifetime, and the second time around in timeless fashion at the moment of death.

�We all to some extent meet again and again the same people and certainly in some cases form a kind of family of two or three or more persons who come together life after life until all passionate relations are exhausted, the child of one life the husband, wife, brother, sister of the next. Sometimes, however, a single relationship will repeat itself, turning its revolving wheel again and again.�
� William Butler Yeats, A Vision

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Dear Bob

This really isn't the place to post what is essentially an article- as I've told you before I seem to remember. I've shortened this piece to a reasonable length. There are some very interesting ideas here- please come and chat to us about them - but don't use our forum as an advertisement for your site. You may place a link to your site as part of your signature- it's a subtle but important difference that keeps things friendly and primarily non commercial here

That's really fascinating. I had no idea that Yeats believed this, considering its so close to the way I view reincarnation. I'll have to read some of his work.