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More and more people are becoming disenchanted with the pressures of modern day living and are looking for ways to have more control of their lives and their futures.

Many books on self-improvement are available and the Life Coach industry is expanding rapidly.

Virtually every book you read, or every bit of advice available, relates in some way to reprogramming the subconscious mind. This can be by visualization which is espoused in books like “The Secret“.

It is commonly accepted that the subconscious mind is the most powerful tool we as humans possess. On the one hand it is our automatic pilot which controls all the activities we need to stay alive; Our breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, intake of food and water, avoidance of danger, etc. etc. etc.

The excerpt below is from the eBook Reincarnation – The Vedanta Philosophy.

* These are just points raised for discussion. I do not judge the beliefs of others, or state that any one belief is better.

“But what about those who believe in the one-birth theory?

Those who believe we come here for the first and last time do not understand that the acquirement of wisdom and experience is the purpose of human life; nor can they explain why children who die young should come into existence and pass away without getting the opportunity to learn anything. What purpose is served by their coming thus for a few days, remaining in utter ignorance and then passing away without gaining anything whatever.

The followers of the one-birth theory shut their eyes to the absurdity and unreasonableness of Reincarnation.

The idea of an eternal soul is a belief that has been shared amongst all nationalities and religions – proven by the first written records.

The scholars, poets and artisans have entwined Reincarnation into their creations throughout human existence.

But one of the biggest objections to the belief in Past Lives, is that, ‘If we have lived them, Why can’t we remember them?’

This explanation is drawn from the eBook, Reincarnation – The Vedanta Philosophy.

“Some people deny the existence of the soul in the past simply because they cannot remember the events of their past.

Others, who hold memory as the standard of existence say, “If our memory of the present ceases to exist at the time of death, with it we shall also cease to be, we cannot be immortal.”

They hold that memory is the standard of life. If we do not remember then we are not the same beings.

Vedanta answers this question by saying that it is possible to remember our previous existences. Memory is nothing but the awakening and rising of latent impressions above the threshold of consciousness.