Swami
Vivekananda has given a rational basis to the idea of reincarnation: Everything
in this universe is indestructible… ‘You cannot take away one atom of matter or
one foot pound of force. You cannot add to the universe one atom of matter or
one foot pound of force.’ (2.229)
If
everything in the universe is indestructible, it follows that man is immortal. How
can that be? Everyone dies! Death and disintegration are the fate of the body,
not the soul. How do we live and transform ourselves after the body has died?
We take on multiple bodies until we attain freedom or moksha. Does the Law of
Conservation of Energy apply to consciousness? Open question.
Artist:
Swami Tadatmananda, vedanta.zenfolio.com
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