(Prologue: I’ve got first-hand experience that a real understanding of the laws of karma can substantially change our lives for the better. I created this weblog to share information and personal experience with others. May it be beneficial!)
Even if you do not believe in reincarnation, live as if you do!
Why?
Your perspective gets much larger. More spacious. Less crowded. It’s easier to sort out what is important and what can wait.
On a light note, there’s also what I call the “just-in-case” principle: live as if you believe, just in case you find out that it is true when you die…..
My son pointed out some specifics of the benefits of acting as if we believe in reincarnation:
- We have a larger perspective. We realize we don’t need to dwell so much on things have are happening or have happened in our lives. We’re working on a much larger scale.
- There’s a long-term meaning to our lives, rather than the “It-doesn’t-matter-what-I-do-in-my-life-because-nothing-matters-anyway” attitude.
- If we’re very materialistic, acting as if we believe in reincarnation helps us to shift our focus to the spiritual dimension of life.
- The belief in past lives helps us to make sense of what happens in this lifetime in a much deeper way.
Post Script: you might find a transcript of Suzuki Roshi’s comments interesting – please click here and scroll about half-way down the page.
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