Reincarnation or not
QUESTION: Masters, the soul named Elias who is channeled says that there is no reincarnation, but rather simultaneous / all happening right now and uncountable in number incarnations from the higher self / energy essence. What is your view on this? ~Ed, USA
ANSWER: We are talking points of view here. From the point of view of the consciousness of the soul, it can only be focused and participating in one life at a time. You can only feel physically the nerve endings in one body at a time—that is where your consciousness is focused in that moment. In order to experience diverse patterns of life the soul must assume different physical bodies. A male body thriving on being a military commander cannot experience childbirth, so it would be necessary to have different lives to experience both. We call the process of trying different roles in different bodies “reincarnation.”
The soul goes through a series of lives to learn various lessons it wants to understand. You cannot be both a slave and a master in the same life, but you could in two different lives. You may want to accept the power and majesty of your soul essence while in physical form but be unable to fully appreciate the totality in just one lifetime. You would then have to try in a different body from a little different angle to see if you get it. Each of these factors requires your concentration in a new way.
You may argue that the common man can multitask. And to a degree we agree. However, people cannot learn efficiently if they are just using a portion of their brain. If you are text messaging while walking, at some point you are going to walk into something or get yourself hurt. Both tasks would then be unfinished and would have to be redone to complete them.
That is all from the conscious state of a body. Our soul essence is not restrained by a body or by the need to differentiate between lessons. For the soul, everything is happening simultaneously. But you can experience the full impact of only one act at a time—that upon which you focus. This is like a compact disc. It has many tracks upon it, each one a recording of an event. Can you read all of them at once? No! You have to focus on one track and then it is comprehensible. We hope this little explanation has helped you.