The concept of reincarnation is based on mythological understanding of things that unfold after death. One of the most constant thing in life is death which is the end of every living thing but what if it isn't, what if there is a chance of being reborn as a different person, having a life that differs from the previous one. A new beginning, starting afresh on a blank slate, probably with no memories of the past, free from the guilt, pain and trauma of the past memories.
A wise man once said, "a human without memories is a lucky one" I thought about this statement and I wonder, all through human lives we acquire memories of both positive and negative event, which we learn from but these memories can also be burdensome. What if we have the power to choose which memory we are willing to keep or make it all go away by being reborn? These are assumptions and basis of the term reincarnation.
I have come across it in different doctrines and most especially in fantasy movies, life is full of wonders, there has always been some mysterious things that proves to be unexplainable by science no matter how much we try. On earth there are greater forces in place and as old as time itself, beyond what any human could comprehend. The world is governed by humans with limited mindset, anything that is unable to be proven by evidence or fact is considered to be unreal, untrue, unpractical, myth, a fantasy. It is in human nature to doubt or fear the unknown
As a person, I doubt if I have a definite belief in reincarnation. It has always been a little bit of this and that. For someone who hails from the western part of Nigeria, a geographical zone dominated by the Yoruba tribe. We definitely have our own beliefs concerning the subject reincarnation. It is not about myth only or some old beliefs, people from where I'm from actually belief in people getting reincarnated. Especially family members who are long gone.
We have all kind of names for them here such as "Iyabo" meaning someone mom came back to life in the body of a new born baby or "babatunde" which translates to the same thing but it is referring to dad. We also have people who lost their siblings or child, probably during that period they were pregnant, it makes it a lot easier for them to believe that whoever they lost is the one that came back as a new born baby. Some might say it is how people cope with grief or get some kind of closure from losing their loved ones but the most strangest part of this is that, the child that is believed to be the reincarnation of a dead parent, siblings e.t.c is actually given the respect of who people think they are. I mean it is weird but it is just how things are around here.
Do you know anyone who is believed to be reincarnated? Definitely yes. Like I said, people believe in reincarnation strongly around here, it is not something difficult to come across such people. The moment you hear their names and you understand it's meaning, you would be able to tell, who people believe the person to be. I have a couple of relatives who are believed to be a reincarnation of somebody. Frankly it might be really hard to believe at first but if you see the way this people act, some of them actually behave like they have been born before.
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