Rebirth

1. Rebirth

2. Rebirth One life? or Many lives?

3. Rebirth One life? or Many lives?

5. Rebirth Different concepts of the Universe

6. Rebirth Different concepts of the Universe • Linear universe • Cyclical universe

7. Rebirth Different concepts of the Universe • Linear universe • Cyclical universe

8. Linear concept of the Universe Eternity Eternity Creation Existence Ending

9. Linear concept of the Universe Eternity Eternity Creation Existence Ending

10. Linear concept of the Universe Eternity Eternity Creation Existence Ending

11. Linear concept of the Universe Eternity Eternity Creation Existence Ending

12. Linear concept of Existence Eternity Eternity Birth Life Death leading to : End of existence - Nihilism orEternal life- Eternalism

13. Linear concept of Existence Eternity Eternity Birth Life Death leading to : End of existence - Nihilism orEternal life- Eternalism

14. Linear concept of Existence Eternity Eternity Birth Life Death leading to : End of existence - Nihilism orEternal life- Eternalism

15. Linear concept of Existence Eternity Eternity Birth Life Death leading to : End of existence - Nihilism orEternal life- Eternalism

16. Linear concept of Existence Eternity Eternity Birth Life Death leading to : End of existence - Nihilism orEternal life- Eternalism

17. Linear concept of Existence Eternity Eternity Birth Life Death leading to : End of existence - Nihilism orEternal life- Eternalism

19. Cyclical concept ofthe Universe Existence Dissolution Arising Arising Dissolution Existence

20. Cyclical concept ofthe Universe Existence Dissolution Arising Arising Dissolution Existence

21. Cyclical concept ofthe Universe Existence Dissolution Arising Arising Dissolution Existence

22. Cyclical concept ofthe Universe Existence Dissolution Arising Arising Dissolution Existence

23. Cyclical concept ofthe Universe Existence Dissolution Arising Arising Dissolution Existence

24. Cyclical theory ofthe Universe Expansion/Contraction Big Crunch Big Bang Big Bang Big Crunch Expansion/Contraction

25. Cyclical theory ofthe Universe Expansion/Contraction Big Crunch Big Bang Big Bang Big Crunch Expansion/Contraction

26. Cyclical theory ofthe Universe Expansion/Contraction Big Crunch Big Bang BigBang Big Crunch Expansion/Contraction

27. Cyclical theory ofthe Universe Expansion/Contraction Big Crunch Big Bang Big Bang Big Crunch

28. Cyclical theory ofthe Universe Expansion/Contraction Big Crunch Big Bang Big Bang Big Crunch Expansion/Contraction

29. Does the universe repeat once every trillion years? How did the universe begin? Did it have a beginning at all? These questions may have been the subject of speculation and debate for millennia, but they have not been widely discussed for the past forty years. Ever since the discovery of the cosmic background radiation in 1965, the overwhelmingly predominant view has been that our universe began about 14 billion years ago in a cosmic fireball known as the “big bang” and that it has been expanding, cooling, and evolving ever since. Recently, though, a small but growing number of theorists have begun to challenge this conventional belief and to pursue a radical new history of the universe. According to this new idea, there was a big bang, but this was not the beginning of space and time. In fact, in the version proposed by Neil Turok and myself, the big bang has occurred myriad times in our universe’s past, repeating at regular intervals during which galaxies, stars, planets, and life form anew. The result is a “cyclic universe” in which cycles extend far into the past and into the future—and perhaps forever. 02 July 2007 http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/a_cyclic_universe/

30. Cyclical concept ofExistence Life Death Birth Birth Death Life

31. Cyclical concept ofExistence Life Death Birth Birth Death Life

32. Cyclical concept ofExistence Life Death Birth Birth Death Life

33. Cyclical concept ofExistence Life Death Birth Birth Death Life

34. Cyclical concept ofExistence Life Death Birth Birth Death Life

35. Early beliefs of the cyclical concept ofExistence – Reincarnation / Rebirth Brahmanism / Hinduism According to Hinduism, the soul (atman) is immortal, while the body is subject to birth and death. The Bhagavad Gita states that: Worn-out garments are shed by the body; Worn-out bodies are shed by the dweller within the body. New bodies are donned by the dweller, like garments.

36. Early beliefs of the cyclical concept ofExistence – Reincarnation / Rebirth Brahmanism / Hinduism According to Hinduism, the soul (atman) is immortal, while the body is subject to birth and death. The Bhagavad Gita states that: Worn-out garments are shed by the body; Worn-out bodies are shed by the dweller within the body. New bodies are donned by the dweller, like garments.

37. Early beliefs of the cyclical concept ofExistence – Reincarnation / Rebirth Taoism The Chuang Tzu states: Birth is not a beginning; death is not an end. There is existence without limitation; there is continuity without a starting-point. Existence without limitation is Space. Continuity without a starting point is Time. There is birth, there is death, there is issuing forth, there is entering in.

38. Early beliefs of the cyclical concept ofExistence – Reincarnation / Rebirth Taoism The Chuang Tzu states: Birth is not a beginning; death is not an end. There is existence without limitation; there is continuity without a starting-point. Existence without limitation is Space. Continuity without a starting point is Time. There is birth, there is death, there is issuing forth, there is entering in.

39. Early beliefs of the cyclical concept ofExistence – Reincarnation / Rebirth Taoism The Chuang Tzu states: Birth is not a beginning; death is not an end. There is existence without limitation; there is continuity without a starting-point. Existence without limitation is Space. Continuity without a starting point is Time. There is birth, there is death, there is issuing forth, there is entering in.

40. Early beliefs of the cyclical concept ofExistence – Reincarnation / Rebirth Taoism The Chuang Tzu states: Birth is not a beginning; death is not an end. There is existence without limitation; there is continuity without a starting-point. Existence without limitation is Space. Continuity without a starting point is Time. There is birth, there is death, there is issuing forth, there is entering in.

41. Early beliefs of the cyclical concept ofExistence – Reincarnation / Rebirth Greek Philosophers Pythagoras claimed he could remember his past lives. Socrates, prior to his death, stated; "I am confident that there truly is such a thing as living again, and that the living spring from the dead. Plato presented detailed accounts of reincarnation in his major works.

42. Early beliefs of the cyclical concept ofExistence – Reincarnation / Rebirth Greek Philosophers Pythagoras claimed he could remember his past lives. Socrates, prior to his death, stated; "I am confident that there truly is such a thing as living again, and that the living spring from the dead. Plato presented detailed accounts of reincarnation in his major works.

43. Early beliefs of the cyclical concept ofExistence – Reincarnation / Rebirth Greek Philosophers Pythagoras claimed he could remember his past lives. Socrates, prior to his death, stated; "I am confident that there truly is such a thing as living again, and that the living spring from the dead. Plato presented detailed accounts of reincarnation in his major works.

44. Early beliefs of the cyclical concept ofExistence – Reincarnation / Rebirth Christianity Mainstream Christianity rejects reincarnation and consider the theory against their basic beliefs. However, based on certain Bible texts and church fathers (especially Origen), the early Christians did believe in reincarnation and that the reincarnation proofs had been destroyed by the church later on.

45. Early beliefs of the cyclical concept ofExistence – Reincarnation / Rebirth Christianity Mainstream Christianity rejects reincarnation and consider the theory against their basic beliefs. However, based on certain Bible texts and church fathers (especially Origen), the early Christians did believe in reincarnation and that the reincarnation proofs had been destroyed by the church later on.

46. Early beliefs of the cyclical concept ofExistence – Reincarnation / Rebirth Christianity The 3rd century church father Origen had been an adherent of reincarnation. Origen stood for the pre-existence of the soul -- the concept that the human soul existed already before birth. "The soul has neither beginning nor end... [They] come into this world strengthened by the victories or weakened by the defeats of their previous lives“.

47. Early beliefs of the cyclical concept ofExistence – Reincarnation / Rebirth Christianity The 3rd century church father Origen had been an adherent of reincarnation. Origen stood for the pre-existence of the soul -- the concept that the human soul existed already before birth. "The soul has neither beginning nor end... [They] come into this world strengthened by the victories or weakened by the defeats of their previous lives“.

48. Scientific Research and Evidence Dr. Ian Stevenson Former head of the Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia. He devoted 40 years to the scientific documentation of past life memories of children from all over the world and has over 3000 cases in his files.

49. Scientific Research and Evidence Dr. Ian Stevenson Former head of the Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia. He devoted 40 years to the scientific documentation of past life memories of children from all over the world and has over 3000 cases in his files.

50. Scientific Research and Evidence Dr. Jim B. Tucker M.D. Medical director of the Child and Family Psychiatric Clinic at the University of Virginia. His book - Life Before Life - presents accounts of young children who have verifiable accounts of past life experiences, and is based on more than 2,500 cases that are registered in the files of the Division of Personality Studies at the University of Virginia.