An infinite catch 22...

Lately, one question has been on my mind. What the hell are we? Physics says we are energy and that energy can't be created or destroyed. If something isnt created or destroyed...it just "is", forever. The idea of being forever sounds exhausting but the idea of being nothing is frightening. I was talking to my friend Ajua, and we laughed at the fact that this could all be a brilliant illusion made up by our minds. 

Im not sure when I started to believe in reincarnation, but it makes sense to me. I grew up Christian and was told that this life was the only you we're given and when you die you either go to heaven or hell. Now, whether we call it reincarnation or some kind of "knowing" of another life experience...I'm not sure which is more accurate. 

Most people believe that souls are eternal. Eternity is a looooooong time. Imagine the idea of only getting to live in one body for about 70 years and the rest of your eternity is based upon what you did for those 70 years. What could you know from that one experience? I recently read a passage in a book that said something like, Living one life and thinking you know everything there is to know about life is like eating at one restaurant all your life and believing you know everything there is to know about food. 

One of my favorite's is the story of Edgar Cayce. He was a seriously disciplined Christian who didn't believe in reincarnation. Cayce suffered from severe laryngitis and somehow described a cure for his own condition while being hypnotized. Later, Cayce channeled information to others who needed advice, many were about healing one's physical ailments. Many of his treatments addressed past life issues that somehow manifested in a person's current life. Despite his devout beliefs in Christianity, he couldn't deny the concept of reincarnation because he used past life regression to heal.

In addition to that, there are children who remember past lives. Some even remember how they died in a previous life. I've even read about people being hypnotized and fluently speaking a language they spoke in a past life. What's funny is that sometimes I speak Spanish in my dreams. It feels right and I know Im speaking it fluently. I wonder how many languages we'd be able to speak if we could tap into our subconscious mind? 

Does it help, not being able to readily access information from a past life experience? How many of us would have children if we remembered it from a past life. How many of us would get married if we could remember it from a past experience. Could we even handle so much information? It's a catch 22...an infinite catch 22.