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You know, a lot of people
kind of snuff their nose at reincarnation.
But I for one,
kind of think that without it
I don't think we can explain our world.
Because there are so many different things
that happen in our lives that
correlate. I mean you walk into a room and
you feel like you been in that room.
You meet people and you kind of dislike them from the first moment you
meet them. I mean...
Doesn't say anything, how can you dislike them?
Or it's someone you just fall in love with.
Where does that come from? Where were those energies,
come from? We believe thoroughly
that everything that happens in our lives
either has happened before.
I mean why are there people seeking
spirituality? And there are those that are
just very happy living their lives
and doing the things that make them happy, being with their friends,
spending pleasant evenings with their family
and they have no regard, they don't care
and they are happy with themselves.
For us we simply say there are different
levels that people go through.
There are young souls and those are the people that are sort of like
not interested in anything
that sounds or smacks like,
even religion perhaps,
or likes anything spiritual. Those are younger souls.
The older souls are people who have been here for many, many
lifetimes. We believe that
the different aspects of our life,
the children we have, the relationships we
have are there to teach us life lessons.
And it is through the teachings of
reincarnation that we can pick up those
lessons and learn from them.
Because we believe that the Torah
is all truth, so
in a place where there is all truth there cannot be lies.
........ But yet we know
that in a Jewish court that if two witnesses
come and say that they saw somebody
steal from the other person,
chances are the judge will find
that this other person is guilty.
Now if it didn't happen
then how could there be perfect truth
into a doctrine that could be faulted?
To answer that question
I'd like to answer that with a story.
There was a man who came to his teacher and said:
"Can you tell me is justice
done in this world? Is good deeds rewarded?
Is punishment given?"
And he said: "You know what,
instead of me answering your question tomorrow I would like you
to go to the park at noon. I would like you to
sit and just observe what will happen."
The next morning comes and he
goes to this park and it's a beautiful sunny day
and he sees a man come by carrying
a huge valise. He goes to look in his pocket
for a moment he is upset about something
and he runs away leaving the valise there.
And within that second comes another man who opens this valise
and he sees it's loaded with cash, closes (takes) it and leaves.
And with that a third man comes.
He sits himself down by the same tree.
He is having a wonderful time,
in the sun having a sandwich and
in the first man comes back.
And he says to him: 'Where is my valise?'
And he says: 'What valise I didn't see any valise.'
He says: 'Don't give me that, I didn't leave
here ten minutes ago. I left the valise here and I want my money back
right now.' He says: 'I don't know what you are talking about.'
Well he picks him up and he shakes him and he beats him then
finally out of exasperation he throws him against the tree
and he walks away. Night comes,
the student comes to the teacher and says:
"Yeah I realize that, you know, we have to
wait for the next world. Because I just saw
a very, very weird thing. I saw a man
receive a great deal of money for no reason,
another man lose a great deal of money
for no reason, and a third man being brutally
beaten for no reason. So I understand
that there are things that in this world
are not comprehensible." And the teacher is looking at him and saying:
"Don't you know,
don't you remember? King David said they've got eyes but they don't see,
they have ears but they don't hear.
Don't you know what happened there?"
He says: "The first man and the second man, they were in
business together in the last life time.
And the first man stole that money
from the second man. He is just taking back
what belongs to him."
He says: "Okay, that sounds reasonable.
But what about this third guy that was so brutally beaten?"
He says: "Oh, he was the judge, he was the guy that said
the first guy was right."
How do I answer the story? Very simple.
We lose things in our life,
but some of the things we lose
it's better to lose in this way. Thank you.