Flatlanders

Flatlanders 

Actually my own views have changed a bit over the years and I too dont believe in reincarnation anymore. I think its much more likely that there are different planes of existence (same as what theoretical physics calls multiple higher dimensions), and that a part of us exists on these planes (sort of like Flatlanders wandering through a 3D world, not knowing how to comprehend the third dimension), and that since we cant comprehend those planes directly through our basic 5 senses, we refer to a mysterious "soul" or "spirit" when this could simply be a reflection of our "higher dimensional selves"-- sort of like trying to describe a person when all you can see is his or her shadow on a two dimensional wall. Its possible that this extension of ourselves survives the mortality of our three dimensional bodies and this is where the idea of spirits and ghosts comes from-- this would explain why they are seen to 'walk through walls" as these walls wouldnt be present in their realities-- in short, they might occupy the same general area as us but they would be out of phase with our reality.