Reincarnation And The Now Moment
Presence and Reincarnation; A Contradiction in Terms?
We talked in class, about the importance of presence, and the role of meditation in bringing us back to the only moment that has ever, and that will ever, exist—Now. And then a student asked a question:
“But Hindus believe in reincarnation—isn’t that a future-worry?”
At the heart of meditation, in Hinduism, and in all the Dharmic traditions, including Buddha Dharma and Sikh Dharma, is the importance placed on nurturing our power of focused awareness. It strengthens the mind’s ability to consciously choose, anew in each moment, where to focus its attention. As it happens, the best thing to focus on is now, and although there are countless reasons why, these are the three most important ones:
1. Now is it the most incredible and momentous event of our lives.
2. Now is the only time and place joy lives.
3. Now is the only time and place we can discover how the mind really works, and thus, get it to work better.
Now starts with the simple sensation of our own breath flowing in through our noses, and down into our lungs. Watching this is where presence begins and where true meditation begins.
I can appreciate my student’s concern about reincarnation, and the idea that if it happens at a future time, then thinking about it would seem to constitute future thinking—a direct contradiction to the enterprise of staying present.
However—and this is at the heart of my response—Just because you know the rest of the staircase is there, doesn’t mean you ever walk more than one step at a time!
The subtler nuances of my response concern the idea of reincarnation itself, which may be conceived of in myriad ways.
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