"The Flow of Consciousness Part II"


Chapter 9.
Reincarnation

 

There are people who believe in reincarnation and others who do not, but it does exist. Human beings reincarnate, existing through continuous cycles of being born, living, and dying. Of course, no matter how many times we have reincarnated, the essence of humans never changes. This essence is their consciousness.

When a consciousness obtains a physical body, this is commonly known as birth. And leaving the body behind is known as death. The only difference between life and death is whether or not one has a physical body. Of course, having a physical body or being born has an important meaning. This is because having a physical body is the only opportunity one has to correct oneself. The history of reincarnation is that people are continuously reborn for a chance to correct themselves, but have resulted in not only failing to correct themselves, but creating more wounds and mistakes.

At this point our reincarnation has been a continuous cycle of failure. We have stacked our failed results sky high. Even if one had made a name for one's self, left his or her mark on history, the world to which they returned after leaving their body was always a dark one. No human being that existed in the past has ever discovered their true Self within the timeframe of having a physical body to the time of leaving it. Even with rigorous spiritual training, even with meditating throughout the day as well as throughout our lives, we were unable to find and learn about the truth. We were never able to meet our true Selves.

Why is it that I can say this with such certainty? I can, because I am basing my foundation in the invisible world, which is the true world. I am certain because the basis of my belief is not in the physical world. Regardless of whether someone is a well-known monk, priest, or considered enlightened, I do not look at them as their physical identities, but turn my thoughts toward the condition of their consciousness. If I feel a person's world or condition of their consciousness, the answers come to me very easily. Even those who believe in rebirth after death, and even those who sensed this in their hearts, never reached the point of knowing that their lives were infinite and eternal, and that their infinite selves were their true Selves.

We only repeat the cycle of being born, and then leave our bodies—at various times we believed that we had found what must be the truth, and yet never even nearing the core of our identities. All those numerous lives are all you, one and the same. You have been born in various eras, locations, and with a variety of physical identities, but, internally, you were always the same. You result in wrapping your false, superficial identities around your true Self, your core, with each reincarnation, or new life.

I am communicating to you in this life; please discard those superficial selves that you have layered around yourself. I have been communicating to you that "it is your job in your life to unravel and discard those false selves. I have been urging you to, please, stop wrapping more layers around yourself." Our time within our physical selves has a limit. I believe I have spent all of my energy trying to communicate to people what it is they must prioritize and do within their limited time. I have only the wish for people to realize how joyful it is to find one's true Self during one's limited physical lifetime, and to be able to revive that happiness in themselves.

Of course, in order to find one's true existence, you must follow the steps outlined earlier and be earnest and sincere without feeling rushed, without giving up.

"Please use this lifetime to study and learn from the mistakes you've made through your various past reincarnations. We are being given this opportunity to meet in this life for the purpose of you to learn." Can you feel this message in your heart?

In this message, what and who do you think is being referred to by meeting together in this lifetime?

Because Kayo Shiokawa felt the joy of finally reaching her true Self, I felt her heart say "Human beings have all been living in a cycle of mistakes. We need to get out of that cycle. Because we've been in a cycle of mistakes, our reincarnations become painful. And, we come to believe that finding a way to escape from that pain will be our road to happiness, further repeating the same mistake. Certainly, those innumerable reincarnations that have been cycles of mistakes were a continuum of failures. However, from the very moment you leap out from that cycle, those failed reincarnations become something positive. Those innumerable reincarnations were a joy. It is because of those reincarnations that I've been able to connect myself to who I am today."