OMG LOL

Hacker-speak aside, that is a poignant and relevant reply. Just as all of you assert your beliefs, I will not assert mine.

I don't care from where we came.

For all we know, we are the children of aliens who visited the earth. Perhaps we all originated from space dust from Mars via a cometary impact. It doesn't matter. We're here now and origins only interest those who don't live in the moment and prefer intellectual masturbation.

Myself, I believe in the spirituality spoken of in "Autobiography of a Yogi" by Paramahansa Yogananda (family name Mukundo Ghosh). I assume this is the base belief of Hinduism but know little more. There are three planes of existence; Physical, Astral, and Causal.

One exists in the physical plane and continues the cycle of life / death / your soul translates to the astral plane / reincarnation until all physical desires are exhausted. When one moves to the Astral Plane for the majority of "life", they cycle between astral / causal in the same manner until all higher desires are fulfilled. One then moves to the Causal plane and subsists there. Souls there eventually evolve and move to total union with god.

It's a nice trinity. Reincarnation was an integral part of christianity until the Council of Nicea when the church leaders felt that people would be easier to manipulate if they didn't think they'd have more chances to evolve. If they must do it all in this life, they would more easily follow the Church as a controlling force.

It's all about control and political power to the asses in the Church.