ABOUT REINCARNATION

How Are Alleged Memories of Previous Lives Created in Children?

According to this view, the following events take place in children through the creation of false memories:

1. A young child falls asleep.

2. Alleged memories of previous lives are implanted in the child’s mind.

3. The child wakes up and begins to believe that he or she is actually someone else. For example, the child thinks: “In my previous life, I was another person. I died one day, and now I have been born again. I had another family, a wife, and three children. We lived in Bangkok.”

4. The child tells these stories to adults. The child does not believe that he or she is lying and may even identify the location of the former family home or provide other details. Some of this information is investigated and confirmed.

5. Some researchers and authors believe these accounts and subsequently publish books supporting the theory of reincarnation.

6. According to the Orthodox perspective being presented here, the deceptions of the devil lie behind these phenomena.

2 Corinthians 2:11

“So that we may not be outwitted by Satan, for we are not unaware of his schemes.”

The Alleged Creation of False Memories

The above method is presented as being similar to the appearance of unusual dreams. According to this interpretation, demons use young children because it is easier to convince people through them.

Adults are considered less suitable for such a purpose because they are more likely to question sudden memories of an alleged previous life. They have already lived for many years without having such memories, and if they suddenly began experiencing them, their story would be less convincing.

Furthermore, other people might question their claims and assume that they were lying.

In contrast, young children are considered by many to be innocent and naïve, while adults often believe that children are incapable of deliberately inventing such stories. The children themselves may also genuinely believe what they describe. Moreover, in some cases, the information they provide concerns real people and actual locations.

The Creation of False Memories in Adults

In reality, false memories can also be formed in the minds of adults.

For example, some people experience psychological problems and seek help from therapists. Some therapists use hypnosis as a therapeutic tool, attempting to explore the subconscious mind and identify possible past events that they believe may be connected to the patient’s psychological problems.

As part of this process, hypnosis is administered to the patient.

Hypnosis and meditation are presented here as similar states, with the difference being that meditation is performed by the individual, whereas hypnosis can be conducted with the assistance of another person.

According to this description, these states constitute transitional stages leading to a state of trance.

Trance is metaphorically described as a cinema in which three-dimensional images are projected and appear completely real. This is why it is symbolically called the “THEATRE OF DREAMS.”

What Happens to the Patient During This Process?

The patient enters this state and, according to the above description, begins to experience images and events as though personally participating in a motion picture.

The patient sees his or her own life through these images. The patient mentally returns to childhood and relives some of the most painful events of the past.

Once this is considered sufficient, the process turns back towards the present and comes to an end.

According to this interpretation, new, false, and painful memories have now been recorded in the patient’s mind. The trance ends, and the patient returns to the normal waking state, having previously experienced a condition somewhere between sleep and wakefulness.

The patient and the therapist are now faced with a new situation. The therapist could say:

“These memories did not previously exist in your subconscious mind. We recorded them during the trance. We introduced them into your mind, and now they have become a source of torment for you.”

The Orthodox Christian Position on Reincarnation

Christ conquered death not by liberating humanity from the body, but through the Resurrection, granting humanity the hope of eternal life and the incorruptibility of the body.

The doctrine of karma and reincarnation nullifies the mystery of salvation through Christ.

According to the Orthodox Christian faith, the whole human person, both soul and body, will stand before the Eternal Judge, not merely the soul alone.

Reincarnation, by diminishing the significance of the body and presenting it as something temporary that is abandoned in order for another life to follow, does not merely undermine the Christian hope in Christ; it also undermines the deeper meaning of divine worship and the Holy Eucharist.

And this raises a fundamental question:

What is the purpose of suffering in this life if a person does not even remember the mistakes of an alleged previous life? What benefit is there in undergoing this painful process if one is simply going to return to life again and repeat the same journey?

Η Μεταμόρφωση του Ιησού

 

Η Μεταμόρφωση του Ιησού

 

Ελληνικά (Greek)

Και μετὰ ἡμέρας παραλαμβάνει ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὸν Πέτρον καὶ Ἰάκωβον καὶ Ἰωάννην τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀναφέρει αὐτοὺς εἰς ὄρος ὑψηλὸν κατ' ἰδίαν·

καὶ μετεμορφώθη ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔλαμψεν τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ὡς ὁ ἥλιος, τὰ δὲ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο λευκὰ ὡς τὸ φῶς.

Καὶ ἰδοὺ ὤφθησαν αὐτοῖς Μωϋσῆς καὶ Ἠλίας μετ' αὐτοῦ συλλαλοῦντες.

Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Πέτρος εἶπε τῷ Ἰησοῦ· Κύριε, καλόν ἐστιν ἡμᾶς ὧδε εἶναι· εἰ θέλεις, ποιήσωμεν ὧδε τρεῖς σκηνάς, σοὶ μίαν καὶ Μωϋσεί μίαν καὶ μίαν Ἠλίᾳ.

Ἔτι αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος ἰδοὺ νεφέλη φωτεινὴ ἐπεσκίασεν αὐτούς, καὶ ἰδοὺ φωνὴ ἐκ τῆς νεφέλης λέγουσα· Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητός, ἐν ᾧ εὐδόκησα· αὐτοῦ ἀκούετε.

Καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ μαθηταὶ ἔπεσαν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτῶν καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν σφόδρα.

Καὶ προσῆλθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ ἁψάμενος αὐτῶν εἶπεν· Ἐγέρθητε καὶ μὴ φοβεῖσθε.

Ἐπάραντες δὲ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν οὐδένα εἶδον εἰ μὴ τὸν Ἰησοῦν μόνον.

Русский (Russian)

По спустя шесть дней, взял Иисус Петра, Иакова и Иоанна, брата его, и возвел их на гору высокую одних,

и преобразился перед ними: и просияло лице Его, как солнце, одежды же Его сделались белыми, как свет.

И вот, явились им Моисей и Илия, с Ним беседующие.

При этом Петр сказал Иисусу: Господи! хорошо нам здесь быть; если хочешь, сделаем здесь три палатки: Тебе одну, и Моисею одну, и одну Илии.

Когда он еще говорил, се, облако светлое осенило их; и се, глас из облака говорящий: Сей есть Сын Мой Возлюбленный, в Котором Мое благоволение; Его слушайте.

И, услышав, ученики пали на лица свои и очень испугались.

Но Иисус, приступив, коснулся их и сказал: встаньте и не бойтесь.

Возведя же очи свои, они никого не увидели, кроме одного Иисуса.

中文 - 简体 (Chinese)

过了六天，耶稣带着彼得、雅各和雅各的兄弟约翰，暗暗地上了高山，

就在他们面前变了形像，脸面明亮如日头，衣裳洁白如光。

忽然，有摩西和以利亚向他们显现，同耶稣说话。

彼得对耶稣说：“主啊，我们在这里真好！你若愿意，我就在这里搭三座棚：一座为你，一座为摩西，一座为以利亚。”

说话之间，有一朵光明的云彩遮盖他们，且有声音从云彩里出来说：“这是我的爱子，我所喜悦的，你们要听他！”

门徒听见，就俯伏在地，极其害怕。

耶稣进前来，摸他们说：“起来，不要害怕！”

他们举目观看，不见一人，只见耶稣在那里。

العربية (Arabic)

وَبَعْدَ سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ أَخَذَ يَسُوعُ بُطْرُسَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَيُوحَنَّا أَخَاهُ وَصَعِدَ بِهِمْ إِلَى جَبَلٍ عَالٍ مُنْفَرِدِينَ.

وَتَغَيَّرَتْ هَيْئَتُهُ قُدَّامَهُمْ، وَأَضَاءَ وَجْهُهُ كَالشَّمْسِ، وَصَارَتْ ثِيَابُهُ بَيْضَاءَ كَالنُّورِ.

وَإِذَا مُوسَى وَإِيلِيَّا قَدْ ظَهَرَا لَهُمْ يَتَكَلَّمَانِ مَعَهُ.

فَأَجَابَ بُطْرُسُ وَقَالَ لِيَسُوعَ: «يَا رَبُّ، جَيِّدٌ أَنَّنَا هَاهُنَا! فَإِنْ شِئْتَ، فَلْنَصْنَعْ هَاهُنَا ثَلاثَةَ مَظَالَّ: لَكَ وَاحِدَةٌ، وَلِمُوسَى وَاحِدَةٌ، وَلِإِيلِيَّا وَاحِدَةٌ».

وَفِيمَا هُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ إِذَا سَحَابَةٌ نَيِّرَةٌ ظَلَّلَتْهُمْ، وَصَوْتٌ مِنَ السَّحَابَةِ قَائِلاً: «هَذَا هُوَ ابْنِي الْحَبِيبُ الَّذِي بِهِ سُرِرْتُ. لَهُ اسْمَعُوا».

وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ التَّلامِيذُ سَقَطُوا عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ وَخَافُوا جِدّاً.

فَجَاءَ يَسُوعُ وَلَمَسَهُمْ وَقَالَ: «قُومُوا وَلا تَخَافُوا».

فَرَفَعُوا أَعْيُنَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَحَداً إِلا يَسُوعَ وَحْدَهُ.

Morfou Neophytos

 

Morfou Neophytos 

 

"A few days ago, a demon came—which I know exists—and confessed. He was uneasy; he didn't have his wits about him. This person hears the demon inside him, but when we read to him with a few priests here, ooh! He had a terrifying seizure and an apocalyptic demon, telling him things we did 50 years ago, confessing them. While we were talking—this is an apparition—the devil ridiculed me, saying to the devil, 'Don't pity him, don't give him rights.' And the priests say, 'He is to be pitied; if we give him rights, it becomes a whirlwind among us, but if we feel it, we press and erase it with the name of Christ.' And immediately the demon inside him rose up and said, 'Shut up! Wait for us to speak with the neophyte who is going to die and come to the Telonia.' You hear? 'Shut up, you cartographer!' 'Am I to be pitied?' he says. You know that many theologians and clergy doubt the Telonia? So, to me, the demon told me—when I got the chills, I remember, when he said that I am to be pitied, and told me not to wait for you at the Telonia to show you how pitied you are... Peter... that I am afraid. My mother is at the Telonia, my grandmother is there, Saint Euphemia is there, Saint James is there. Wow! Listen to the name James, and write a letter: 'The pastor is canceling our sins.' Hm? So, when we have such experiences of such holy fathers and holy mothers, is it possible for me to square the circle? Sixty years old, what am I? I am near death! But from the moment the Holy Spirit of the Holy and Mary of Parthenou glorifies the great name of the theologically... 'God became perfect and a perfect man'... I have eternal life!"

Translation below: Learn the truth about what will happen

 

Translation below: Learn the truth about what will happen

https://vimeo.com/1240098257 

• 0:00 - 0:25: On the tomb of Constantine the Great, very useful prophecies were found, both regarding the kingdom of the Turks and its end. An explanation regarding the kingdom of John the Logothete and the Synod of Florence by the very wise Patriarch Gennadius, who was simultaneously a monk and an interpreter of kings. They reached us through the tribulation of time and human hands.
• 0:25 - 0:34: The first of the indications of the kingdom of Ishmael, meaning Turkey, the upcoming Muhammad, is about to interpret the prophecies of John the Logothete.
• 0:34 - 0:42: He will rule Constantinople; he will reign in the end. Many nations will be ruled, and the islands will be at peace until the fair Pontus.
• 0:42 - 0:47: He will understand the eighth indication in the Peloponnese and will abolish it.
• 0:47 - 0:56: The ninth indication is about to campaign in the northern parts. The tenth indication will be defeated and will return after years to the Dalmatians.
• 0:56 - 1:09: And he will make a great war with the result of a temporary slaughter. The slaughter and the cities and the leaves, along with the experiences of sea and dry wars, will accompany and track Ishmael.
• 1:09 - 1:46: The offspring of these will reign shortly, the seventh generation, if they raise a few; the slaughter and the cities and the leaves along with the experiences of sea and dry wars will end and track Ishmael. The offspring of this will reign shortly, a few, the seventh generation, but after the actors of all of Ishmael's troops, Constantinople, they will spare after the promises. Then, wars will be raised, bloody until the fifth hour.
• 1:46 - 2:08: And a third voice: "Stand, stand, stand, with fear, repent." Many wise men among the right-handed men will be found young, miraculous, and Roman. All these, the despot, a friend of mine, exist, and these are being fulfilled to my will.
• 2:08 - 2:20: This prophecy exists in the manuscript of the Holy Monastery of Koutloumousiou. Summary of the facts: Summarizing the facts of this prophecy, we observe that prophecies predict the event 17 whole centuries.
• 2:20 - 2:32: 1st. Acme and expansion of the Turkish state. 2nd. Fall of Constantinople to the Turks. 3rd. Manner of conquest and 300 Turks, the Northern peoples of Constantinople.
• 2:32 - 2:44: 4th. The first defeat of the Turks by the Northern peoples, Vienna, meaning 1683. 5th. The defeat of the Turks by the Greeks and the other Balkan peoples during the Balkan Wars 1912-1914.
• 2:44 - 2:58: 6th. The rise and acme again of the Turks during a short time span from the era of Kemal Atatürk until our days.
• 2:58 - 3:10: 7th. Destruction and dismantling of Turkey by Russia and its allies. 8th. The terrible bitter and blood-soaked war inside Constantinople. 9th. Cessation of war under an angel.
• 3:10 - 3:23: 10th. The establishment of a King who will be accepted by God Himself and will be completely illuminated in the will of the Holy God. 

 ΓΙΑΤΙ Η ΜΕΤΕΝΣΑΡΚΩΣΗ ΔΕΝ ΣΥΜΒΙΒΑΖΕΤΑΙ ΜΕ ΤΗΝ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΗ ΧΡΙΣΤΙΑΝΙΚΗ ΠΙΣΤΗ

WHY REINCARNATION IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY

ПОЧЕМУ РЕИНКАРНАЦИЯ НЕСОВМЕСТИМА С ПРАВОСЛАВНЫМ ХРИСТИАНСТВОМ

🇬🇷 ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ

1. Η Μεταμόρφωση του Χριστού: Μια μαρτυρία ενάντια στη μετενσάρκωση

Όταν ο Κύριός μας Ιησούς Χριστός ανέβηκε στο όρος μαζί με τους τρεις μαθητές Του, τον Πέτρο, τον Ιάκωβο και τον Ιωάννη, τους αποκάλυψε τη θεία Του δόξα. Εκεί εμφανίστηκαν ο Μωυσής και ο προφήτης Ηλίας, συνομιλώντας μαζί Του (Ματθαίος 17:1–9· Λουκάς 9:28–36).

Ο Μωυσής είχε πεθάνει αιώνες πριν από τη Γέννηση του Χριστού, ενώ ο Ηλίας είχε αναληφθεί στους ουρανούς με πύρινο άρμα (Δ΄ Βασιλειών 2:11). Και όμως, εμφανίστηκαν ως συγκεκριμένα πρόσωπα, διατηρώντας την προσωπική τους ταυτότητα.

Η Μεταμόρφωση αποκαλύπτει τη δόξα του Χριστού και φανερώνει ότι ο θάνατος δεν εξαφανίζει την προσωπική ταυτότητα του ανθρώπου. Ο Μωυσής δεν εμφανίστηκε ως κάποιος άλλος άνθρωπος που είχε γεννηθεί σε μια νέα ζωή. Εμφανίστηκε ως ο ίδιος ο Μωυσής.

Η Ορθόδοξη Εκκλησία διδάσκει ότι ο άνθρωπος δεν προορίζεται να περιπλανιέται μέσα σε ατελείωτους κύκλους διαδοχικών ενσαρκώσεων. Η χριστιανική ελπίδα δεν είναι η επανειλημμένη γέννηση σε διαφορετικά σώματα, αλλά η ανάσταση των νεκρών και η αιώνια ζωή εν Χριστώ.

2. Το κάρμα και η μετενσάρκωση απέναντι στην Ανάσταση

Η Ανάσταση του Χριστού αποτελεί το θεμέλιο της χριστιανικής πίστεως. Ο Χριστός νίκησε τον θάνατο όχι καταργώντας το σώμα, αλλά ανοίγοντας τον δρόμο για την ανάσταση και την αφθαρσία ολόκληρου του ανθρώπου.

Ο Απόστολος Παύλος διακηρύσσει:

«Εἰ δὲ Χριστὸς οὐκ ἐγήγερται, ματαία ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν» (Α΄ Κορινθίους 15:17).

Η χριστιανική ελπίδα δεν βασίζεται στην απόδραση της ψυχής από το σώμα. Βασίζεται στη μεταμόρφωση και την αποκατάσταση του ανθρώπου διά της δυνάμεως του Θεού.

Οι αντιλήψεις περί κάρμα και μετενσάρκωσης, όπως συναντώνται σε διάφορες θρησκευτικές και φιλοσοφικές παραδόσεις, διαφέρουν ουσιαστικά από την ορθόδοξη διδασκαλία. Η σωτηρία δεν είναι αποτέλεσμα ενός απρόσωπου κοσμικού μηχανισμού ανταπόδοσης ούτε μιας ατελείωτης σειράς γεννήσεων. Είναι δωρεά της χάριτος του Θεού διά του Ιησού Χριστού.

Εάν ο άνθρωπος γεννιόταν ξανά και ξανά σε διαφορετικά σώματα χωρίς να θυμάται τις προηγούμενες ζωές του, πώς θα μπορούσε να γνωρίζει τις υποτιθέμενες προηγούμενες πράξεις του και να κατανοεί την προσωπική του ευθύνη γι’ αυτές;

Η Ορθοδοξία δεν διδάσκει ότι το σώμα είναι μια φυλακή από την οποία πρέπει να απελευθερωθούμε. Το σώμα είναι δημιούργημα του Θεού και προορίζεται να συμμετάσχει στην αιώνια ζωή μέσω της Αναστάσεως. Γι’ αυτό η Θεία Ευχαριστία, η προσδοκία της αναστάσεως και η τελική κρίση έχουν κεντρική θέση στη χριστιανική πίστη.

Στη Δευτέρα Παρουσία, ο Θεός θα κρίνει τον ίδιο τον άνθρωπο που έζησε, αγάπησε, αμάρτησε, μετανόησε και αναζήτησε τη σωτηρία. Η χριστιανική πίστη διακηρύσσει την ανάσταση των νεκρών και όχι την ατέρμονη μετενσάρκωση.

3. Η ύπνωση και ο πνευματικός κίνδυνος της πλάνης

Από ορθόδοξη πνευματική σκοπιά, οι ασυνήθιστες εμπειρίες κατά την ύπνωση δεν πρέπει να θεωρούνται αυτομάτως αποκαλύψεις της αλήθειας ή αποδείξεις προηγούμενων ζωών.

Η ύπνωση μπορεί να επηρεάσει την αντίληψη, τη φαντασία και τη μνήμη. Η υποβολή και οι ψευδείς αναμνήσεις μπορούν να δημιουργήσουν εμπειρίες που φαίνονται αληθινές, χωρίς να ανταποκρίνονται σε πραγματικά γεγονότα.

Η Ορθόδοξη Εκκλησία προειδοποιεί για την πνευματική πλάνη και καλεί τους πιστούς να εξετάζουν με διάκριση κάθε ισχυρισμό περί υπερφυσικών εμπειριών. Ορισμένοι πιστοί μπορεί να ερμηνεύουν τέτοιες εμπειρίες ως πιθανή πνευματική εξαπάτηση. Ωστόσο, δεν υπάρχει επιστημονική απόδειξη ότι δαίμονες παρεμβαίνουν στο υποσυνείδητο κατά την ύπνωση.

Η αλήθεια της χριστιανικής πίστεως δεν χρειάζεται υπνωτικές αναδρομές ή τεχνητές αναμνήσεις για να επιβεβαιωθεί. Η ελπίδα μας βρίσκεται στον Χριστό, στη νίκη Του κατά του θανάτου και στην υπόσχεση της Αναστάσεως.

Δεν περιμένουμε να ξαναγεννηθούμε σε μια άλλη επίγεια ζωή. Περιμένουμε την ανάσταση των νεκρών και τη ζωή του μέλλοντος αιώνος.

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1. The Transfiguration of Christ: A Witness Against Reincarnation

When our Lord Jesus Christ ascended the mountain with His three disciples—Peter, James, and John—He revealed His divine glory to them. Moses and the Prophet Elijah appeared before them, speaking with Christ (Matthew 17:1–9; Luke 9:28–36).

Moses had died centuries before the birth of Christ, whereas Elijah had been taken up into heaven in a whirlwind (2 Kings 2:11). Yet both appeared as distinct persons, retaining their personal identities.

The Transfiguration reveals the glory of Christ and demonstrates that death does not erase a person’s identity. Moses did not appear as someone else who had been born into a new life. He appeared as Moses himself.

The Orthodox Church teaches that human beings are not destined to wander through endless cycles of successive incarnations. The Christian hope is not repeated rebirth into different bodies, but the resurrection of the dead and eternal life in Christ.

2. Karma and Reincarnation Versus the Resurrection

The Resurrection of Christ is the foundation of the Christian faith. Christ conquered death not by abolishing the body, but by opening the way to the resurrection and incorruptibility of the whole human person.

The Apostle Paul declares:

“And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain” (1 Corinthians 15:17, KJV).

Christian hope is not based on the soul escaping from the body. It rests upon the transformation and restoration of the human person through the power of God.

The concepts of karma and reincarnation, as understood in various religious and philosophical traditions, differ fundamentally from Orthodox Christian teaching. Salvation is not the result of an impersonal cosmic mechanism of reward and punishment, nor is it achieved through an endless succession of births. It is a gift of God’s grace through Jesus Christ.

If a person were born again and again into different bodies without remembering previous lives, how could that person know the supposed actions of those lives and understand personal responsibility for them?

Orthodoxy does not teach that the body is a prison from which we must escape. The body is God’s creation and is destined to participate in eternal life through the Resurrection. This is why the Divine Eucharist, the expectation of the resurrection, and the Last Judgment occupy a central place in the Christian faith.

At the Second Coming of Christ, God will judge the very person who lived, loved, sinned, repented, and sought salvation. Christianity proclaims the resurrection of the dead, not an endless cycle of reincarnation.

3. Hypnosis and the Spiritual Danger of Deception

From an Orthodox spiritual perspective, unusual experiences during hypnosis should not automatically be regarded as revelations of truth or evidence of previous lives.

Hypnosis can influence perception, imagination, and memory. Suggestion and false memories can create experiences that feel real without corresponding to actual events.

The Orthodox Church warns against spiritual deception and calls believers to exercise discernment when evaluating claims of supernatural experiences. Some believers may interpret such experiences as possible spiritual deception. However, there is no scientific evidence that demons intervene in the subconscious mind during hypnosis.

The truth of the Christian faith does not require hypnotic regression or artificial memories to be established. Our hope rests in Christ, His victory over death, and His promise of the Resurrection.

We do not await another earthly rebirth. We await the resurrection of the dead and the life of the age to come.

🇷🇺 РУССКИЙ

1. Преображение Христа: свидетельство против реинкарнации

Когда Господь наш Иисус Христос взошёл на гору со Своими тремя учениками — Петром, Иаковом и Иоанном, — Он открыл им Свою Божественную славу. Перед ними явились Моисей и пророк Илия, беседовавшие со Христом (Мф. 17:1–9; Лк. 9:28–36).

Моисей умер за много столетий до Рождества Христова, тогда как Илия был взят на небо в вихре (4 Цар. 2:11). И всё же оба явились как конкретные личности, сохранившие свою личную идентичность.

Преображение открывает славу Христа и показывает, что смерть не уничтожает личность человека. Моисей явился не как другой человек, родившийся в новой жизни, а как сам Моисей.

Православная Церковь учит, что человек не предназначен для бесконечного странствия по кругу последовательных воплощений. Христианская надежда заключается не в многократном рождении в разных телах, а в воскресении мёртвых и вечной жизни во Христе.

2. Карма и реинкарнация в свете Воскресения

Воскресение Христа является основанием христианской веры. Христос победил смерть не посредством упразднения тела, а открыв путь к воскресению и нетлению всего человеческого существа.

Апостол Павел провозглашает:

«А если Христос не воскрес, то вера ваша тщетна» (1 Кор. 15:17).

Христианская надежда основана не на освобождении души от тела, а на преображении и восстановлении человека силой Божией.

Представления о карме и реинкарнации, существующие в различных религиозных и философских традициях, принципиально отличаются от православного христианского учения. Спасение не является результатом безличного космического механизма воздаяния или бесконечной череды рождений. Это дар благодати Божией через Иисуса Христа.

Если человек снова и снова рождался бы в разных телах, не помня своих предыдущих жизней, как он мог бы знать о предполагаемых поступках этих жизней и осознавать личную ответственность за них?

Православие не учит, что тело является тюрьмой, из которой необходимо бежать. Тело — творение Божие, которому предназначено участвовать в вечной жизни через воскресение. Именно поэтому Божественная Евхаристия, ожидание воскресения и Страшный суд занимают центральное место в христианской вере.

Во время Второго пришествия Христос будет судить именно ту личность, которая жила, любила, грешила, каялась и искала спасения. Христианство возвещает воскресение мёртвых, а не бесконечный круг перевоплощений.

3. Гипноз и духовная опасность заблуждения

С православной духовной точки зрения необычные переживания во время гипноза не следует автоматически считать откровением истины или доказательством существования прошлых жизней.

Гипноз может влиять на восприятие, воображение и память. Внушение и ложные воспоминания способны создавать переживания, которые кажутся реальными, хотя они могут не соответствовать действительным событиям.

Православная Церковь предостерегает от духовного заблуждения и призывает верующих с рассуждением относиться к утверждениям о сверхъестественных переживаниях. Некоторые верующие могут истолковывать подобные переживания как возможный духовный обман. Однако научных доказательств того, что демоны вмешиваются в подсознание человека во время гипноза, нет.

Истина христианской веры не нуждается в гипнотическом погружении в предполагаемые прошлые жизни или искусственно созданных воспоминаниях. Наша надежда — во Христе, в Его победе над смертью и в Его обещании воскресения.

Мы ожидаем не нового земного рождения, а воскресения мёртвых и жизни будущего века.