Not in the traditional sense. Jesus (2017) Free Download. My feeling is that I have lived many different lives within this lifetime. I've also observed that each new incarnation came about after a period of intense physical and/or emotional pain.
In other words, just like childbirth, it hurts to be born. A lot of crying happens. Death, illness, poverty, divorce, giving up a dream, waking up from a dream, getting fired, divorce again, substance abuse, being publicly ridiculed by a former friend - all these things have led to rebirth. To new lives. The Buddha taught that change and impermanence is a fundamental fact of existence. He further pointed out that this fact made suffering inevitable. He didn't mention that sometimes, after the pain is gone, you open your eyes to a life beyond your wildest dreams. That's what happened to me.
But I know that this too shall pass. There's a cosmic uterus up ahead, I just can't see it yet.
Get the latest health news, diet & fitness information, medical research, health care trends and health issues that affect you and your family on ABCNews.com. In 1999, Rosaria Champagne Butterfield was a tenured English professor at Syracuse University, a skeptic of all things Christianity, and in a committed lesbian.