The vast majority of religions believe in reincarnation or rebirth which states that the soul or spirit survives physical death and later, after a period of rest and revision, reenters another form or body.

Even Christianity originally taught this precept, but it was later removed or changed to suit the agendas of the then ruling powers. Fortunately, not all the verses referring to or implying reincarnation were deleted from the bible. The most famous is the public inquiry as to whether John the Baptist was the incarnation of Elijah.

The two oldest and most populous countries, India and China, believe in some form of reincarnation. Muslims and Buddhists alike believe that the soul can progess or regress into a higher or lower caste or form depending on the actions taken during this present life. This makes reincarnation a deterrent for evil and crime in these nations, which is a good thing.

Basically, we start off as blank spirits, angels, souls, or balls of energies, microscopic in size, and working our way up through the various kingdoms of nature. You may have begun as a particle of light or air or as a drop of water or grain of sand, and later progressed to become a ray of light, a wind or breeze, a pond or lake, or a rock or hill, and then to larger things still. Being absorbed, breathed, drunk, or used as construction material, provided the impetus to seek greater freedom in the plant kingdom.

Your graduation from the mineral to the plant kingdom was a huge step in both mobility and conciousness or sensitivity. From a simple blade of grass, to a flower, to a great tree, you experienced new and unfolding realities of being. You were now always above ground, though still stationed or fixed in one spot. Being eaten, picked, cut, or tread upon, instigated the necessary crisis to push you on to the greater independance of the animal kingdom.

In the animal kingdom you acquired the distinct advantage of total MOBILITY whether on land, in the sea, or in the air. From the most basic animal forms such as parasites and insects, you went on to lives as reptiles, amphibians, fishes, birds, and small rodent animals. The great lesson here was SURVIVAL. You then went on to live as larger mammals and finally as a human.

All of these forms did not evolve into one another, rather, they were created individually to accomodate a growing conciousness and sensitivity. It must be understood that spirit always seeks a more complex or refined physical vehicle in which to express through, and a new human body better than the one we have now, will no doubt be created for those whose conciousness and sensitivity has grown beyond the confines of our present body. The same can be said for the planet or house we live in, and even the bible says we will one day have new bodies and a new Earth.

There are many different kinds of souls in human bodies today. Some have just come over from the animal kingdom(those who were pets or had frequent human interaction), while others are ready to move on to whatever higher kingdom awaits us(those who have awakened to their higher selves). The rest are inbetween, content to stay in their bodies as they are. I have heard or read that humans can become moons or planets, and that planets can become suns, and so on. This leads to the idea that there is one huge overall conciousness or sentience that ensouls the entirety of the physical creation(the god of all gods) and that this is everyone's final destiny or reincarnation. It is where we started and where we will end, and then start over again(a circle or spiral).