Is Reincarnation A Reality?

Soul Sustenance — November 15, 2026

The idea of birth and rebirth raises many questions about who we are and the journey of life. What is the connection between the soul, its sanskars and the changing physical body? A deeper understanding awaits today

We are all spiritual beings or souls playing our respective roles through our respective bodies. We all feel ourselves spiritually when we think and visualize and act in different ways through our behaviour, based on our nature or sanskars. Also, its a commonly accepted reality that we change physical costumes or bodies from time to time and come in the cycle of birth and rebirth. This is called reincarnation. At the same time, there are many people in the world who do not believe in reincarnation and feel this is just an imagination and life is only a physical phenomenon and all thinking and visualizing is done by the brain and not the soul. They also believe that sanskars or nature are nothing but physical genes inherited from our parents, who give us birth and they are not carried by the soul.

Spirituality gives us the important learning that God is also a spiritual energy like us and He does not come in the cycle of birth and rebirth. He constantly stays in the soul world and only comes down once on Earth, when the world loses its spiritual energy and degrades in qualities. God fills the Earth and all souls who play their part on Earth with his spiritual qualities and uplifts the world again. He transforms the Iron Age or Kaliyug to the Golden Age or Satyug, which is also called Swarg or Heaven. God gives the knowledge of reincarnation when He comes down on Earth and reveals to us how souls play their roles through different physical costumes, from the beginning of the Golden Age to the end of the Iron Age and then again back to the Golden Age after God purifies the souls. This cycle from the Golden Age to the Iron Age repeats again and again.

Today's Learning

Today, let us look beyond the physical body and remember that we are spiritual souls. Reflecting on our thoughts, actions and sanskars helps us understand our deeper identity and journey.

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In Spiritual Service
Brahma Kumaris