WHAT IS REBIRTH?
Article about experiences of the Spirit World based upon the book "What to do when you are dead" by Craig Hamilton-Parker..
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Preparing for rebirth
The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep
Robert Frost (1874-1963)
 Your unfulfilled desire will draw you once again to the earth. Your heart holds a promise to yourself and to God to develop your spirituality. Your time spent in the afterlife has refreshed you and now gives you the vitality and enthusiasm you need to again journey the paths of life. The pull towards the earth is irresistible, just as the pull towards the afterlife was irresistible when you left your body. And just as you were guided towards death by your guardian angels, so they return now to guide you to your new earthly life.
A blueprint for your new life will unfold as your tendencies manifest and you recognize the needs of your soul. The path you plan may not be one of all joy. Your outline for the future will include opportunities for happiness, but also opportunities for suffering. Together with your guardians, you will look for the combination of qualities that will enable you to spiritually evolve. In addition, your future life will be designed to share a common destiny with the people from your group soul.
SPONTANEOUS REBIRTH
The above procedure sounds very complicated, but it is, in fact, a spontaneous process. The blueprint for your destiny is subject to natural law. The details manifest according to the karma to be actualized and the love you have for others. Love seeks itself. Because of this, the people you love incarnate along with you to continue and advance the story of your group soul. Similarly, the people you have had problems with in your past life may be drawn into your life again, so that the difficulties can be resolved and you learn the lesson of forgiveness. For example, a troublesome ex-partner may incarnate as one of your children.
 When the moment comes for you to be born, you will again be drawn into the light of the divine. Just as when you entered the afterlife you became aware of the greater purpose of your life and were asked if you were ready to die, now you are asked if you are ready to be born. This will happen on an abstract level that is impossible to describe. The closest simile is that you merge with the light and momentarily become one with God. You have free will, but will inevitably accept your new birth unconditionally. You will see that, suffering included, it is the right path to take--one that will bring you, eventually, to a happy completeness.
When you are ready, you will let go of all your memories of your previous life (the one you are living now as you read this book) and of your time in the afterlife. You will accept that this is necessary and understand that you will regain all of these memories when you return to the afterlife the next time you die. You will recognize that life is an ever-changing show, made up of different acts. With each art, incarnation, you are given another chance. By forgetting your previous lives, your baggage drops away from you. The slate is wiped clean. However, those with whom you have shared love in previous lifetimes will be drawn to you by the power of natural law so that your love can be perfected. Our memories of one another, however, are clouded for a time so that we do not become clannish, and are more easily able to expand our love to include new people, eventually realizing that all is one in love.
PLATO AND REBITH
 You will forget the universal knowledge before you return to the life of the body. One of the first stories about this comes from the ancient Greek philosopher Plato who, in The Republic, records the experiences of a soldier called Er, who was allowed to return from death. He is, perhaps, the first recorded case of a near-death experience.
Er describes how the souls who were allowed to return to earth had to first drink of the waters of the River of Forgetfulness. Some of them “who were not saved by good sense” drank too much. Er was fortunate enough to remember his visit to the afterlife as he awoke, on his funeral pyre just before it was to be set alight! It is interesting that, even in this early account, the forgetting is shown to be voluntary.
With your memory now gone, or greatly diminished, you return to the earth, tumbling again down the tunnel of light. Gradually, you lose consciousness and slip into a deep sleep-like state, ready to slowly awaken in the waters of your new mother's womb.
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