Despite the recent gloomy weather it is so heart warming to see the green shoots of Spring. I’ve been driving past fields of bouncy lambs for a few days now and it lifts the spirits to see them. It has been beautiful in Ringwood today, temperatures of over 20° and lovely warm sunshine.
Of course, in Buddhist terms, Spring is the first chapter in the year’s Wheel of Life. The reincarnation of nature, following the apparent demise of trees, flowers and shrubs over the Winter months.
As sure as day will follow night and Spring will follow Winter, our rebirth follows the death of our earthly bodies. Exactly the same way that plants use Winter to build their reserves for the Spring, we use death to recharge our souls ready for rebirth.
It is a time of lengthening days, warmer sunshine and the emergence of banks of daffodils and other Spring flowers. In fact the clock go forward this weekend, so we can look forward to the nice long evenings again.
The Wheel of Life continues to turn, today, tomorrow and for Eternity.
The Search For Enlightenment 
Mar 28, 2012 @ 16:39:35
Hi Anupadin. Thanks for your blog, I am enjoying it very much so far. I recently started struggling with the concept of reincarnation, which I’ve posted about in my blog. I have always felt this idea of renewed and recycled life to be true, true for eternity. And yet, I realized not long ago that believing in something beyond what is here and now, beyond what I am experiencing this very moment, may not be beneficial to me. And I have no way of knowing what comes after this life and no way of knowing if there is, in fact, a rebirth in store for me, and perhaps this idea is simply another something that I need to let go of. What are your thoughts?
Mar 29, 2012 @ 19:29:57
Whilst everyone has to decide for themselves, I believe in reincarnation because it seems to answer a lot more questions than it raises. What is the purpose of life: to get closer to enlightenment with each turn of the wheel. What happens after we die: we rest for a while, we call that part death, then when rejuvenated we are reborn and continue our lessons for life. I could go on and on, but I think you should think long and hard before letting go to such a basic belief. However, whatever you choose, you should not rush the decision, take time to weight up the pros and cons nnd even ask yourself why you feel you should let this go.
Anupadin