Article by Talat Afroze 22 September 2026

Is it not ironic that when we enter old age (> 60 years of age) after having assimilated all of the experiences of navigating this world, learning about various shades of human relationships through physical and mental cost as we go through the developmental stages of childhood, youth, middle age, and old age, and are beginning to finally understand this planet, the unseen forces modulating all of our lives, the people dwelling on Earth, and the human predicament confronting all of us when at that specific stage we go through mental decline and eventual death?

Why is the soul forced to reincarnate after all memory of prior experiences has been deleted, except in about 1,500 documented rare cases where this memory was retained for a few years in 5- to 7-year-old children as researched and reported by Dr Ian Stevenson (Personality Disorders Chair, Psychology Department, University of Virginia, USA; see his book on Amazon, “Children who remember previous lives”).

Is Earth a prison planet where the soul is repeatedly trapped into various bodies with specific mental and physical abilities and handicaps to face unique challenges and hardships in cycles of reincarnation? Is the soul condemned to repeat this reincarnative experience again and again so as to prepare it for a Great War that is coming in the Future? Are human souls the Gladiators of the Cosmos?
سبق پھر پڑھ صداقت کا عدالت کا شجاعت کا ۔ ۔ ۔ ۔ ۔ ۔ ۔ ۔ ۔ ۔ ۔ ۔ ۔ ۔ ۔ ۔
لیا جائے گا تجھ سے کام دنیا کی امامت کا۔ علامہ محمد اقبال۔