Okay, it’s tough enough for those of us that are drawn to reincarnation to garner any credibility among the general populace, but The Reincarnation Bank makes the idea of a soul reincarnating even more preposterous. It’s a bank that allows you to deposit money so that you can withdraw it in another lifetime. I can’t believe this is for real.
I just posted a comment on www.waycooldogs.com regarding dogs reincarnating. Can a dog come back in another life, and will it come back to its current owner? According to the website, many pet owners hope this is the case.
This reminds me of A.S. King’s novel, The Dust of 100 Dogs, which follows a woman who incarnates 100 times as a dog before reincarnating as a woman again in modern times. She remembers her previous incarnations not only as a dog, but also as a pirate in the 1600s who buried her treasure in the Caribbean. The story weaves between both womens worlds, as we wait to see if the treasure will be found over 400 years later.
Even if you did have past-life (now future life) recall putting your money into the reincarnation bank, proving that it’s yours is another story. Even more challenging, like the woman in The Dust of 100 Dogs, the heroine had to wait until she was old enough to travel by herself to get to the Caribbean, and then get to the spot where she’d buried the goods. What if you reincarnate into an impoverished part of the world, and at age five remember, “I’ve got me a big old hunking wad of cash in that bank in Gibraltar” how exactly would you get it?
The whole idea of a reincarnation bank just gives skeptics more ammunition to make those of us who have past-life recall seem like buffoons. Even though I know my soul has been here before, I won’t be depositing any money into a reincarnation bank. Not in this lifetime.