Maria Sigrid Ibarra has exceptional memory. She's already an achiever at such a young age, which is why she's sent to study at a prestigious Atlas University.
During her first stay at the university, she received an anonymous threat to leave the pl...
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"MAYROON bang naniniwala sa inyo na kapag namatay tayo ay muli tayong mabubuhay?"
Natatandaan ko pa rin nang minsang mag-lecture si Memo sa amin noong nasa Atlas University pa kami tungkol sa bagay na 'yon. Sinimulan niya ang diskusyon sa isang tanong, isang tanong na hindi ko sukat akalain na may kinalaman sa katotohanan tungkol sa aming totoong pagkatao.
"You mean... Reincarnation?"
"Yes, Sigrid."
"I don't think na totoo 'yon, where is the proof that I already lived before?" naalala ko pa rin ang naging tanong noon ni Annie. Lahat kami noong mga sandaling 'yon ay napakunot dahil hindi kami naniniwala sa ganoong bagay, lalo na ako, dahil ang doktrinang kinalakihan ko'y sinasabing mayroon lamang tayong isang buhay at kapag namatay tayo'y sa langit o impyerno lamang maaaring mapunta ang ating kaluluwa.
Naglabas noon si Memo ng isang lumang libro at binasa ang isang taludtod.
"Worn-out garments are shed by the body; Worn-out bodies are shed by the dweller within the body. New bodies are donned by the dweller, like garments." Sinara niya ang libro, itinaas ito at ipinakita sa amin. Nakasulat iyon sa Hindu at may Ingles na translation sa ibaba, natatandaan ko pa rin ang pamagat ng librong 'yon, Bhagavad Gita.
"Just like what yhe Bhagavad Gita stated, according to Hinduism, the soul is immortal while the body is subject to birth and death." Noong mga oras na 'yon ay hindi ko nakuha kung anong punto ni Memo kung bakit niya 'yon itinuturo sa amin.
Muling may binasa si Memo na scripture mula sa librong hawak, "For the soul, there is neither birth nor death at any time. He has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain."
Walang kumibo sa amin noon at tanging paghilik ni Kero ang naririnig, naglakad-lakad si Memo habang nakalagay ang kamay sa likuran at sinabi, "What do you think about Reincarnation?"
"Pero Memo, the world has different cultures, and so the Hindus have their own," Rare said. "In Western civilization, they never practiced such a thing because their holy book told them so."
"Oh, the Holy Bible," Memo murmured. "Well, tama ka, Rare. Unfortunately, Christianity and Judaism never allowed it. But the evidence on Biblical scriptures is there to prove Reincarnation."
"What?"
"Him that overcomes will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out, it's from the Book of Revelation chapter 3 verse 12," nagulat kaming lahat nang banggitin ni Memo ang verse na 'yon na walang kahit anong binabasa. This man is insane; I thought before. "The statement, 'he shall go no more out,' suggests that the norm, that is the usual expectation, is to go out repeatedly. These repeated goings out stop only for those who have overcome, have conquered all sins, have passed the Last Judgment, and have gained full spiritual maturity."
