Great Deception Poem by Daniel Trevelyn Joseph

To think that all life is same,
And that when one living creature
Dies, it passes on to another in body
Of different name or type, it is said:

“The self slays not nor is slain
It is not slain when the body is slain,
It is even as a person casts off
Worn-out clothes and puts on new”.

This lays the basis for reincarnation,
And minimizes the importance
Of life herenow: cannot prove or see
Like the emperor’s new clothes.

One falls into the same pit if one denies it
Completely, for I cannot prove it; but to make it
Appear life is eternal, ever-renewing
Across births might be a complete hoax.

To believe in re-birth means one is taking life
Or self to be a thing, material and measurable:
The ordinary men and women pretend to believe in Gita
But actually live as if there is only this life available!