August 11, 2018
“Many Taoists believe that the vast majority of human beings do not have the capacity to reincarnate intact. They believe that when a soul dies, its consciousness breaks up and later combines with parts of other fragmented souls, thereby reincarnating as a mosaic soul. The idea is also represented in other traditions, especially shamanic ones, where it’s held that a human’s body can be composed from different past lives of various entities. Thus, some Taoists believe that the human desire to become integrated is based on a literal need.”