Chopra asserts, repeatedly, that the afterlife is a matter of personal choice and individual consciousness. Our life experiences influence our experience of life after death, which explains the variety of descriptions of near-death experiences.
The East as managed to live comfortably with reincarnation for several reasons. If the universe is constantly re-creating itselfl, we would be the only aspect that isn't involved, which doesn't make sense...
Perhaps it is not a question of belief, East versus West. Reincarnation may be a question of choice. Consciousness is useful. We shape it according to our desires. Rather than being the final word, denial of reincarnation by Christianity could be simply a collective choice. Having considered all the relevant factors, a large sector of humanity says, "I don't want to come back to this place," while another says, "I do." All we can say for certain is that Nature depends on the mechanism of rebirth.
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