I Was Born for the Seventh Time

Have you ever been somewhere you have never been and thought "I have been here before".  That happens to me a lot, its weird.  So what happens when you die?  Do you arbitrarily go to hell or heaven depending on what God decides?  Do you cease to exist in both body and soul?  Another possibility is you could be reincarnated.  The problem is you will have to die to find out which of these paths you take.  People who have come close to death or have been dead a few minutes and brought back say they see a bright light and feel comforted.  Is that just your brain in the process of shutting down or is the entrance to another existence.  General George Patton was a firm believer in reincarnation.  In North Africa after he replaced General Lloyd Fruedenthal after the disastrous battle of Kasserine Pass, he wanted to check out the battlefield.  On his way there, he told his driver to turn onto this bumpy path.  The driver said no the battlefield was straight ahead.  They went on this path and here it was an ancient battlefield between the Romans and the Carthaginians.  Patton explained the battle and when asked how he knew it so well he replied "I was here at the battle"

I am not sure if I believe in reincarnation but too many times I am someplace and I feel I was at this place and know it but I don't know how.  I have thoughts and memories of different places, situations but yet I was never there to have those things happen.  Is it coincidence?  Is it my mind playing tricks on me?  I don't know.  I can't figure it out.  Its a puzzle I can't solve, its a riddle I don't understand.  What was I in my prior life?  A dog, man's best friend loyal to my master?  A cat, purring and cozying up with my owner.  Could I have been a woman married to some bastard husband who was cheating on me?  The possibilities are endless.  So why ask why?  Its a feeling I have that there has been more than one journey for me.  Could God have sent my soul back because I wasn't good enough to get into heaven and this is punishment?  Its a possibility. As life goes on, I am going to continue to think and reflect to see if I can come up with some form of coherent answer to this situation.  I hate giving into the fact I will have to die to know what happens to my soul (or lack of one).  There is no truth or evidence I can come up with at this time, so I continue to exist (barely).