| | Murugan,
I hope your English level can follow what I write below.
I would like to direct your attention to the chapter that deals with axiomatic concepts in the Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology.
In it, Rand basically gave the reason she did not speak too much about this kind of metaphysical speculation. Her drive was to create a philosophy based on reason.
There comes a point where deductive/inductive reasoning, which is based on referents in reality, no longer works. That is when you have an axiomatic concept or, in the case of reincarnation, faith-based (non-reason) opinion.
The hallmark of any axiomatic concept is that it cannot be refuted by assuming the opposite, which is a condition for reasoned proof. For example, the opposite of existence is nonexistence, which is not a state of anything. It is a lack of state. It automatically steps outside any syllogism or empirical evidence.
The opposite of consciousness is non-consciousness, which means a state of being able to evaluate something without being able to evaluate anything. It falls outside once again.
The opposite of reincarnation is non-reincarnation. It is life forms having a single existence within a time frame. That is reasonable and metaphysically possible. Just look around you.
When you're dead, the show's over dude.
Of course, you may have a different opinion...
Michael
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