Temporal Reincarnation; A Metaphysical Model of Multidirectional Soul Deployment
1. Mohammad HekmatAfshar, Göteborgs Universitet, Student, Sweden
This paper introduces Temporal Reincarnation (TR), a metaphysical framework that reconfigures reincarnation as a lawful, multidirectional deployment of the soul across recursive lifeworlds. Unlike karmic or linear models, TR posits that time is not a neutral container but a structured ontological field governed by metaphysical recursion. Within this architecture, the soul may reincarnate across past, future and parallel embodiments, not through moral debt or cosmic randomness, but via lawful placement determined by metaphysical compatibility. Lifeworlds are nested within a Divine registry, and each soul’s trajectory unfolds according to its resonance with specific temporal coordinates. TR establishes a foundational grammar for soul movement, lifeworld layering and recursive time, offering a new paradigm for understanding reincarnation beyond causality and chronology. While this paper focuses on the structural logic of TR, it also sets the stage for future inquiries into consciousness as navigator, ontological polarity, symbolic realism and theological recursion. By grounding reincarnation in metaphysical law rather than moral abstraction, TR opens new pathways for ethical reflection, metaphysical precision and spiritual cosmology.
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Temporal Reincarnation (TR) reconceives reincarnation as a law governed, multidirectional process in which souls navigate a richly structured temporal field. In this paper the TR’s foundational architecture is built, showing how nested lifeworlds, a recursive and fractal ontology of time and a Divine registry, come together to support lawful soul deployment.
Section 1 defines TR’s core principles: lifeworlds as discrete yet interconnected symbolic energetic domains, and placement determined by metaphysical compatibility rather than moral debt. Section 2 deepens the account of time itself, characterizing it as recursive, reflexive, layered, adjacent and fractal. I saw that every temporal coordinate, past, present or future, coexists in a self similar lattice, and that lawful embodiment demands alignment with both macro- and micro- scale structures of that lattice. Section 3 introduces the Soul's Placement Resonance Threshold (SPRT), a multidimensional filter measuring symbolic polarity, energetic frequency and temporal adjacency. I detailed how the SPRT admits only those lifeworlds whose formal energetic patterns intersect a soul’s resonance band, and how agency is preserved through intentional modulation of that band. A metaphysical registry then, ensures global coherence, preventing instantiations that would violate the system’s lawfulness. Section 4 situated TR within the broader landscape of metaphysical models, Hindu karmic rebirth, Buddhist anatta theories, Platonic ascent and Guénon’s inverse analogy, highlighting TR’s novelty in combining lawful recursion, symbolic placement and theological integration. Unlike moral determinist or purely allegorical schemes, TR offers a formal grammar for soul movement grounded in ontological law. Section 5 explores ethical, historiographical and symbolic implications. I illustrated how restorative practices align individuals with lawful lifeworlds, and how narrative recurrence research supports a layered view of history in which compatible souls re-enter earlier coordinates. Case vignettes from an Andalusian resonance circle and a Petrograd living history society, demonstrated TR’s reframing of justice and historiography as processes of ontological realignment rather than moral adjudication. Finally, I reaffirmed symbolic realism and registered level coherence as the theological backbone that unifies diverse traditions.
By integrating these elements, this study lays a rigorous groundwork for a science of reincarnation based not on karma or chance, but on structured resonance. It frames the Self as an active participant in shaping its own lawful placement through thought, intention and symbolic literacy, and points toward a fully articulated metaphysics of time, soul and consciousness, opening new avenues for ethical reflection, spiritual cosmology and metaphysical precision.
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The author of this paper was responsible for the conceptualization and development of the Temporal Reincarnation (TR) framework.
The research presented in this paper was conducted without external funding. The development of the Metaphysical Model of Multidirectional Soul Deployment was supported by the author’s independent theoretical research and academic resources.
The author declares that there are no financial or personal relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest regarding the publication of this manuscript. The paper is a structural and principle-based inquiry intended to provide a formal grammar for soul movement and metaphysical precision.
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The research presented in this paper is theoretical and metaphysical in nature; therefore, no primary empirical datasets were generated or analyzed during this study. All sources and theoretical frameworks used to develop the model of Temporal Reincarnation (TR)—including references to Dimensional Recursion Theory (DRT), Temporal Field Theory (TFT), and Morphic Resonance—are identified within the paper and available through the cited public scholarly literature. Specific hypothetical "case vignettes" used to illustrate the application of the Divine Registry and the Placement Resonance Threshold (SPRT) are provided in full within the manuscript for qualitative review.