prexistence

[ask_not]

I am curious  if it is possible  that we existed in some form before we were born? any thoughts

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

yes, as fetuses

before that, I doubt it.  Each of us is a unique creation, contingent on a specific happenstance of conception, formed out of a somewhat random assortment of genes, our life experiences, our actions and relationships. If we preexisted, what distinguishes one person in that state of preexistence from another?

[Frodo]

Is this in reference to reincarnation? 

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I wouldn't be surprised if the essence of me existed in infinite pieces universes away.

[Yelnoc]

That depends on whether you hold our consciousness ("soul") is tied directly to our brain, or if it is somehow independent of our brain.  I see no evidence for the latter so I assume the former, though it's not something I ever think about.