Alex invited me on a road trip to look at some property of his in another state that he wanted to turn into a ranch when he retired. Throughout the trip, he related the following story that oozes reincarnation overtones.

In earlier days, when looking for land to purchase as a retirement ranch, he literally made dozens of scouting trips throughout the western United States to California, Colorado, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, and Wyoming. Although he had been searching for years, he was unsuccessful. Then once, during a family vacation in Utah, and increasingly tired from the long drive, he and his family were looking for a place to stop and rest. His daughters saw a nice place on the side of the road and said, “Dad, that looks like a good place to rest.” They then turned off the road and into a valley the family had never seen before. It was a fascinating place for them and they began to investigate the area. Interestingly, by the will of fate, Alex found a forty acre parcel of land that he thought would be perfect for his retirement ranch. He even had an old log cabin. After falling in love with the property, he bought it right then and there.

After the purchase, Alex informed his mother that he had finally found the land of his dreams. Telling him where the land was, she remarked that her great-great-grandfather was one of an original group of pioneers who, making the arduous trek across the open desert in covered wagons from the east in the mid-19th century, settled exactly on that spot. Valley!

Coincidence? You make the call. Was it a random event that a man, after years of exploring seven western states in search of a homeland to retire to, traveled through a valley he had never seen, a valley his great-great-grandfather helped settle a hundred years before, and then ended up buying a property there? Or is it the story of a man who returns home, a man who unconsciously searches for his past, his roots; a reincarnated man as his great-great-grandfather’s great-great-grandson, in essence, a reincarnated soul like himself in another time returning to his original home in the West?

Alex, by his own admission, had never been in that valley before in his entire life. He hadn’t even heard of it. He hadn’t even seen it. However, by some mysterious force, he was forced during a family vacation to not only pull off the road for a respite there, but to buy land there!

Indeed, how does all this happen? When one thinks of all the land of the west and its millions of square miles, how does a man unknowingly buy land in the exact same valley where his great-great-grandfather settled over a hundred years ago? prior to? Is this a coincidence? Or is Alex really the reincarnation of his great-great-grandfather returning home to reclaim his rightful place as owner of the property he originally settled on?

Summary

The reality of Alex buying property in a valley he’s never seen, the same valley his own relatives settled in when the West was young, and knowing nothing about such events certainly has to raise an eyebrow to a thoughtful mind. In fact, Alex doesn’t rule out the possibility that he was his own great-great-grandfather. So, was Alex creating a retirement home for himself, or was he, in fact, returning to the land he once helped establish? Is this a real example of reincarnation or nothing more than a mere coincidence? You make the call.

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