I once had a discussion with my Aunt Marge about whether we'd each like to have another lifetime after our current one was through. Being a bit of a depressive, I unhesitatingly answered that one time around was plenty for me, thank you very much! She, on the other hand, who almost always thought the glass half full, said she'd just LOVE to have another shot at her life. How about you? Now, please note that I'm NOT talking about being re-born as someone or something else. I'm talking about being re-born as YOU, with all your innate attributes and flaws.
If incarnation is real, then my opinion matters not lol
I just can't get over the fact that if it's real then I will not have remembered anything from past lives anyway, including suffering. I can only think this way because if it's real, then I currently don't remember anything from a past life. So my opinion on whether or not I would want to do it over again is moot. What will be will be.
If I'm reborn as myself then would it be worth it?
Is free will real? If not, then what's the point if it's all going to be the same stuff? There is still a lot of suffering, even for the most affluent in society. Would it be worth it to experience all the good times, even if it's accompanied by the suffering? I can only speak from my current experience and I'm biased because I want to stay alive and have hope of better days and more joy just like almost everyone else.
If free will is real then even so, how can I change my life to be better if I still have the same characteristics as being reborn as ME? Would my environment be different? Would I still favor Rocky Road ice cream over pistachio? Would I still make the same decisions not remembering anything from my past life?
I barely know how to function now as it is, why would I want to do this again?
If I knew what I now an aware of, definitely yes! As long as I could have the health and calm
of youth.
Start out as a baby again? Nah. I'd rather regenerate, Time Lord style. I'd look like someone else, but I'd still be me.
There are many things I would like to have done differently in my life, but to go back and do it again? No, because my life would take a different path and I would not have my two beautiful daughters; and if I remembered my first life then it would be as if they had died.
Would I be reborn with my memories of my current life intact or would my mind be rebooted to that of a newborn?
If rebooted, then it really wouldn't be a second time around, it would just be a repeat of the first.
If I was reborn with a lifetime of memories then the second time around would be much better. There are so many mistakes I wouldn't make, better choices that I would make, and I'd be a lot more confident and hopefully wiser.
Hell no. Like groundhog day but with none of the comedy and romance.