Empathy

Intellectually, the concept of many lives in many and varied situations has great appeal. Its appeal comes from the idea that we can each have empathy for all others, not just by imagining their situation, but by living it. 

The child in us wants a dress-up box so we can become whatever we imagine. 

Reincarnation becomes our release for that and its "real-life" mirror of our true nature. 

" ... for unless you accept the kingdom as a little child does, you will never enter ... "