Reincarnation...

Some ancient languages summon timeless sentiments. The belief in reincarnation can be found in something as simple as a farewell, particularly the one uttered in the South-Indian tongue of Tamizh. Here, people have distinct words for "I'll be gone/going", which is "போறேன்" ("Pohran/Poren"). And another often insisted-upon phrase "போய் வருகிறேன்" ("Poi Varugiren"), which roughly translated means "I will be going now, but I'll be back again later." That is, quintessentially, one of the most beautiful things about the Tamizh language. That second phrase not only contains a depth of meaning, especially in connection to reincarnation (going away in this lifetime only to return in a new one), it also speaks volumes about the Tamizh people who seem to have discovered something genuinely profound about what it means to be Human. And they did it many thousands of years ago.