I believe in reincarnation. I think that once we die the energy stored inside us finally gets released. This is why we are all techincally one, all just energy. Everyone is just energy that created a concious thinking we are individuals. Once the energy is released, it'll continue its clockwork and create whatever it feels like is next. It may be to create a tree, or it may be to create something that eventually creates a concious that thinks its an individual, which in turn confuses itself in wondering how it got there in the first place. I think the only way to truly understand to beginning side of life is at a piont when we dont have a concious, but at that point we wont have memory to be able to remember so it'll never be known...haha.