I am open to believing in gilgul, but definitely do not think one must believe in it.
The most disturbing part of this belief is that there are many people out there who are not well versed in nistaar or even nigleh and when there is a tragedy or an unfortunate occurence, they KNOW Hashem’s plan and tell people and explain that this one was a gilgul of that one, etc. Or is someone loses money, well perhaps you stole money from that person in a different lifetime.
This enables people to accept the most horrible things that may occur. What happens is that instead of true emunah where we may NOT understand but still accept an occurence as Hashem’s plan, their belief is based on the fact that they THINK they know Hashem’s plan. Of course, if we were to all know Hahshem’s plan, emunah would be a simple thing. Therre is no challenge. However, the idea is to have emunah without KNOWING Hashem’s plan, yet our arrogant minds delude us into thinking that we can explain everything with gilgul and makes emunah seem so simple.
Moshe Rabbeinu asked Hashem why do bad things happend to tzaddikim and vice a versa? Hashem did not answer him!! This is a gemara. If gilgul is an authentic belief, what was MOSHE’s Question ? Why was this question so difficult for him to understand??? Even today’s hamon am “know” that it all makes perfect sense because of gilgul.
CAN ANYONE ANSWER WHY MOSHE REBBEINU DID NOT APPEAR TO KNOW ABOUT GILGUL? IS THAT NOT A PROOF AGAINST IT?