[CaudleHalbard]

When we are consumed with grief it is easy to lose objectivity.

However there is no proof that consciousness goes out of existence or indeed comes into existence. For all we know it is a continuum.

Scientific research into reincarnation has been done by the late Prof Ian Stevenson and others. You can read about it here:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reincarnation_research