{"id":27449,"date":"2026-09-14T11:54:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T17:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/?p=27449"},"modified":"2026-09-14T11:57:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T17:57:01","slug":"andrew-holecek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/blog\/andrew-holecek\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Holecek: What Reincarnates? Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"27449\" class=\"elementor elementor-27449\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f7c2e7e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f7c2e7e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b30533\" data-id=\"5b30533\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9220c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a9220c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Most people asking about reincarnation really want to know one thing: will they still be themselves afterward? Andrew Holecek, a longtime practitioner and teacher of Tibetan Buddhism, reframes that question entirely in his continued conversation with Sounds True founder Tami Simon.<\/p><p>At Sounds True, we have carried Tibetan Buddhist teachings on death, dying, and the bardo for decades, not because these questions are exotic, but because Holecek makes them genuinely workable for anyone still living.\u00a0<\/p><p>In this piece, we look at what Holecek says actually persists between lives, how dark retreat practice trains the mind for that transition, and what any of this means for how we live and love right now.<\/p><h2><strong>Key Takeaways:<\/strong><\/h2><ul><li><strong>Habits Carry Forward:<\/strong> Learn why Andrew Holecek says patterns, not a fixed self, move through the reincarnation gap between lives.<\/li><li><strong>Darkness as Teacher:<\/strong> Understand how dark retreat practice trains the mind for life&#8217;s biggest transitions.<\/li><li><strong>Compassion in Practice:<\/strong> See how these teachings reshape how we sit with the dying and grieving.<\/li><\/ul><h2><strong>A Question Bigger Than &#8220;Will I Come Back&#8221;<\/strong><\/h2><p>Rather than picturing a fixed soul traveling forward untouched, Holecek points to something more fluid, patterned, and, in some ways, far more useful to understand while we are still living, wherever we happen to be on our own path.<\/p><p>Listen to the full exchange in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundstrue.com\/a\/resources\/podcast\/andrew-holecek-what-reincarnates-part-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Holecek: What Reincarnates? Part 2<\/a>, where Holecek and Tami build on ideas introduced earlier in this special series.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundstrue.com\/collections\/online-courses?configure%5Bfilters%5D=%28NOT%20tags%3ASearchspring-Exclusions%29%20AND%20collections%3Aonline-courses&amp;configure%5BfacetingAfterDistinct%5D=true&amp;configure%5BclickAnalytics%5D=true&amp;refinementList%5Bnamed_tags.data--parent-category%5D%5B0%5D=Spirituality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27395\" src=\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Find-Teachings-that-Speak-to-You-With-Sounds-True.png\" alt=\"Find Teachings that Speak to You With Sounds True.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Find-Teachings-that-Speak-to-You-With-Sounds-True.png 1920w, https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Find-Teachings-that-Speak-to-You-With-Sounds-True-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Find-Teachings-that-Speak-to-You-With-Sounds-True-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Find-Teachings-that-Speak-to-You-With-Sounds-True-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Find-Teachings-that-Speak-to-You-With-Sounds-True-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Find-Teachings-that-Speak-to-You-With-Sounds-True-800x450.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p><h2><strong>Habits, Not a Fixed Self, Move Forward<\/strong><\/h2><p>Holecek&#8217;s central claim is that what persists across the reincarnation gap between lives is not identity as Western thought often frames it, but momentum. Ch\u00f6gyam Trungpa Rinpoche&#8217;s line that what reincarnates is our bad habits anchors this entire teaching, and Holecek unpacks why that idea holds up under real scrutiny rather than as a clever aphorism.<\/p><ul><li><strong>Daily Patterns Matter:<\/strong> Reactivity today is not separate from spiritual trajectory; it directly shapes it.<\/li><li><strong>Practice as Preparation:<\/strong> Working with the habitual mind now readies us for the transitional states Tibetan teachings describe.<\/li><li><strong>The Self Is a River:<\/strong> Continuous in appearance, yet never made of the same water twice.<\/li><\/ul><h2><strong>The Bardo Framework Behind This Teaching<\/strong><\/h2><p>Tibetan Buddhism maps the space between death and rebirth through a series of transitional states known as bardos. Holecek explains that these are not exotic realms reserved for the afterlife alone; the tradition identifies bardo-like experiences within ordinary living, including sleep, meditation, and moments of profound change. Understanding this framework gives structure to what might otherwise feel like an unanswerable mystery, turning abstract doctrine into something a practitioner can actually study and work with, one recognizable transition at a time.<\/p><p>Dream yoga, a related practice Holecek teaches extensively, trains awareness to stay lucid within these transitional states rather than being swept along by them. Cultivating that same lucidity in dreams, Holecek suggests, builds the exact capacity these teachings say we will need at the moment of death itself.<\/p><h2><strong>Ordinary Gaps Rehearse the Larger One<\/strong><\/h2><p>Holecek treats the gap between lives not only as a literal transition after death, but as something we already rehearse daily. Sleep, forgetting, waking from a vivid dream, even the quiet end of a relationship, each mirrors the larger gap in miniature. Recognizing this pattern changes how a person approaches uncertainty this week, not only at life&#8217;s final threshold.<\/p><p>This reframing matters because it turns an abstract metaphysical question into something workable in ordinary life. Every small ending becomes practice for the larger one, and every moment of disorientation becomes an invitation rather than a threat to be avoided. Holecek suggests paying closer attention to how we handle these small gaps, since the way we meet a minor loss often previews how we will meet a much larger one.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundstrue.com\/collections\/online-courses?configure%5Bfilters%5D=%28NOT%20tags%3ASearchspring-Exclusions%29%20AND%20collections%3Aonline-courses&amp;configure%5BfacetingAfterDistinct%5D=true&amp;configure%5BclickAnalytics%5D=true&amp;refinementList%5Bnamed_tags.data--parent-category%5D%5B0%5D=Self-Compassion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27394\" src=\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Learn-Practices-for-Self-Compassion-with-Sounds-True.png\" alt=\"Learn Practices for Self-Compassion with Sounds True.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Learn-Practices-for-Self-Compassion-with-Sounds-True.png 1920w, https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Learn-Practices-for-Self-Compassion-with-Sounds-True-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Learn-Practices-for-Self-Compassion-with-Sounds-True-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Learn-Practices-for-Self-Compassion-with-Sounds-True-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Learn-Practices-for-Self-Compassion-with-Sounds-True-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Learn-Practices-for-Self-Compassion-with-Sounds-True-800x450.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p><h2><strong>Dark Retreat Practice as Training, Not Spectacle<\/strong><\/h2><p>Dark retreat practice, a sustained period spent without light, is one of the more demanding methods within the Tibetan tradition, and one Holecek has studied and taught for years. Removed from every external anchor, practitioners meet the mind&#8217;s own projections directly, a rehearsal for the disorientation these teachings say awaits us after death.<\/p><p>Holecek frames this as rigorous training rather than novelty. A few things distinguish serious dark retreat practice from casual curiosity about it:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Structured Duration:<\/strong> Sessions typically run for days at a time under experienced guidance.<\/li><li><strong>Mental Preparation:<\/strong> Practitioners build stability through other meditation forms first.<\/li><li><strong>Purpose Over Endurance:<\/strong> The goal is insight into projection, not simply enduring darkness for its own sake.<\/li><\/ul><h2><strong>Compassion Becomes the Practical Application<\/strong><\/h2><p>Holecek connects these teachings back to something immediate and far less abstract than metaphysics: how we show up for people who are dying or grieving. Death is the end of a body, he says, not the end of a relationship. Understanding death as a continuation of a relationship rather than its end changes how we sit with someone at the end of their life. This is where the teaching stops being theoretical and becomes something practical this week, with someone we love who is facing loss or preparing to say goodbye.<\/p><h2><strong>When Coming Back Doesn&#8217;t Sound Appealing<\/strong><\/h2><p>At one point in the conversation, Tami admits something many listeners privately feel but rarely say aloud: despite years of practice, she genuinely hopes she won&#8217;t have to come back. Holecek doesn&#8217;t treat this as a failure of devotion or a weak grasp of Buddhist ideals. He receives it as an honest report from someone who has worked closely with pain and form, exactly the kind of candor these teachings are meant to hold rather than shame. That exchange alone reframes spiritual maturity as honesty about our resistance, not the absence of it.<\/p><h2><strong>Bringing the Teaching Into Daily Life<\/strong><\/h2><p>Holecek is careful to note that none of this requires a retreat center or years of formal study to begin applying. Noticing a single reactive habit, sitting with an ordinary ending without rushing past it, or simply asking what tends to repeat in our own behavior are all small entry points into the same territory these teachings describe at a much larger scale. Over time, these small noticings accumulate into a genuinely different relationship with change itself, one built on curiosity rather than avoidance.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundstrue.com\/collections\/online-courses?configure%5Bfilters%5D=%28NOT%20tags%3ASearchspring-Exclusions%29%20AND%20collections%3Aonline-courses&amp;configure%5BfacetingAfterDistinct%5D=true&amp;configure%5BclickAnalytics%5D=true&amp;refinementList%5Bnamed_tags.data--parent-category%5D%5B0%5D=Relationships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27418\" src=\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Build-Relationships-That-Nourish-and-Sustain-1.png\" alt=\"Build Relationships That Nourish and Sustain.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Build-Relationships-That-Nourish-and-Sustain-1.png 1920w, https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Build-Relationships-That-Nourish-and-Sustain-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Build-Relationships-That-Nourish-and-Sustain-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Build-Relationships-That-Nourish-and-Sustain-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Build-Relationships-That-Nourish-and-Sustain-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Build-Relationships-That-Nourish-and-Sustain-1-800x450.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p><h2><strong>Why This Conversation Belongs in a Living Library<\/strong><\/h2><p>Sounds True was built on the idea that spiritual teaching works best in an unscripted voice, captured in real conversation rather than polished into something safer. Holecek&#8217;s willingness to sit with hard questions about death, without offering false certainty, reflects exactly the kind of transmission our library has preserved since 1985. Conversations like this one, recorded across two full parts, give listeners room to sit with complexity rather than rushing toward a tidy answer.<\/p><h2><strong>Final Thoughts<\/strong><\/h2><p>Holecek&#8217;s teaching does not resolve the mystery of what reincarnates so much as it reframes why the question matters at all.\u00a0<\/p><p>Sounds True keeps sharing conversations like this one because our founding purpose has always been to wake up the world, and few subjects test that as directly as this one. Sitting with these questions, rather than rushing toward a fixed answer, may be the entire point.\u00a0<\/p><p>If these ideas stayed with you, Part 1 of this conversation is worth returning to as well.<\/p><h2><strong>Frequently Asked Questions About Andrew Holecek<\/strong><\/h2><h3><strong>Who is Andrew Holecek?<\/strong><\/h3><p>He is an interdisciplinary scholar, longtime Tibetan Buddhism practitioner, author, and teacher published through Sounds True.<\/p><h3><strong>What is dark retreat practice?<\/strong><\/h3><p>A traditional Tibetan method involving extended time in complete darkness to work directly with the mind&#8217;s projections.<\/p><h3><strong>Does Sounds True offer more from Andrew Holecek?<\/strong><\/h3><p>Yes, Sounds True carries several of his books and audio programs covering death, dreaming, and everyday awareness practices.<\/p><h3><strong>Is this teaching specific to Buddhist practitioners only?<\/strong><\/h3><p>No, Holecek presents these ideas for inner explorers of any background, tradition, or personal belief system.<\/p><h3><strong>What podcast features this conversation?<\/strong><\/h3><p>It appears on Insights at the Edge, the long-running podcast hosted by Sounds True founder Tami Simon.<\/p><h3><strong>Can beginners understand these teachings without prior study?<\/strong><\/h3><p>Yes, Holecek is known for making esoteric material genuinely accessible to newcomers and longtime students alike.<\/p><h3><strong>Where can I browse Sounds True&#8217;s full teacher roster?<\/strong><\/h3><p>Visit our All Teachers &amp; Authors page to explore voices across many spiritual traditions and lineages.<\/p><h3><strong>Does Sounds True offer other courses on death and dying?<\/strong><\/h3><p>Yes, related programs and titles appear throughout our Spirituality &amp; Awakening collection, available online today.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fbf9e6f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fbf9e6f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3804c85\" data-id=\"3804c85\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61188d5 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"61188d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f9151ba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f9151ba\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-89ec855\" data-id=\"89ec855\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71685d0 elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"71685d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"898\" height=\"1306\" src=\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Amy-Michelle-Photo.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\"><b>Michelle Cassandra Johnson<\/b> is an author, activist, spiritual teacher, racial equity consultant, and intuitive healer. 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