@mr peabody
Over many lifetimes, we who are born into the evolving worlds of time and space eventually attain the maturity necessary for star birthing.
I mostly liked the OP, but this is where you lose me.
A lot of new-age hippy people I know talk about their past lives and stuff.
I don't think reincarnation is a competition. Nor do I believe (necessarily) that "people" are reincarnated. That is attachment, IMO, to the self.
People want to believe in an afterlife because they don't want to accept that they will end. In some religions, we continue on forever in heaven. In other religions, we continue forever reincarnating.
I think it's likely (beyond pushing for preferential spiritual outcomes) that we cease to be and that the transference of our soul is no longer "us".
If we return to God and become one with everything, we stop being separate.
We are everything. We are God.
It is best - I think - to not think in terms of separation... particularly if the separate parts are competing on the karmic scale or competing for a (presumably?) limited star birthing position.
I'm not sure if this was intended literally or if it is a metaphor but - either way - that is how religion is formed... and inevitably corrupted.