Reincarnation/Past Lives

[ajay0]

A Scottish child's account of his past life ...

Kids' past life memories: Evidence for reincarnation?

Dr. Jim Tucker, who investigated 2,500 cases of kids recalling past lives, reveals extraordinary cases that challenge our understanding of reality.

www.jpost.com

At the tender age of two, Cameron Macauley began narrating vivid tales of his previous life on Scotland's distant Barra Island, located in the Outer Hebrides. Astonishingly, neither Cameron nor his family had ever set foot on this remote island.

Cameron's obsession with his past life grew so he would weep in his room, yearning for his "Barra mother" to return rather than Norma.

Norma was left perplexed and troubled by this.

Tucker decided to accompany Norma and Cameron on a journey to Barra. As they landed on the sandy shores that had so vividly featured in Cameron's memories, the young boy turned to his mother and told her he was right and glad to be back on the island.

After consulting with a local historian on the island, Tucker and the Macauley family located the white bungalow by the beach where the Robertson family resided in the 1960s and 1970s. The precision of Cameron's description left them stunned.

 

[ajay0]

Insightful article of a British boy claiming to be the reincarnation of a German pilot in the second world war...

Was this Luftwaffe pilot reincarnated as a boy from Middlesbrough?

The recollections of Carl Edon, from Middlesbrough, of being a Luftwaffe pilot will have even the most cynical people have second thoughts about reincarnation.

www.dailymail.co.uk

It was not the first time the boy had claimed to remember a past life as a German pilot. As young as two, he would wake from vivid dreams, screaming that his plane had crashed, his leg was severed and he was bleeding to death.

These were horrific nightmares for a boy so young — and, more eerie still, Carl refused to accept they were just dreams.

‘It really happened,’ he would say. ‘I died. One of our engines ran out and I opened a hatch to try and get out, but my right leg was gone.’

He showed his mother where the fatal wound had been. On the inside of his right thigh, he had a blotchy red birthmark.

Val was frightened and confused, but her husband was sceptical. He tried to pick holes in the boy’s fantastic story. And he thought he’d spotted a big one, believing the Messerschmitt was a fighter plane, not a bomber.

He decided to test Carl a little more. ‘So what uniform did you wear?’ he asked. Carl replied without hesitation: ‘Grey trousers, tucked into knee-high leather boots and a black jacket.’

A few days later, Jim visited the local library in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, clutching the pictures Carl had drawn.

In the history section he pulled out any books he could find on the German Luftwaffe of World War II. With the books laid out in front of him, he sat in total shock.

It was all there. The picture of the cockpit, the badges, the description of the uniform: everything was exactly as Carl had described. There was even a Messerschmitt bomber — the 110.

 

[justaguy313]

Ra’jah is the Arabic term for return or reincarnation to this world.

Imam Al-Sadiq (From Him is Peace) explains in detail the concept of reincarnation in Islam, and how
Raj’a is equivalent to the reincarnation of souls. Imam Al-Sadiq (From Him is Peace) maps out and
explains how many incarnations a soul has and explains how a soul can reincarnate into human,
animal, plant, or inanimate forms such as rocks and stones.

The commonly held belief that people hold about the soul is that every person is born with a soul and that soul remains with a person until death. It is only at death that the soul leaves the body. The reality is that the soul can enter into a human being at birth, during childhood, adulthood, or even old age. A soul can also leave a human being before the death of the human’s body. A soul can leave a human being and they remain alive for a number of years, even decades. This is what the people of old knew. The soul travels from one body to another through the process of reincarnation, or it can travel from body to body through the process of transmigration. In order to make understanding easier for the reader
let us define the following terms:

1. Reincarnation: Rebirth of the soul into a new human body.

2. Transmigration: The movement of the soul from one human body with or without death to
another already living human without experiencing the process of birth.

3. Maskh: The rebirth of the human soul as an animal.

4. Raskh: The transmigration of the human soul from a human to an inanimate object such as a
rock or stone.

5. Faskh: The transmigration of the human soul from a human to a plant or tree .

-Goal of the wise by Aba Sadiq from him is peace, doors #9 and #10

 

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[justaguy313]

Insightful article of a British boy claiming to be the reincarnation of a German pilot in the second world war...

Was this Luftwaffe pilot reincarnated as a boy from Middlesbrough?

The recollections of Carl Edon, from Middlesbrough, of being a Luftwaffe pilot will have even the most cynical people have second thoughts about reincarnation.

www.dailymail.co.uk

One of the most distinct and mysterious features on the human body are birth marks - the splotches of unique skin pigmentation that may appear either at birth or early on in a young child’s life. Although these markings might appear superficial, they may reveal a lot about what lies beneath the surface of the skin. Many believe these birthmarks provide evidence of a previous life.
Some researchers in the field of reincarnation birthmarks believe that these marks appear because the soul’s mind, which is separate from the brain, has a blueprint that exists after death.
This blueprint is used to create the foetus in the next incarnation. In many cases, this causes birthmarks to form, which correspond to past life trauma.

This is not an outrageous theory. In fact, the evidence for reincarnation birthmarks is mounting. New information comes from various areas of scientific research like epigenetics, quantum physics, and consciousness studies, all of which suggests that everyone exists as energy and this energy lives on even after death.

For over 40 years, the late Dr. Ian Stevenson studied the relationship between reincarnation and biology. During that time, Dr. Stevenson discovered children that who died traumatically in a previous life were often born with marks at the site of the trauma. He compared birthmarks and wounds on children to the autopsy reports of the person the child claimed to have been and found that 80% of these cases showed a correlation between the fatal wound and the child’s current birthmark.
A boy named Maha Ram in India could remember being killed in a previous life with a shotgun fired at close range. He remembered enough details of his past life for Stevenson to find an autopsy report of the man supposedly reincarnated as Ram. The birthmarks on Ram’s chest
corresponded to the bullet wounds. A 12-year-old boy in the Middle East born with a ring-like mark or scar around his neck remembered two uncles who beheaded him in order to get his inheritance.
In another surprising case, a boy was born in Turkey with a malformed right ear. This boy recalled having been shot and killed at close range on that side of his head. Birthmarks provide a visual clue to the past. But sometimes the past reveals itself, instead, through feelings.

Are Some Birthmarks Connected To Violent Death in Past Life?

An old woman died in Thailand with the wish to reincarnate as a boy. Her daughter dipped a finger in white paste and marked the back of the woman’s neck with the paste. Remove ads with Anomalien PLUS+ Not long after the woman’s death, the daughter gave birth to a son with a white mark on the...

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[Aupmanyav]

well, well, go ahead with your science and researches. My science denies that.

 

[justaguy313]

well, well, go ahead with your science and researches. My science denies that.

The translation of Verses 5-27 (Sanskrit text of the Puranas, Prati Sarg Parv III: 3, 3). The word 'Malechha' means a man belonging to a foreign country and speaking foreign language. "A 'malechha' spiritual teacher will appear with his companions. His name will be Mahamad..." "O people, listen [to] this emphatically! the man of praise [The name 'Muhammad' literally means 'praiseworthy' in arabic)] will be raised among the people. We take the emigrant in our shelter from sixty thousand and ninety enemies whose conveyances are twenty camels and she camels, whose loftiness of position touches the heaven and lowers it".

Ahmed is also prophecised in the samveda book II Hymm 6 verse 8: "Ahmed acquired from his lord the knowledge of eternal law. I received light from him just as from the sun" the prophecy confirms: the name of the prophet as Ahmed since Ahmed is an arabic name . Many translators misunderstood it to be Ahm at I and translated the mantra as " I alone have acquired the real wisdom of my father "

 

[Vinayaka]

One of the most distinct and mysterious features on the human body are birth marks - the splotches of unique skin pigmentation that may appear either at birth or early on in a young child’s life. Although these markings might appear superficial, they may reveal a lot about what lies beneath the surface of the skin. Many believe these birthmarks provide evidence of a previous life.
Some researchers in the field of reincarnation birthmarks believe that these marks appear because the soul’s mind, which is separate from the brain, has a blueprint that exists after death.
This blueprint is used to create the foetus in the next incarnation. In many cases, this causes birthmarks to form, which correspond to past life trauma.

This is not an outrageous theory. In fact, the evidence for reincarnation birthmarks is mounting. New information comes from various areas of scientific research like epigenetics, quantum physics, and consciousness studies, all of which suggests that everyone exists as energy and this energy lives on even after death.

For over 40 years, the late Dr. Ian Stevenson studied the relationship between reincarnation and biology. During that time, Dr. Stevenson discovered children that who died traumatically in a previous life were often born with marks at the site of the trauma. He compared birthmarks and wounds on children to the autopsy reports of the person the child claimed to have been and found that 80% of these cases showed a correlation between the fatal wound and the child’s current birthmark.
A boy named Maha Ram in India could remember being killed in a previous life with a shotgun fired at close range. He remembered enough details of his past life for Stevenson to find an autopsy report of the man supposedly reincarnated as Ram. The birthmarks on Ram’s chest
corresponded to the bullet wounds. A 12-year-old boy in the Middle East born with a ring-like mark or scar around his neck remembered two uncles who beheaded him in order to get his inheritance.
In another surprising case, a boy was born in Turkey with a malformed right ear. This boy recalled having been shot and killed at close range on that side of his head. Birthmarks provide a visual clue to the past. But sometimes the past reveals itself, instead, through feelings.

Are Some Birthmarks Connected To Violent Death in Past Life?

An old woman died in Thailand with the wish to reincarnate as a boy. Her daughter dipped a finger in white paste and marked the back of the woman’s neck with the paste. Remove ads with Anomalien PLUS+ Not long after the woman’s death, the daughter gave birth to a son with a white mark on the...

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My daughter had a patch of very black hair on an otherwise head full of red hair. We has suspected for quite some time who she was in the immediate past life, (Sri Lankan war, death by a blow to the head with an axe) When we found out the location of said blow, it basically confirmed our theory. The black patch went away on its own before she reached the age of 2. In some reincarnation theory ,this is about the time the new astral body is fully developed, and that also explains why it's children who usually remember. For awhile they have 2 astral bodies, one dissipating, and the other getting built.

 

[sun rise]

well, well, go ahead with your science and researches. My science denies that.

So you don't believe in science which of course involves research. A skeptic who understands science would say: the hypothesis that reincarnation is real has not been falsified. There is an avenue of research that has shown some positive results. Further research is needed especially by a second group of investigators. And if it's not been done, a careful review of the methodology by independent investigators needs to be done.

 

[ajay0]

Insightful article on the tradition of reincarnated lamas in Tibetan Buddhism...

Reincarnation of Tibetan Lama: A Matter of Faith, Not Political Tool - News18

The Chinese government’s attempt to control the reincarnation system in Tibetan Buddhism is a severe violation of religious freedom rooted in historical ignorance and political self-interest

www.news18.com

The tradition of reincarnated lamas in Tibetan Buddhism predates the founding of the People’s Republic of China by over 600 years. This reincarnation system, known as tulku, has its origins in the 12th century with the first Karmapa lama. Figures like the Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama represent the highest and most prestigious lineages. In contrast, the Chinese Communist government only came to power in 1949. Its attempts to interfere with and control the reincarnation process after less than 75 years lack legitimacy.

At the heart of tulku is a belief in rebirth – that enlightened beings can choose to take the re-embodied form to continue guiding devotees. This acceptance of past and future lives is core to Buddhism, based on the teachings of Buddha himself. According to scriptures, Buddha lived 547 previous existences before achieving enlightenment. The stories of these lives, like those of the Jataka Tales, emphasise the long history of reincarnation beliefs predating Chinese communist rule.

 

[justaguy313]

Young children sometimes speak about things, which cannot be explained. Maybe a child talks about when they were "bigger" or when they lived somewhere that they haven't. Sometimes children recount frighteningly accurate details about things they could not possibly know about.
One such child, is James Leininger.

James is the son of a Christian couple in Louisiana. When he was little, he loved his toy planes. But around the time of his second birthday, he started having horrific nightmares of being in a plane crash. Sometimes 4 or 5 times per week, he would wake up screaming throughout the night.

And then during the day, he talked about this plane crash and said that he had been a pilot, and that he had flown off of a boat. When his father asked him the name of it, and he said Natoma. He recalled that he had been shot down by the Japanese; that he had been killed at Iwo Jima; and that he had a friend on the boat named Jack Larsen.
As it turns out that there was an aircraft carrier called the USS Natoma Bay that was stationed in the Pacific during World War II. In fact, it was involved in Iwo Jima. And it lost one pilot there, a young man named James Huston. James Huston’s plane crashed exactly the way that James Leininger had described— it hit in the engine, exploding into fire, crashing into the water and quickly sinking. And when that happened, the pilot of the plane next to his was named Jack Larsen.

Skeptics might wonder: isn’t it possible that he heard the story from a family member, or that his spongy child-brain absorbed it subconsciously from a documentary playing on tv? The answer, is a resounding “no”. James Huston is simply not a well known person. In fact, his story is
so obscure that it took Leininger’s father three to four years to track down his information. There is only one possible explanation - James Leininger is James Huston in his return.

Stories like this are not rare, in fact numerous cases exist, just like this one. But not all children speak of vivid memories of their past lives. Up until the age of two, children are able to recall all of their previous incarnations. Quite literally, babies are born with an open mind. On the top of every baby’s head lies a delicate region where the head is unprotected by the bones of the skull. Also known as a “soft spot” or “fontanelle,” this open area over the brain allows the mind to recall the past. However, once children are finally old enough to communicate their memories, they
fade away. By age two, the bones of the skull have fused, like an egg closing over the mind. The body, in a sense, begins to overpower the soul.
The ego, the human body, encases the soul and often causes it to forget itself. Have you ever had the experience of standing between two mirrors? If you stand in just the right spot between them, you can look into a seemingly infinite number of rooms and images of yourself. But, while this image appears startlingly real, it is simply an illusion, much like everything we think we experience in this physical world. The world we live in has a tenacious sense of reality to it, as if solids were really solid and colors were really color—even though we now know that solid objects are well over 99.9999% empty space and that colors are merely the vibration of tiny packets of electromagnetic energy called photons, received in a chemical reaction in our retina and converted to electrochemical data for their transmission to our brain, where reality is assembled. Even our culture—made entirely from ephemeral thoughts, ideas, and beliefs—somehow seems real. These rigid boundaries form the membrane of the reality we live in - our egg, both personally and collectively. And they have a way of keeping the higher self trapped.

James Leininger (reincarnation case) | Psi Encyclopedia

American child reincarnation case, in which an infant's statements about a past life as World War II pilot were found to match closely with the life and circumstances of a pilot killed at Iwo Jima in March 1945.

psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk

 

[ajay0]

Article on children with past life memories...

Children Who Report Memories of Past Lives - Division of Perceptual Studies

Tucker writes about James Leininger, a boy who had past-life memories of being a WWII pilot, and Ryan Hammond, who had memories of being a Hollywood agent.

med.virginia.edu

In many cases of this type, the child’s statements have been shown to correspond accurately to facts in the life and death of a deceased person. Some of the children have birthmarks and birth defects that correspond to wounds or other marks on the deceased person whose life is being remembered by the child. In numerous cases, postmortem reports have confirmed these correspondences. Older children may retain these apparent memories, but generally they seem to fade around the age of seven. The young subjects of these cases have been found all over the world including Europe and North America.

 

[ajay0]

An excerpt from Narada Mahathere's book 'Buddhism in a Nutshell' dealing with rebirth...

Re-Birth

Vipassana Fellowship's online Meditation Course provides a supported introduction to Buddhist Meditation as found in the Theravada tradition. Resources and support for meditators and authoritative texts from the earliest Buddhist sources.

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According to Buddhism we are born from the matrix of action (Kammayoni). Parents merely provide an infinitesimally small cell. As such being precedes being. At the moment of conception it is past Kamma that conditions the initial consciousness that vitalizes the fetus. It is this invisible Kammic energy, generated from the past birth that produces mental phenomena and the phenomenon of life in an already extent physical phenomenon, to complete the trio that constitutes man.

For a being to be born here a being must die somewhere. The birth of a being, which strictly means the arising of the five aggregates or psycho-physical phenomena in this present life, corresponds to the death of a being in a past life; just as, in conventional terms, the rising of the sun in one place means the setting of the sun in another place. This enigmatic statement may be better understood by imagining life as a wave and not as a straight line. Birth and death are only two phases of the same process. Birth precedes death, and death, on the other hand, precedes birth. The constant succession of birth and death in connection with each individual life flux constitutes what is technically known as Samsara -- recurrent wandering.

 

[Twilight Hue]

A Scottish child's account of his past life ...

Kids' past life memories: Evidence for reincarnation?

Dr. Jim Tucker, who investigated 2,500 cases of kids recalling past lives, reveals extraordinary cases that challenge our understanding of reality.

www.jpost.com

Only one caveat here that pops a hole in this and it has to do with the trustworthiness of the account coupled with the question as to why this type of recollection just isn't commonplace.

 

[ajay0]

5 year old Japanese boy recalls past life as Thai police officer

5 year old Japanese boy recalls past life as Thai police officer

A five year old Japanese boy claims he has been reincarnated stating he can recall memories from his former life as a Thai police officer.

thethaiger.com

According to the translation of the research posted on Working Along, Naoto’s mother revealed that her son told her that he remembered his previous life as a Thai citizen. She asked him questions about it and he could narrate the story very clearly and vividly. She was worried about him and decided to seek suggestions from Ohkada.

The boy claimed that he was born on January 2, 1901, in the northern province of Lampang. His name was Pijo/Picha, and his nickname was Gao. His family raised elephants, goats, and horses.

He also mentioned that he was a Thai police officer with a commissioner rank. He served in the position during World War II. He claimed that he knew former police officers such as the former Director of the Police Department named Sawai Saenyakorn, Phao Siyanon, and Gustave Schau.

Naoto stated that he died on duty while he chased after a thief on a boat. His boat crashed into a rock and capsized and he drowned. He also explained how he was reborn saying that he chose to be born to his present mother in Japan.

The research report added that Naoto spoke some words similar to the Thai language, such as “Pon Tam Eg,” which might come from “Pon Tam Ruat Eg” in Thai. The word means police general.

 

[RamaRaksha]

To me, these are all ideas at best - there is zero evidence of any God or Gods or the Heavens
I do believe that "Gods" existed - I am sure people like Jesus - many in the past and even today claim to speak for God, same with God Rama, Krishna etc - but all the magic and miracles they are supposed to have done is a bit enhanced version of history(BTW Rama never did any miracles nor did he claim to be a God)
So, Heaven is the idea that we can run away from real life and all its problems & Reincarnation is the opposite
People frustrated with their lives on earth, and we think we have it bad now, our ancients had it much harder, hoped for something better in the after world(even Atheists hope for an afterlife, no kidding) and religions were happy to exploit this greed parking Putin like Gods in the sky - "Believe in me, support me, sing only my praises and be rewarded or else!"
The easy lazy way to the good life - get down on our knees, beg, grovel, blindly obey(kill my OWN son? Yes Master), sing his praises and the good life is yours! Easy breezy! Success, the good life, is GIVEN, not Earned - just a matter of kissing the right butt, the right belief!
Whereas in the real world that we live in success is a bit harder to come by - first no one GIVES us anything, nothing is free, we have to work hard, sacrifice, deal with setbacks, never give up and in an increasingly modern world, Education!(The last one is the reason why the failed and lower classes cling more fiercely to religion and its easy access to the good life)
The golden word is EARN!
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Heaven also is a metaphor for the womb, childhood - a wonderful time when we were fed, protected, sheltered, cared for and our parents kept us in a bubble shielded from the troubles of life, they may have cried in private but they made sure we were happy
Well, Reincarnation is the opposite, it is basically saying this is ALL THERE IS! There is only One World, this one!
We can't go back, we can't run back to Mommy, we can't run back to childhood
We have to move forward, we have to grow up to Adulthood and face life head-on - as displeasing at it may be
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Here is where i get a bit metaphysical - i do believe we get a choice
Do we want to reject this life that God created for us and run away or do we embrace this Gift of life?
I do think, if there is a God, He/She/It will give us a choice - Free Will

 

[Twilight Hue]

5 year old Japanese boy recalls past life as Thai police officer

5 year old Japanese boy recalls past life as Thai police officer

A five year old Japanese boy claims he has been reincarnated stating he can recall memories from his former life as a Thai police officer.

thethaiger.com

I find those stories kind of sketchy.

Only because it's specific in context of the so-called alleged memory that if a kid can remember that much detail, then there should be a lot more than just that. Plus why doesn't everybody have those experiences? I know I didn't.

if it's the case for everyone , why is there only a few people can think of things like this?

I think 5-year-olds are too old because they can pick up things or over hear things from one source or another, or it could be just something coming from the parents who want media attention and coached the child.

 

[RamaRaksha]

I find those stories kind of sketchy.

Only because it's specific in context of the so-called alleged memory that if a kid can remember that much detail, then there should be a lot more than just that. Plus why doesn't everybody have those experiences? I know I didn't.

if it's the case for everyone , why is there only a few people can think of things like this?

I think 5-year-olds are too old because they can pick up things or over hear things from one source or another, or it could be just something coming from the parents who want media attention and coached the child.

The idea is that we must move on - not live in the past and that is why they say we forget
It is sort of like graduating from one class to another - do we remember everything in the past class? no, but we do retain some
But as you said, there is always a rational explanation to everything - kids could be coached, with TV ubiquitous, they may have watched something like this happen on TV

 

[Aupmanyav]

Any suggestions for a decent, relatively easy to read book(s) presenting case examples and possible evidence? Obviously there are probably a thousand out there, so I'm hesitant to blow money on a Kindle book that turns out to be garbage. Thanks.

Even the idea is garbage. Why not look up what science says for human or other animal bodies? I do not think there is any evidence for existence of soul.

 

[sayak83]

Only one caveat here that pops a hole in this and it has to do with the trustworthiness of the account coupled with the question as to why this type of recollection just isn't commonplace.

As has been noted through 50 years of work with over 2000 case studies, the memories only occur in children who say they died suddenly (accidents or violence). The nature of the death appears to have an impact. Here is a link to an academic publication detailing the trends and major findings
https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2016/12/REI37.pdf