EvaScarlet wrote:
I will come back and write more later, but I wanted to pose the question...

really? like how much later?

and no, i personally don't.

Tim Little Photography wrote:
I have seen several TV shows on the H2 Network dealing with very young children having memories of past lives. As parents research the past lives they find amazing evidence that cannot be ignored. It is very interesting stuff but at the end of the day I have a hard time accepting it. Coming back to do it again just seems wasteful.

amazing how most of these folks were egyptian, mesopotamian or roman royalty, isn't it?

none of them were the common serf who was killed by the plague.

EvaScarlet wrote:
I will come back and write more later, but I wanted to pose the question...

GK photo wrote:
really? like how much later?

and how will we know it is you? Sorry couldn't resist.

Tim Little Photography wrote:
It is an interesting topic. I'm very skeptical of all paranormal stuff but I enjoy learning about it and keeping an open mind.

I have seen several TV shows on the H2 Network dealing with very young children having memories of past lives. As parents research the past lives they find amazing evidence that cannot be ignored. It is very interesting stuff but at the end of the day I have a hard time accepting it. Coming back to do it again just seems wasteful.

Unless you are to come back until you get it right, whatever IT is.

Paul Tirado Photography wrote:
and how will we know it is you? Sorry couldn't resist.

no shit. what's the code word?

GK photo wrote:

amazing how most of these folks were egyptian, mesopotamian or roman royalty, isn't it?

none of them were the common serf who was killed by the plague.

Actually not a single child was Egyptian, Mesopotamian or Roman Royalty. Far from it actually. I think you may be confusing a bogus "reading" from a so called Medium telling a person they were so and so in a past life. The events I am speaking of a something totally different and serious minded researchers are becoming involved in their investigation.

For example. One child, a boy about 4 years old. Has memories of being "big like daddy" and being married and having a baby daughter. OK, at this point it could be something the child is just making up for fun. But later on he remembers his name was, lets say Joe Blow because I don't remember. He says his daughter is named Wendy and his wife is Jane Blow. A few days later he remembers his house was in Waco, Texas and he worked as mechanic for semi trucks, The thing is he has all kinds of details. Like the model numbers of trucks he worked on and things about his wife and daughter. Then he remembers his death. He wouldn't be "born again" if he had not died. He describes the details of a heart attack that no 4 yo would know. He remembered the ambulance people and the name of the hospital.

Well mom does some digging and finds that all of the information checks out. So they fly to Waco and the kid, who has never been there. Tells them how to get everywhere. He knows the town and he is 4! never been there.

So no Romans or kings or other bullshit. Open your mind and you will find that there are events that are captivating.

Tim Little Photography wrote:
Actually not a single child was Egyptian, Mesopotamian or Roman Royalty. Far from it actually. I think you may be confusing a bogus "reading" from a so called Medium telling a person they were so and so in a past life. The events I am speaking of a something totally different and serious minded researchers are becoming involved in their investigation.

For example. One child, a boy about 4 years old. Has memories of being "big like daddy" and being married and having a baby daughter. OK, at this point it could be something the child is just making up for fun. But later on he remembers his name was, lets say Joe Blow because I don't remember. He says his daughter is named Wendy and his wife is Jane Blow. A few days later he remembers his house was in Waco, Texas and he worked as mechanic for semi trucks, The thing is he has all kinds of details. Like the model numbers of trucks he worked on and things about his wife and daughter. Then he remembers his death. He wouldn't be "born again" if he had not died. He describes the details of a heart attack that no 4 yo would know. He remembered the ambulance people and the name of the hospital.

Well mom does some digging and finds that all of the information checks out. So they fly to Waco and the kid, who has never been there. Tells them how to get everywhere. He knows the town and he is 4! never been there.

So no Romans or kings or other bullshit. Open your mind and you will find that there are events that are captivating.

http://www.deathisanillusion.com/page.pl?id=2&cid=3

you're right, there are always these fables/tales as well.

what eludes me (and true believers of reincarnation) is, why would they be remembering these past lives? the essence of reincarnation in hindu religions is that it's the clean chalkboard you get to work out your karma. it would do you no good to know the sins of your past lives. the idea being you are not perfect until you are perfectly able to attain perfection.

being able to draw conclusions from past lives doesn't fit that paradigm. and christians (or any of the abrahamic religions) would consider any such stuff as demonic.

i can't deny that someone would think they have tapped into a past existence, but i can state emphatically that i have never seen any evidence of it, either in me, or anyone i have personally come across. but that's purely anecdotal, much like these stories.

ymmv, of course.

AdelaideJohn1967 wrote:
I would have to say no to this.

Simply, and just my own opinion but if we are all reincarnated then doesn't that mean there's a finite amount of humans at any given time. Yet new people are born every day. So where are those "new" souls coming from?

If we're reincarnated shouldn't those births be the recycled people who have died?

That's actually the general idea.

AdelaideJohn1967 wrote:
I would have to say no to this.

Simply, and just my own opinion but if we are all reincarnated then doesn't that mean there's a finite amount of humans at any given time. Yet new people are born every day. So where are those "new" souls coming from?

If we're reincarnated shouldn't those births be the recycled people who have died?

The Mormons believe that women in heaven are permanently pregnant and they supply the new souls.  I guess there is a lot of weird ideas about this going around.  If every last person was reincarnated, the math wouldn't really add up if you think about it, especially with how massive the population is now.

AdelaideJohn1967 wrote:
I would have to say no to this.

Simply, and just my own opinion but if we are all reincarnated then doesn't that mean there's a finite amount of humans at any given time. Yet new people are born every day. So where are those "new" souls coming from?

If we're reincarnated shouldn't those births be the recycled people who have died?

BorderlineBunny wrote:
That's actually the general idea.

If there was a human bottleneck of a few thousand at a given time in our past history, and we're at billions now, how do new lives get generated?

Do you believe in reincarnation/past lives?

No.

Lisa Andresen wrote:
Nope I believe when you go you go that's it. You only get one life in this body.

I think reincarnation provides a second body......coming back in this body would be zombie related.

Orca Bay Images wrote:
No.

Heard too many claims of past lives as nobility or warriors under famous generals, no claims of having been malnourished, short-lived shovelers of pig-shit.

From my OP:
http://www.beyondreligion.com/su_person … -index.htm

EvaScarlet wrote:

From my OP:
http://www.beyondreligion.com/su_person … -index.htm

The new fad: After everyone wore out the "I was a courtesan in the court of Louis XIV" routine, now there's an attempt at credibility by going the other direction.

What would be interesting would be for some of these claimants to speak fluently in the languages of their previous lives. And I mean, verifiable by linguists knowledgable in the historical dialects.
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GK photo wrote:
amazing how most of these folks were egyptian, mesopotamian or roman royalty, isn't it?

none of them were the common serf who was killed by the plague.

That's 'cos your common serf wasn't asked what he thought about the possibility of life after death or life before birth. hence there is no record of what he orshe may have thought.

Just like today the actions and meditations of those rich and famous in our society are more likely to be recorded in the annals of history than yours or mine GK.

No wait.... there's this Internet thingy now where nothing goes away... ever.