Reincarnation/Past Lives

[Debi]

 

[Black Cloud]

Here is an interesting lady's story about reincarnation.

 

[Black Cloud]

Déjà vu is the name given to the unsettling feeling we get when we feel we have been in the exact same situation before. For a few seconds, we are convinced that we have lived the moment previously—to the point where it almost feels like we can predict what is going to happen next. Then just as quickly as the bizarre feeling comes, it goes and we’re back to our normal reality.

One of the proposed causes of déjà vu is reincarnation. Many of us have encountered the déjà vu phenomena. My most unexplained experience of déjà vu was when I was in the US Army stationed at the old Nazi SS candidate school in Bad Toelz, Germany. After WWII General Patton used it as his headquarters. It has served many functions for the US Army since WWII. The first time I went in the tunnels that run under the main building at Bad Toelz I experienced déjà vu. Does this mean I had been there before in a past life? I don't know. The are several proposed reasons for déjà vu.

Does reincarnation exist? I don't know.

 

[titch2k6]

One of the proposed causes of déjà vu is reincarnation........... The are several proposed reasons for déjà vu.

It is one of the 'arguments' in support of both the parallel and 'block' universe theories.

The longest running theory is that déjà vu simply calls upon fragments of memories that we have stored in our brain, memories that can be recollected by moving into an environment that resembles something that we’ve already experienced. However, this cannot explain 'recollecting' conversations, sometimes word perfect, prior to them happening, or as they occur, nor some accounts of locational recognition where it is impossible for the person to have been before (i.e. the first time in a foreign country) and, as an example, can navigate intricate unknown back-streets because 'they just know' due to the feeling of having been there before.

Over the past few years, as we gain more of an understanding of our universe, and studies into new sciences (such as quantum mechanics) grow, we now have two new theories presented. Both rely on the suggestion that déjà vu is actually a psychical connection at a sub-conscious level.

Under the parallel universe theory, it is believed that there is a momentary 'link' between ourselves and............ well, ourselves (in another 'life existence'). It is thought that déjà vu is a connection to events our alternative selves experience at the exact time we do here - a crossover point of two existences at that particular moment (or, a 'clash' in the space-time continuum). Interestingly, it raises the question that if this is actually true, do our alternative selves also experience déjà vu as they also 'tap' into 'the moment'?

In the 'block' universe theory, it is believed that 'time', in the sense of the past, present and future, actually all exist simultaneously. As the majority of cases of déjà vu involve no previous knowledge of the occurrence being witnessed in the here and now, it has been suggested it is a 'link' between our present and future selves that find each other in a common moment of existence. Remember all the warnings in films that depict time travel where it is really bad for someone to meet their future selves? Something similar - there are consequences of 'us' being in two separate 'times' at the exact same moment. Some believe this to be what we feel as déjà vu.

Whatever your belief, it is a weird feeling for many, and there are certainly more questions than answers..........

 

[Lynne]

Yes, although they are often heard about even less than NDEs and reincarnation. They are also, unfortunately, more 'questionable' from a scientific point of view than the others. Because of this, there has been very little study (in comparrison to NDEs and reincarnations) into claims of PBMs.

One name that stands out in the study of PBMs is the psychiatrist Stanislav Grof, who conducted research back in the '50s, but his work, and subsequent findings, received lots of criticism from fellow scientists.


For those not aware of PBE, it is the act of recalling past life memories (of an existence) shortly before your birth. These memories differ from a past-life memory in that, past-life recollections are memories of previous lives on earth, sometimes recently and sometimes of hundreds or even thousands of years ago. People who claim to have experienced PBE recollect an existence similar to that described by NDE recollections (i.e. being on another plane of existence, often meeting deceased relatives and beings of light, as well as describing a 'tunnel' of light as they come into the world).

Those who claim they have had this experience recall being in a spiritual world, are aware of life on earth, and can sometimes choose their next life or even communicate with their future parents. Some people, according to accounts, even get a glimpse, or a sense, of the pre-birth realm during an NDE. Most memories of PBE come from children who reveal their recollections spontaneously and without prompting.

Had to search around online, but this is an example of a PBE case. It is from a woman identified only as Lisa P in the article:

'I was putting three-year-old Johnny to bed when he asked for a bedtime story. For the past few weeks, I had been telling him of the adventures of his great-great-grandfather: a colonizer, a soldier, a community leader. As I started another story, Johnny stopped me and said, "No, tell me of Grandpa Robert." I was surprised. This was my grandpa. I had not told stories of him, and I could not imagine where he had heard his name. He had died before I had even married. "How do you know about Grandpa Robert?" I asked. "Well, Momma," he said with reverence, "he's the one who brought me to earth."'

As already stated, during PBE, it is claimed that a pre-born is capable of communicating with their parents. Again, had to search around for an example, but came across this documented case:

'Don and Terri met a little later in life but agreed that they didn't want to wait before having children. Terri became pregnant on their wedding night. An ultrasound taken several months later showed that without a doubt she was carrying twins.

The pregnancy was making Terri very ill, and Don was worried about her health. He feared that she might lose the babies, but he was also more frightened that he might lose her as well. One night, he woke up and looked toward the bedroom door. A light was shining in the hall, but he remembered that he and Terri had shut everything off before coming to bed. The light grew in brilliance as it came down the hall, then turned into their bedroom. Within the light was a young man wearing a white robe. He came and hovered next to the bed and looked at Don. 'Dad,' he said. 'My sister and I have talked it over and decided that she will come first. It'll be better for Mom this way. I'll come in about two years.'

Don turned to wake up Terri, but when he turned back, the figure and the light were gone. The next day, Terri miscarried one of the babies she was carrying. The other twin suffered no trauma and was born at full term, healthy, red hair - and a girl. Twenty-one months later, Terri gave birth to a second child - a boy with red hair, exactly like his older sister's'

Is there a connection between all of these phenomenon - can one lead to another, or are they seperate 'entities'? Is there a connection between recollectors and religious beliefs (I have never seen any account that states the person's religion)? Are all of these instances collective 'evidence' of an existence after our passing from this earth?

And if so, where exactly is this 'plane of existence'?

Excellent Titch.

 

[Lynne]

It is one of the 'arguments' in support of both the parallel and 'block' universe theories.

The longest running theory is that déjà vu simply calls upon fragments of memories that we have stored in our brain, memories that can be recollected by moving into an environment that resembles something that we’ve already experienced. However, this cannot explain 'recollecting' conversations, sometimes word perfect, prior to them happening, or as they occur, nor some accounts of locational recognition where it is impossible for the person to have been before (i.e. the first time in a foreign country) and, as an example, can navigate intricate unknown back-streets because 'they just know' due to the feeling of having been there before.

Over the past few years, as we gain more of an understanding of our universe, and studies into new sciences (such as quantum mechanics) grow, we now have two new theories presented. Both rely on the suggestion that déjà vu is actually a psychical connection at a sub-conscious level.

Under the parallel universe theory, it is believed that there is a momentary 'link' between ourselves and............ well, ourselves (in another 'life existence'). It is thought that déjà vu is a connection to events our alternative selves experience at the exact time we do here - a crossover point of two existences at that particular moment (or, a 'clash' in the space-time continuum). Interestingly, it raises the question that if this is actually true, do our alternative selves also experience déjà vu as they also 'tap' into 'the moment'?

In the 'block' universe theory, it is believed that 'time', in the sense of the past, present and future, actually all exist simultaneously. As the majority of cases of déjà vu involve no previous knowledge of the occurrence being witnessed in the here and now, it has been suggested it is a 'link' between our present and future selves that find each other in a common moment of existence. Remember all the warnings in films that depict time travel where it is really bad for someone to meet their future selves? Something similar - there are consequences of 'us' being in two separate 'times' at the exact same moment. Some believe this to be what we feel as déjà vu.

Whatever your belief, it is a weird feeling for many, and there are certainly more questions than answers..........

Another well explained theory. I like this one. I’ve also heard it could be something as simple as a delay between sight and mind. I like to think of these events as sign posts that our souls set up to let us know we are on our life’s correct path.