Hi,
I have an big interest in learning everything I can about Reincarnation. I would like to here from you on your experiences or with any information you might have concerning this topic. I have all ways been fasinated with the paranormal. My major interests are hauntings, reincarnation, and witch craft. Any info or personal experiences you can give me on any of these topics please email me at snc2003_17@hotmail.com for the topic of the email just put "paranormal" please so I know to read it.

Thank You,
SNC

The main thing I don't get about reincarnation is how lots of people claim to be one famous person.

Channel 4 mentioned this when they had their ghost night a couple months back..they went to a medium and asked about reincarnation and past life regression, she said the most famous historical figures for people to be are Elvis, King Henry VII, Boadacia (sp?) and Queen Elizabeth I.

This makes the whole concept seem somewhat laughable to me. The fact that more than one person claims to have been Elvis (say), in a past life and that it has so many believers...
It's just silly...to me, at any rate.

hey there,

the thing about more than 1 person claiming to b some 1 from the past is absolutely nonsense, but i have read stories where people have remembered their previos life and also contacted their parents (from the past-life).

Another 1 the present Sai Baba has been said to b Ram (as in Indian Ramayan) in his previous life. what people say is that we all have had births after births and we cannot remember it unless there has to b a relation among the lives lived ???
STRANGE !

I would have to agree that all of the cases of the multiple Elvis-people, etc.. tend to make the whole idea look a bit silly... but on the other side of the coin I was just wondering if if anybody has ever heard of any of the other kind of cases. Not that I'm any one of those multi-Elvis followers, mind you, but just wondering... First of all, out of a curiosity myself in anything paranormal I've done a bit of reading and a small bit of research myself from time to time and some of what I've read was even found in the fiction/horror section, mind you.

But first I have to say that anything from India or the Beirut area should be taken with a grain of salt; it will naturally be slanted that way as that is very much a part of their belief. I read a book called " Old Souls" by Tom Shroder that was supposed to be compelling evidence. I didn't think it was.

My interest in reincarnation is still not completely ruled out, though, I just think it more likely that if true our past life would probably be a more ordinary one.

I think most of us are made from very ordinary previous life experience. I don't believe that our spirits transmigrate to animals, I think they are a different more simple energy, perhaps in time they might evolve. I believe our energy moves along sometimes in groups to live and learn.

Yes, Gryphon, I think people would reincarnate into people, dogs back into dogs, etc... I don't think we would be birds or rabbits next.

I saw an interesting book or section on this once, dealing with the issue of just how many people CAN have been Cleopatra. The idea was that the concept of reincarnation is not understood well. When you are reincarnated, its not a 1-to-1, A=A process, its referred to as "dipping your finger" into the body you are about to inhabit, depositing a residue of your ego and previous experience, which means that in theory, you could be multiple people at the same time, as thus past life memories might indicate 150 people swore they were Joan of Arc - and they may have been - ALL of them.

Presuming there is *anything* to reincarnation, I tend to mix this idea with the idea of the collective unconscious or even "Akashic Records", wherein we all, like a hologram, contain everything else in the universe, including other people and their memories, from whatever time, so when you "remember" a "past life", it may simply be that you're tapping in somehow to *someone's* experience of being Napolean (well, Napolean's, I guess), and so you would INTERPRET this to mean that you were him, but it may be no more than a more advanced version of television, it just happens to affect all your senses, rather than just vision and hearing, and you're basically watching the "Napolean Show" as he did.

Myself, I'm not sure what I think about any of it, though the last seems a bit more likely; I had a past-life regression done by a friend AND at a psychic fair (we studied up on hypnosis and were fairly decent at it, though I'm not a very good subject) and *one* of the "memories" I wound up with was a time was:

Something like the year 972 (or 927) and it seems like I was a swarthy, fairly burly but kinda short person, maybe somewhat Arabic. I was in a fairly arid landscape thought there were sparse trees and even a fairly well kept dirt road under a copse of trees on either side of it - I knew there was a "town" a mile or so down the road, basically a desert area with very primitive construction, like sandstone or adobe or something, though there WAS a community (merchants, etc) but at this time, no one was there, though I had a flash of my wife being there and me feeling... something...guilt maybe, for going off and doing whatever I was going off and doing.

Anyway, I was on this dirt road and carrying a spear or similar weapon (I felt more like a hunter than warrior though I felt like I'd fought before) and I was walking down the road, sorta tired, not paying attention, and when I looked up, a humongous boar was charging me, tusks jutting up out of his bottom jaw almost prehistorically.

I maneuvered around and he backed up near a tree and prepared to charge again; I took aim and threw my spear - THUNK! I remember feeling a sense of loss and finality as I looked at the spear sticking out of the tree, vibrating slightly from its momentum, as the board squealed horrendously and charged. Things went black for a moment and I found myself lying stomach-down in the mud ditch alongside this road, knowing I was mortally wounded, basically eviscerated by the tusks.

The strange thing is, I died (presumably), but THEN (this surprised me), I found myself floating (flying) toward some sort of large domed structure I could only described as a "citadel" with a strange skylight, from which brilliant light was radiating into the sky. I descended into the dome and found myself in what I can only truthfully describe as "Valhalla", halls filled with glorious looking men and women feasting and drinking, dressed in flowing silks and shining armors, voices booming in enjoyment, constant activity - all very Viking looking (nothing like my fairly modest drab peasant type garb, curly black hair, dark skin), but that was all I recalled of that.

The thing is, I have studied enough of cultures and myths to KNOW whatever the area or era I was in originally, or type of person I was "playing", wasn't even CLOSE to being Viking, and I have NO idea why I would have (unconsciously) added in the death and then going to Valhalla, rather than "heaven" or whatever.

Another regression I had placed me as a "Native American" (I am 3/32 Cherokee but never really had a hugh amount of interest in that) in a tribe, with a few good friends there, and someone, whose named was "Coyote", who was at least *acting* as the elder for our group, told what I felt (in the regression) were "ridiculous" stories, and I in fact remember resenting him for his silly tales and nonsense he was telling, that a lot of the other tribesmen believed or were caught up in the fanciful notions, and I even called him on it (which I felt I wasn't supposed to do) and halfway debated with him right there, after interrupting his story - he only seemed amused. I don't remember the rest of that but that was an interesting but totally unexplained "story" as well.

I really have no idea what any of that meant, if it was really "past life" or good creativity or reading someone else's Akashic records or what, but I have to say it was an interesting experience.

try this. if time is not linear, as some people say it isnt, then is it possible we are all the same say, 500 souls, yet the souls inhabit our bodies at different times and can all exist at the same time cause time is circular....so in fact we could all be the same soul, in effect....just it inhabits different bodies at different points on the time circle...of course i do beleive this theory goes into different dimensions and jank but i dont know enough about those to go into it....ive always thought about this theory though...and i was so proud cause i came up with it myself!!! give me your thoughts!!!!

Hello, I beleave in reincarnation too ^^
it's just like when I feel myself, like if I'm alright, and I think of what would happen if I died I can't think that my soul will wither away =/

My theory on reincarnation is this: Everyone has two parts too thier soal. One part goes to thier final resting place to be with thier family of thier "life". Then the other part goes on to be reicarnated. Each time a person is reicarnated they gain the second part of thier soal by living thier life in the body that they are in, and then it starts all over again. For people who experiance past lives I believe that there is a esence of all they have experianced in lives before inbedded into the second soal.

Example: When I die I will go to heaven to be with my family of this life, but the other half of me will be reincarnted. I believe I have all my past lives within me, but do not know how to remember them.

This is my theory on reincarnation. If its true or not who knows? I would like to believe that a part of you gets to stay with your family that you love, and the other part gets to live on.

On the multi-people being one person in thier past lives I believe that that is bogus. One person-one body. I believe that they are wanting fame and giving the mystical side of life a bad name.

i really think that from my experinces that earth or where ever or spirits reside are our school. and where here to learn lessons. this man came up to my mom and told her everything about her life and deep personal stuff that she knew and didnt ever tell anyone. but he told her that in her last life she was in she was soon to be marryed to the son of the cheif in a native amearican tribe! but my mom left him for someone else. but she was supposed to expirince ture love with the chiefs son. and i was there son and she took me away and his heart was broken. but in this life im her ONLY son and shes been though alot and were very connected and in this life my soul has been though some of its lessons im here to guide my mom to find true love and set her on to her next life. i know it sounds like a fariy tale but its true i never gave up at helping her. even the husband from the past life is her garudian angel. i know this sounds like a fairy tale but its true!

lilmunky....could you tell us more? Where is the chief's son in this life, do you think?

Who was this person that told your mom all this....is he still around....did you get to know him? How did he just walk up to your mom, what were the circumstances?

First i dont know where the chiefs son is, from what i think i know hes my moms angel guardian. and im sorry i didnt give more info but it was 1;00 lol! but the man came up to her when she was in a convention for like chakra rocks and incence and like a herb fest. and i really dont know where he may be is now. is native american though, he told me that i was special and i was a medicine man in my past life and i think it was that same day when i got some stones from the man and put it in a poutch and i keeped them and when my mom had a headace i placed the stones on her chakra in matching colors ( that ive looked into it in the past year ) so i thought that was kool also someone else told my mom later down in the years that she had a angel next to her that was very tall and muscular and looked warm and kind and stood beside her and very close and very protetive! also i was like 3 at the time so i really didnt remember it, my mother told me the story.

I myself know for a fact that this is the only life I have ever lived. That does not mean I do not believe in reincarnation. I personally think that some people are reincarnated if they have died an unatural death, and have not yet become the spirit that GOD wants them to be. I think sometimes GOD uses peoples past lives to influence that persons new life. Say a person is murdered in a gang fight, God leaves him just enough memory to know the empathy of what happened. So, he avoids the same encounters. This is just a thoery, I am open to all suggestions!

lilmunky...Where did you get that quote?

imorningsun...that is a very interesting view. I have never heard of that, it makes a lot of sense.

morning that is a really good veiw on the rencarnation. i just belive for my self that if there is something we didnt learn in a life time we are supposed to go back and learn it to go ... where ever thats the way i think.

ever see the REAL picutres of the encrypctions on egypt how the pepole that live at that time had heads bigger? there knowlage knot is bigger. meaning they studyed alot of stuff. or how eve ate the apple of knowlage and gained the knowlage of good AND evil (look it up) also! i know pepole are scared of "evil" but you have to learn about the "evil" to destroy it! like a sickness give yourself the right plants and it will dissaper, the more knowlage you have the better you have a look upon life. also wonder why we use only a small portion of our brains? becuse we dont know how to unlock any of the hidden knowlage that is neglected at birth. so thats why you have to LEARN EVERYTHING IN LIFE. ( that dosnnt mean go out and read every single of book in the world ^-^; )

I'm a pretty firm believer in reincarnation. But I think that if you die young, you'll only come back to this world in your next life, so you can get the full experiance.
It's kinna stupid, thinking about it more.
And this topic is depressing me cus I've got "meant to live" playing......and I'm babbling.....
neways..........

Here's a logical theory to debunk the idea of reincarnation.

If reincarnation were a true fact, then there would be no population growth.

Think about it.

I think I can see what you mean, MrScuzzles, but could you explain a little further?

but, think about this.EXAMPLE: if there is a 40% of pepole in a phycial world that we are in then where is the other 60%? when someone is born they come into the phycical world. but there are atlest 1000 times more spirits than humankind and think of the animals and incets? how many flys or muisitos are? ( cant spell today eather) i dont think humans are the only kind that hold spirits. but the population could grow! someone swats a fly, a baby is being produced, the spirit could go to the egg and be born in the phyical world again.

yeha but theres always something being born around the world. wouldnt you think that after some time that new spirits would be born? mabye that dosnent happen often (rencarnation to another body) but its what the circumstances are. also we problibly as humans we create new spirits thats why somepepole can look into there past life and some cant becuse they were created brand new! why do you think that there are gosts or pepole after life looking over everysingle person in the world? and after that they soon leave when that person is dead. some pepole have familys looking after them after a while the spirit wold would grow more than the phycical world!

I've a small experience if you will. I believe I was reincarnated, sounds silly. I know.

Ever since I was younger I've always had a lot of "deja vu" experiences, dreams, and day dreams. I believe deja vu is an experience from a past life that is(was) happening again, only at a different time and place.

For instance, when I was in high school, a few friends of mine were walking home from school. I'll give names, for they're important to the story. Porsha, Shane, Cammile.

As we were walking home a school bus passed by us and I stopped walking and said "Deja Vu". My friends asked what was wrong and I explained, "Shane's gonna say something stupid and have Porsha get mad and walk the other way home without us. And Cammile is gonna be picked up by someone in a white car." When I saw this, it was back in the old days. Like way back when, you know?

My friends just nodded and we continued to walk home. Cammile proceeded to tell me that, that couldn't happen cause her mom and dad were at work, and they neither drove a white car.

So whatever, we were walking and Shane did indeed say something stupid, causing Porsha to walk away, angry, the other way home.

So we continued walking and a few blocks away from Cammile's house she turned to me and said, "I'll bet you five dollars that it still doesn't happen."

So we did, and as we came closer to her house, her brother, came and picked her up in her new white car. I won five bucks.

In anycase. Later on in life, I kept having dreams of being in a bar, with an ugly brown trench coat on and wearing a woman's suit identicle to my trench coat. I was very upset. My partner had died and I was drinking. I was an FBI agent (No I haven't watched too much X-Files ) and he had died while I had not been there to help. This was around the time the FBI had started allowing women to be field agents. And I know my last name, it's Leighton. Now many of you may say "That's a pretty broad name, especially for a last name." But I've looked up that name in the library and have found four of the same names. 3 were women and one was a male around the year 1976.

The weirdest thing of all for me, is that I didn't start having these daydreams, dreams and what not, until I decided to take up a profession in the government. I wanted to be an FBI Special Agent. As I tried to seek out my profession in high school and a year back in college, I had extreme bouts of depression and lots of fear. It's rather odd, like something was telling me not to go into it, like I've already had enough grief from that and it was time to try something else. After I while, I did convince myself to no longer pursue that which I had wanted to do. I finally decided on being an artist, and everything stopped.

I know it sounds weird, but this really meant something to me. It was an important period in my life.

And sorry if it made no sense to you, ask and I will try to clarify.

Fox_Mulder...So, you think this woman, Leighton, died?

Whoever you are now, you were alive 100,000 years ago. It wasn't your current mindset, but it was the same life force...

...all memory is incorporated into the sperm of the male species....If you live a good, decent life where you strive to do good and not hurtful things when you reproduce, the memory of your life is transposed into the sperm and hence into your offspring. The opposite is also true. But then again.......

.........I don't really know anything about Reincarnation as it relates to the Hindu faith.

Yes, I believe so.

What's your take Babs?

I believe in reincarnation also.

I heard a story about a child that was born in India. In his previous life he was murdered by a man from a village about 30 miles away or so. When he was about 5 or 6 his family was visiting the village for whatever reason. He pointed out a spot and said "I was murdered right there." Then walked down the road a ways. He then pointed out the spot where the body was buried (it was unmarked at the time,) then later on pointed out the man who had murdered him. The man broke down and confessed.

I have a friend who distinctly remebers being run through by a sword then falling overboard off of a ship. He remebers drowning, and how painful it was, yet how his body was in shock and couldn't feel the sword wound.

I personally remeber being a Roman Centurian battling the "barbarians," in North England, watching my men get slaughtered by a beseker until they were able to gang up on him.

I also remeber being run through with a sword (I have a large oval shaped birth mark at that point,) and even being shot with a Thompson Machine gun.

In addition, I have many skills and knowledge that I shouldn't know. I'm increadibly good at Martial Arts. My first class everyone was amazed at how good I was saying I had to have taken classes before.

There are also certain people I know in life - people who I feel a stronger, deeper connection too then normal, even after meeting them for the first time.

Fox Mulder...I don't know. It is a fascinating story that sounds very real.

In regards to reincarnation do you think that we have a choice where and when we return ?

If not what do you think dictates where and when you return?

Do you think people are reincarnated together, in groups, always consorting for eternity? (deja vu?)

I've only finished reading page one of this post, but I had to reply before I forgot what i wanted to say.

I would have to say its quite possible for people to claim to be the same person in a previous life. It's obvious actually. If we have billions of people living on earth right now, and there were only, say, 100 at the begining, then those 100 lives must see to billions of people. Even Elvis, who hasnt been dead 100 years, with the number of people increasing over time since his death, i'd say its feasible to have a few Elvis's walking around.

I recently saw The Day After Tomorrow in the movies, and every time Jake Gyllenhaal was on the screen, I got the weirdest feeling, like I've known him in a previous life or something like that. My old psychic (she got cancer and passed away) said that I was special, and she felt she had a past life with me. She did a report on my past lives, and in my most recent past life, I was a matriach in the 1900's in an isolated town somewhere. Very interesting stuff.

Actually, she was my mom and grandmoms psychic for many many years, I was only about 5 or 6 when she died, but she was a true psychic. I'm sure of it. And I have no clue how much she charged or anything.

Also, I posted this under a different but similar topic. If the catholic church says Jesus' spirit is in each and every one of us, wouldnt that make him be the first person to live and die? Just a little thinking to do.

Well, I've heard of a couple people claiming to be Motzart. One of my friends has too. And the interesting thing is...when she was around the age of five, her family went to visit her parents friends and they had a piano. She sat down and played it for the first time in her life and she was able to play advanced songs! Literally songs!

So I don't know.

My mom is a famous concert pianist and started performing on the radio at the age of three, but she doesn't believe in past lives.

I can't believe anyone able to have such talent like that at such a young age unless they've had experience from a past life.

*Edit* My possiable Motzart friend...despite of her incrediable piano playing, she has little interest in it and rarely plays. Some of my past life readings of professions I held such as being a piolet in many...I have zero interest in it this life time however I'm a great driver and can drive fast in straight line backwards and am great at video games...perhaps doesn't mean a thing in relation, but I've heard about many people having zero to little interest in this life time to things they greatly admired in past ones.