Past life remembrances
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Past life remembrances
| Tue, 08-01-2006 - 10:28pm |
From the recent poll on reincarnation, the majority of people posting on this board believe in reincarnation in some form. Why do you believe? Was it something you read? Do you have any memories of past lives? Dreams? Deja-vu experiences? Unexplained coincidences?
Or why do you think it's not possible?
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I don't remember any past lives, but I do strongly believe in reincarnation.
I experienced deja-vu in places where I've never been while other places inspire disgust and fear for no reason, and I believe all this is linked to past live experiences. In History classes in school I remeber being able to remember some events and dates very easily (I have a very good memory) and some other things less easily and I think that too is linked to past lives.
One of the thing that always stunned me about myself is the fact that even thoguh I can grasp new languages quite fast, I've never ever been able to get a hang of German, I blamed it on the teaching method, I blamed it on my dad for not teaching me (He speaks german fluently), but as the year went by and that I started studying world war 1 and 2 in highschool I started experiencing the same kind of blockade I experienced with German...I can't remember any dates in this ear, I cringe each time I see a WW2 movie for no reasons. So based on this I think I've been there done that at one point and was traumatised by it.
I speak English fluently and grasped that language in 2 years flat, I used to have a decent hang over Italian language in Highschool but now I forgot due to lack of practice, but I'm pretty sure that if I start again I will become fluent, I'm getting better at grasping Hindi now as the sound of this language speaks to me, but German...no chance.
The first time I visited India on holiday i felt very confortable about the place and not as shocked as other tourists visiting it for the first time, and since childhood I had dreams of going East I think that too is linked to past lives. While I was the oriental girl of the familly my sis is more interested in South America and Africa 9places I don't feel confortable with) and she is an absolute WW2 junkie...she loves studying this topic, owns many books, read a lot about it and is the first one to line up at the theatre to see a war movie. We've been raised the same, and we have 2 entirely different personna, our whole chidlhood we shared one bedroom but her side and mine were like day and night put together that speaks for itself.
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Ok yea I tend to lean more towards the reincarnation theory. One reason: because to me it makes more sense than the "you've got one chance to accept me (whether you've heard of me or not) ~ **or else** . . . " approach. Especially considering how fallable and stubborn most Humans are! That approach just seems an oxymoron if one is speaking of a Loving & mericful god (JMO).
Another reason: some people just seem to "have it all together", ya know? They don't get ruffled easily, they seem to have thier proverbial ducks in a row (emotionally and spiritually). They practically appear as a whole other breed. How/why is it that some people just seem so "advanced" ~ how'd they do it in just one lifetime? (I don't think they did)
Another reason: I have met a few people in my life that the *connection* (even instantaneously w/ one) was soooo strong it defied logic! Everything in me recognized them!
Anothr reason: much as I love to learn ~ as the poster said above ~ there are some things I just can't get my mind around for anything, just *cannot* like . . . Egyptian mythology for one (and I LOVE mythology otherwise Greek, Norse, Native American, etc. but NOT Egyptian. What's up w/ that????) And then there are other things that I have a very strong affinity for (Celtic stuff) and have since I was a child ~ before I knew that the things I liked were all from a particular culture!
As for specific memories (heck I can't even remeber last month more often than not LOL). But my youngest Dd has had some pretty neat ideas/memories (especially when she was much younger). Perhaps we "forget" as this life overshadows?? I'm not sure??
I think I believe in reincarnation mainly because it makes more sense than some of the other options . . . but to be honest, at this stage in my Life I really have *no clue* as to what "lies beyond"!!
JMO! Many Blessings, "M"
I've experienced the thing with meeting people one minute and feeling totally connected...my Husband is one of those.
We are different and complete each other so perfectly, I'm not saying it's total bliss all the time for when we shout we really shout and can be mad at each other for a while...but not too long LOL.
I met him online as a chat buddy in ICQ, at that time I had a rough time with my ex (who was of Indian origin too) and was definitely NOT interested in dating anybody and certainly not another Indian guy LOL, but from our first chat i felt it was something more...I could trust this person completely, over the month we got to know more of each other and I really feel like I've know him all my life...most probably did in another life :-)
I can't stand the idea we have only one chance to get it right or wrong, and this is why I got seriously disturbed with the idea of dying as a kid, my question with christianity was "How can we call loving and merciful a God who could sentence us to hell for eternity for just one mistake" It couldn't be it for me.
Of course as you said, in the end none of us knows for sure what happen after death anyway.
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I was raised with the idea of reincarnation; to this day some in my family insist I'm my great-grandmother who died 3 months before I was born.
I am also drawn to the Anasazi as well as the Mayan cultures, but not really to other early tribes and civilizations.
How timely is this?
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I am a firm believer in reincarnation. I do not recall remembering past lives, but I have had dreams that may have been so. I live not very far from Seattle and am always drawn to that city. I have had dreams and then when I go there, I see places that I visited in my dreams. A very strong sense of deja vu. I have often wanted to research the history of Chinese who immigrated to the area to see if I connect with that because my dreams have shown me people of that culture.
I have also felt strongly connected to others for no reason. It does not make sense to me that we only have one life to live. It makes perfect sense that we come here to experience Earthly life and all that is with it many times to help progress our soul. For me, there is no reason not to believe we do not carry over imprints of past lives: fears, injuries, memories of other souls with us, languages, etc.
And I know my daughters have been with me before.
I believe in reincarnation. I don't remember reading anything specific that made me believe. Mostly it just seems to make sense to me.
The thought of heaven doesn't seem possible for me ... a life after this one that lasts forever ... nothing lasts forever, everything changes. Some day the Earth will be destroyed, the universe will end in this form, and it will all start over again with another big bang. I can't see how anything can just go on forever. Sounds boring. And since energy can't be destroyed just changed, our energies have to do something ... and everything starts over ... a tree dies, falls down and new trees grow from that, nature recycles everything. Why not souls?
Also I feel very drawn to Celtic, Norse and Pictish lands and things. I have an overwhelming feeling that I was a shepherd or a goatherder and I dreamed of traveling. It's like a very fuzzy memory of getting in trouble for daydreaming instead of tending the herd. It's totally possible that it was an actual sleeping dream but if it is a memory, it's a common theme in my life to daydream and get in trouble for it! LOL!
I also know I'm angry with the Roman empire for coming into the Celtic lands. That's pretty irrational but I have a knee jerk reaction to it. I feel that's why I'm such a fighter now ... I'm ready to go right wrongs and take up arms to defend myself and my family. If I came back in this lifetime to learn to be a pacifist, I'm failing miserably!
And one day I was with a group of friends and we realized we were all of Scottish decent. In this area with mostly German ancestry, all of us partial Scots found each other and became friends without realizing it. Maybe we were all clansmen and souls travel together through time.
hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint. - Erma Bombeck
I always had leanings toward believing this can't be all there is and had some input from the Kubler-Ross
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