Past lifes and all the mumbo jumbo..?

Question

so..i'm really interested in this whole everyone has a pastlife thing. but i can't seem to find anything about it. I can't say that i believe in it i would just like to learn more about it. if anyone has any information. serious information...let me know..thanks.

Answer 1

look into hinduism. Where they believe in reincarnation. I believe I have seen visions from mine through meditation... Its all interesting stuff

Answer 2

The best scientific studies on this were conducted by Ian Stevenson, M.D. (now deceased) but his work is being continued where he worked for many years at the University of Virginia. (link below).

This issue is also studied from a clinical (versus research) perspective by Brian Weiss, M.D. (link below)

Reincarnation and past lives fall under the study of survival of consciousness after bodily death and is one of the 3 main subject areas studied in parapsychology.

Yahoo has a section for these questions.

Science & Mathematics: Alternative: Parapsychology

Answer 3

Re-incarnation is believed by many religions, and a definition of what it is can be found in most encyclopedias. It plus the idea of Karma--the deeds one does in a life either good or ill that affects the next--are found in most Eastern religions. The idea of progressive re-incarnation has found a home in alternative religions in the West, but has not been adopted by the major religion.

I'm going to give a brief breakdown in how some differ, but since I'm Wiccan and can only discuss the Western style progressive re-incarnation in detail, I may miss something.

Hindu--The soul (atman) comes back to earth because it does not want to give up earthly pleasures. The higher castes or "twice-borns" are souls who are on their way toward letting go of the physical world. You get demoted or promoted in caste through karma, and only karma.

Sikhism--reincarnation possible with blessing of Guru and God

Buddhism--This life sparks the next, and guess what it may not even be human.

That came from wikipedia, I just condensed the heck out of it.

As for Wiccan re-incarnation, it's like this the soul is sent to learn all aspects of life, poor, rich, man, woman, victim, abuser, fool, and wise man. The soul is punished for it's deeds but not in the next life, in the current one. You do bad things and bad things happen to you. And then the universe considers what lesson you need to learn next, and boom what was once a paranoid unhappy powerful man corrupted by power becomes a powerless man who may feel secure and happy or bitter and unhappy. Once the soul learns the lessons it needs to be taught, it is no longer separate from the universal energy that exists in all things and yet is the sum total of all energy.

At least that's my take on it.

Answer 4

those are pretty facinating, i'm getting apast life reading.i'm just waiting 4 my phtchic 2 send it.