Religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism believe in the concept of reincarnation. Many people in the Western World are also believers. For those people it is as realistic as the death of Jesus on the Cross and His subsequent coming back to life on the third day. Both concepts make sense in theory.
Those who do not accept the premise include Christians, Jewish people and those of the Islamic faith. Some branches of each, however, do accept the concept as truth. For example, the Kaballah, made up of Jewish individuals, does accept the idea of reincarnation.
There are reports of specific cases recorded by medical and philosophical experts which seem to support it. One well-known case is the one recorded about a little girl in Ireland. A Madison, Wisconsin housewife was hypnotized and allegedly her past life in Ireland and her rebirth in the US, 59 years later in 1923, was backed up by memories of that earlier life.
Morey Bernstein placed the Wisconsin housewife under hypnosis and took her back to a time that happened before she was born. She spoke to him using an Irish accent as the child who existed in 19th century Ireland. When details were checked, they correlated with the events that happened in the life of Bridey Murphy.
Dr. Ian Stevenson, investigated in a different way. He interviewed children who had told stories of previous lives that would have required more sophistication than a small child would have. He kept detailed records, then later compared the facts. He used strict scientific protocol to document each fact.
Step one was collecting data from a child remembering a past life. Step two was identifying the facts of the life of the deceased individual the child remembered being. In the final step he made every effort to match the memories to the events in the life of the deceased, including comparing birth defects, birthmarks and healed injuries that could be verified through medical records.
Anything other than the rebirth was ruled out, with the living child having no way of finding out about a person in another country and in many cases speaking another language. Sometimes the subject was too young to be able to read.
Dr. Stevenson is a reputable physician with irrefutable credentials. He is a licensed psychiatrist who worked in that capacity at the University of Virginia, in two different high level positions. He has written on professional topics other than the supernatural.
The Buddhist religion has a different concept. It teaches there is no eternal soul. There is instead a stream of consciousness that links one life to a successive one. After death, an individual undergoes rebirth. In the various sects the belief is in from five to ten realms of existence that each person goes through.
The traditional Buddhists think there are ten. Classification at the bottom is the depraved man. Each new rebirth advances the good person one link up the ladder. When he reaches the tenth level, he is considered to be a Buddha.
Reincarnation, backed up by facts or alluded to by religious beliefs, is something each person will choose to accept or decline the truth of. For those who do not want to think life ends with death, it is an attractive concept. Those who believe cannot be shaken and those who do not cannot be dissuaded from their denial.
Those who do not accept the premise include Christians, Jewish people and those of the Islamic faith. Some branches of each, however, do accept the concept as truth. For example, the Kaballah, made up of Jewish individuals, does accept the idea of reincarnation.
There are reports of specific cases recorded by medical and philosophical experts which seem to support it. One well-known case is the one recorded about a little girl in Ireland. A Madison, Wisconsin housewife was hypnotized and allegedly her past life in Ireland and her rebirth in the US, 59 years later in 1923, was backed up by memories of that earlier life.
Morey Bernstein placed the Wisconsin housewife under hypnosis and took her back to a time that happened before she was born. She spoke to him using an Irish accent as the child who existed in 19th century Ireland. When details were checked, they correlated with the events that happened in the life of Bridey Murphy.
Dr. Ian Stevenson, investigated in a different way. He interviewed children who had told stories of previous lives that would have required more sophistication than a small child would have. He kept detailed records, then later compared the facts. He used strict scientific protocol to document each fact.
Step one was collecting data from a child remembering a past life. Step two was identifying the facts of the life of the deceased individual the child remembered being. In the final step he made every effort to match the memories to the events in the life of the deceased, including comparing birth defects, birthmarks and healed injuries that could be verified through medical records.
Anything other than the rebirth was ruled out, with the living child having no way of finding out about a person in another country and in many cases speaking another language. Sometimes the subject was too young to be able to read.
Dr. Stevenson is a reputable physician with irrefutable credentials. He is a licensed psychiatrist who worked in that capacity at the University of Virginia, in two different high level positions. He has written on professional topics other than the supernatural.
The Buddhist religion has a different concept. It teaches there is no eternal soul. There is instead a stream of consciousness that links one life to a successive one. After death, an individual undergoes rebirth. In the various sects the belief is in from five to ten realms of existence that each person goes through.
The traditional Buddhists think there are ten. Classification at the bottom is the depraved man. Each new rebirth advances the good person one link up the ladder. When he reaches the tenth level, he is considered to be a Buddha.
Reincarnation, backed up by facts or alluded to by religious beliefs, is something each person will choose to accept or decline the truth of. For those who do not want to think life ends with death, it is an attractive concept. Those who believe cannot be shaken and those who do not cannot be dissuaded from their denial.
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