What if there were physical evidence (as opposed to anecdotal evidence) proving the existence of reincarnation? Dr. Ian Stevenson provides this with his research correlating children’s past life memories with physical marks and defects they were born with in their current life.
Dr. Stevenson (who would have turned 100 this Halloween) is known as one of the premiere reincarnation researchers in the Western world. Here is the link to his well-known article on the subject: Birthmarks and Birth Defects Corresponding to Wounds on Deceased Persons. He also wrote a book about it: Where Reincarnation and Biology Intersect.
Here's a video involving more recent cases:
How does this lady remember the 1830's architecture of this building?
In my early 20's I took a semester off from university and lived in Scotland for about a month, by chance in Aberdeen. I passed the College of Medicine many times in my daily travels. This Australian lady's testimony is perhaps one of the strongest testaments to the reality of reincarnation I've ever seen. This segment is actually part of a series involving four hypnotically regressed women from Australia. Why she would lie about this ... I honestly can't imagine.
Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot
I read this book a few years ago. The story itself is fascinating, and in my opinion one of the strongest cases for reincarnation out there, especially involving a Western, English-speaking child. Unfortunately the book is about twice as long as it should be, heavily padded like a high school essay that's supposed to be 1,000 words but there's only 500 words worth of things to say. But you can always watch these videos ...
Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy
Some of the weirdest coincidences in the world involve these two. Check it out!
Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy
Evidence of Reincarnation Through Coincidence and Synchronicity
Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy
Evidence of Reincarnation Through Coincidence and Synchronicity
King Richard III and Dominic Smee
I'd better start this post with a disclaimer. At no point (that I'm aware of) has Dominic Smee *ever* claimed he has any kind of supernatural connection to King Richard III. He does, however, have a clear physical one: the curvature of their spines are virtually identical.
Whether you believe in reincarnation or not, the highly improbable discovery of the bones of King Richard III (under a car park, in a lot marked "R", just where his discoverer knew they'd be) is an absolutely fascinating story. When combined with how those bones were identified and the discovery of Mr. Smee as Richard's "body double" and how special armor and training prove that a man with severe scoliosis could be a terror on the battleground, you have the makings of a great documentary!
Whether you believe in reincarnation or not, the highly improbable discovery of the bones of King Richard III (under a car park, in a lot marked "R", just where his discoverer knew they'd be) is an absolutely fascinating story. When combined with how those bones were identified and the discovery of Mr. Smee as Richard's "body double" and how special armor and training prove that a man with severe scoliosis could be a terror on the battleground, you have the makings of a great documentary!
Jeff Keene, John B. Gordon and the Civil War
I'm not sure when I first heard about Jeff Keene, but he used to post a lot at Carol Bowman's past life forum at https://reincarnationforum.com . Carol Bowman has written a number of books on Children's Past Lives and has built a wonderful community of interested people along with her husband at that website. I've also seen Mr. Keene on both youtube and cable TV. His story is fairly famous in the reincarnation community. At any rate, I've read his book, Someone Else's Yesterday: The Confederate General and Connecticut Yankee: A past Life Revealed and compared it with a book written by General John B. Gordon, "Reminiscences of the Civil War." The writing style of both men is remarkably similar. I've noticed that a lot when I research possible past lives. Everyone has a certain style of writing, I can't imagine science hasn't come up with a way to compare different samples. (Another case I've personally noticed involves "Up from Slavery" and "Black Like Me" written by a couple of the bravest men to battle racism.)
Anyway, here is a video featuring Jeff Keene's story.
Anyway, here is a video featuring Jeff Keene's story.
The Pride of the Yankees
A couple months ago I watched "The Pride of the Yankees." I'll admit I'm not much of a baseball fan, but it's hard not to be moved by the incredible story of Lou Gehrig ... especially when you've read a charming, well-written book by a lady who claims to have been Lou Gehrig's mother in both her past life, and the current mother of the reincarnated Lou Gehrig in this one! I highly recommend this engaging book, and the movie, "the Pride of the Yankees."
Christian is only two years old in the following video:
Christian is only two years old in the following video:
Where do these kids get these amazing abilities?
Here's the same kid conducting a real orchestra a year later!
This girl was 3 years old when she made this video.
I've been following this kid for a long time, he is currently touring with Buddy Guy.
Who were you before you were born?
[I originally wrote this on my political blog, "What They Don't Tell You" back in 2009. I finally got around to making a blog about reincarnation a few days ago.]
I was thinking of maintaining a separate blog to dedicate to esoteric matter much like Les Visible does with Visible Origami, but I don't blog enough as it is. Besides, what could be a better topic to discuss on a blog called "What They Don't Tell You" than the fact that we are much more than our physical body, and our consciousness will, in fact, survive our physical death.
Sometimes I liken humanity as an enormously wealthy immortal being suffering from Alzheimer's, being mercilessly abused by a greedy, coniving "caregiver." Think about it. What power would there be in immortality if you're stuck in a cycle of declining health followed by total amnesia every 70 years or so? But a benevolent God may have designed our lives this way if the object of life were, in fact, to learn spiritual lessons.
I've always believed in reincarnation (ironically only recently challenged on discovery of what may be a researchable past life). Over the years I've stumbled upon some otherwise baffling conditions that don't make sense if you accept the Western assumption that personality, talents and hang-ups come from only two things: Nature and Nuture.
Foreign Accent Syndrome:
Wherein people who have suffered damage to the part of the brain associated with speech suddenly acquire a foreign accent. The "scientific" claim is that this is simply due to the elongation of certain vowels making it "sound" like a foreign accent, but I beg to differ. I saw one (English)woman on youtube clearly speaking in a Jamaican accent, and another (American) clearly is speaking in a French accent. Both seemed genuinely embarrassed about this, but couldn't help it. And what do you make of this? -- Czech speedway rider knocked out in crash wakes up speaking perfect English
Gender dysphoria:
A "woman trapped in a man's body" or vice-versa. I would include transvestism in this category as well.
Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID):
This is a truly bizarre condition wherein the subject desires to have a limb amputated, and doesn't feel whole unless it is. Could this be the unconscious playing out of karma from another life? Dr. Ian Stevenson has done a lot of work correlating birthmarks and birth defects in children with injuries they claim to have incurred in a previous life. Check it out: http://www.sinor.ru/~che/birthmarks.htm (BTW, does anybody else see the similarity in the faces of Peter Stuyvesant and Gouverneur Morris? Both had wooden legs).
Savant syndrome and child prodigies
[For that matter, how does one account for the genius of Helen Keller, blind and deaf since she was a toddler, at perceiving and communicating her interpretations of the world? What about this painter who was born without eyes?]
I was thinking of maintaining a separate blog to dedicate to esoteric matter much like Les Visible does with Visible Origami, but I don't blog enough as it is. Besides, what could be a better topic to discuss on a blog called "What They Don't Tell You" than the fact that we are much more than our physical body, and our consciousness will, in fact, survive our physical death.
Sometimes I liken humanity as an enormously wealthy immortal being suffering from Alzheimer's, being mercilessly abused by a greedy, coniving "caregiver." Think about it. What power would there be in immortality if you're stuck in a cycle of declining health followed by total amnesia every 70 years or so? But a benevolent God may have designed our lives this way if the object of life were, in fact, to learn spiritual lessons.
I've always believed in reincarnation (ironically only recently challenged on discovery of what may be a researchable past life). Over the years I've stumbled upon some otherwise baffling conditions that don't make sense if you accept the Western assumption that personality, talents and hang-ups come from only two things: Nature and Nuture.
Foreign Accent Syndrome:
Wherein people who have suffered damage to the part of the brain associated with speech suddenly acquire a foreign accent. The "scientific" claim is that this is simply due to the elongation of certain vowels making it "sound" like a foreign accent, but I beg to differ. I saw one (English)woman on youtube clearly speaking in a Jamaican accent, and another (American) clearly is speaking in a French accent. Both seemed genuinely embarrassed about this, but couldn't help it. And what do you make of this? -- Czech speedway rider knocked out in crash wakes up speaking perfect English
Gender dysphoria:
A "woman trapped in a man's body" or vice-versa. I would include transvestism in this category as well.
Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID):
This is a truly bizarre condition wherein the subject desires to have a limb amputated, and doesn't feel whole unless it is. Could this be the unconscious playing out of karma from another life? Dr. Ian Stevenson has done a lot of work correlating birthmarks and birth defects in children with injuries they claim to have incurred in a previous life. Check it out: http://www.sinor.ru/~che/birthmarks.htm (BTW, does anybody else see the similarity in the faces of Peter Stuyvesant and Gouverneur Morris? Both had wooden legs).
Savant syndrome and child prodigies
[For that matter, how does one account for the genius of Helen Keller, blind and deaf since she was a toddler, at perceiving and communicating her interpretations of the world? What about this painter who was born without eyes?]
Obviously, sexual dysphoria and BIID run counter to the Darwinian idea of "survival of the fittest." So nature should not account for these complex psychological conditions, both of which have compelled people to remove their own body parts. Both are *strongly* discouraged by our culture. This begs the question: are human beings motivated by something else outside biological and cultural imparitives?
Foreign accent syndrome and amazing, inexplicable skills by children and the severely handicapped are more benign conditions, but just as puzzling. These skills or attributes suddenly appear out of the blue. Is it possible to have access to resources outside the generally recognized realm of brain connections forged from years of habit and/or pratice?
I think it's possible to access memories, skills (and be bothered by neuroses) that stem from outside our current existence on Earth. But that's my take ...
O'Neal Mahmoud
A Druze toddler from Israel, "O’Neal Mahmoud," was recently discovered to speak English with a decidedly English accent, despite claims that he was never exposed to this language. In fact, they say he speaks English much better than Arabic, the language of his parents. They don't show him saying much on the one video I found that shows him speaking, but he definitely sounds like a native English speaker to me. The Israeli newscast also says he only speaks Arabic with a heavy English accent, which of course I can't confirm.
It must be said that speaking a foreign language without an accent is something young children can do exceptionally well, and it wouldn't take much time or exposure for them to learn it. On the other hand, if an adult can suddenly speak a foreign language they've never studied before, that would be pretty amazing! Here are some less recent examples of older people who have suddenly developed an ability to speak a foreign language fluently: Matej Kus, and this girl from Croatia. I've got more stories like this from my other blog if you're interested.
It must be said that speaking a foreign language without an accent is something young children can do exceptionally well, and it wouldn't take much time or exposure for them to learn it. On the other hand, if an adult can suddenly speak a foreign language they've never studied before, that would be pretty amazing! Here are some less recent examples of older people who have suddenly developed an ability to speak a foreign language fluently: Matej Kus, and this girl from Croatia. I've got more stories like this from my other blog if you're interested.
Welcome to my new blog!
I've been meaning to write a blog about reincarnation for a long time. I've been hesitant, however, for various reasons ... probably the main one was that I was very dedicated to my political blog, and since only a quarter of Americans actually believe in reincarnation, I was worried that writing about that might "hurt my credibility" at a time when I was trying to wake people up about the crimes and lies being flaunted right under their noses. Now I'm at the point where I honestly don't give a shit. If you don't understand by now you are being lied to by the mainstream media *constantly* and the United States has been usurped by a bunch of greedy, corrupt, pathological criminals, you're willfully being stupid. I think it was Les Visible who said there's a difference between being ignorant and stupid. Stupid is a choice, and it not only hurts you, it hurts others as well.
I almost feel like I have a responsibility to speak about reincarnation, though it might not win me any friends and I know there are more than a few people who want everyone to shut up about it. The fear of death is the most powerful weapon the "bad guys" have (and no one has more reason to fear reincarnation than they do, because karma is real). I'm one of the seemingly rare people who can remember events outside my current life as Jody Paulson, e.g. attending my own funeral. I don't just believe there is life after death, I know it. But should I try to convince others with this knowledge? I worried this wasn't my place. Besides, some people don't want to know, and I don't blame them. Skeptics might say that people who believe in past lives are deluded by wishful thinking, but I'm sure the concept has some people scared shitless. You mean I'm going to have to face the consequences of the evil shit I've done in this life? Uh, no thanks ...
I'm going to start this blog by sharing a bit of my own story, that which I'm pretty sure wasn't tainted by outside sources. I've always kind of believed in reincarnation. When I was about 7 or 8 years old, I was playing with my friends on the slide during school recess. One of the girls said as she came down the slide, "And now I'm being reincarnated as so-and-so ..." and I asked her what that word meant. She told me and I thought, "Wow, there's a name for it. That's what I believe!" I'll also mention that at this point I was constantly doodling in class (on the desk, on the paper, in books, it didn't matter) and many of the doodles I made I now recognize to be rather esoteric symbols, often associated with Freemasonry. You could say that might just be due to the ubiquitous nature of these symbols (the back of a dollar bill is loaded with them, for Pete's sake!) but I knew at the time these symbols had special meaning. Also, I used to collect comic books around that age, and on the backs of them were ads about the Rosicrucians and I knew that I had something to do with them or some other secret society in some past lifetime. Which is why I get a bit defensive when I hear people in the truth community say that all those guys are/were evil, because I know I'm not an evil person. I hate seeing innocent people get hurt. If I could have my way, everyone would be happy and loving towards each other. I personally think the Masons were infiltrated just as the early Christian church was ... and there are many people that came into the craft who had their kind and loving intentions twisted towards nefarious ends.
Anyway, when I was 12 or 13 years old, my favorite radio show was the "Thistle and Shamrock," a long-running public radio favorite featuring Celtic folk music. Some of the music is very old, and while I was listening to one of the songs I found myself mentally transported to the middle of a Celtic village. It was more like a dream than a memory in that it was pretty vivid, just like being there. I knew I wasn't really there at that particular moment, but I might as well have been, you know? As if I were in a 3-D movie. Later I had the following memory ... I was walking back from "the Lodge" (probably Masonic) with a guy who was likely my best friend at the time. He was in his early 20's and dressed in what appeared to be a European gentleman's 18th century attire, as was I. We were walking on a mostly vacant cobblestone street and having a bit of a laugh and he elbowed me in the ribs and said, "How about you, do you believe in any of that reincarnation business?" and I answered something like, "I don't know but if there is such a thing may I remember this conversation in some future life!"
Now, that little snippet is remarkable in more ways than one. First off, it's a cautionary tale of "be careful what you wish for, even in jest!" Second, it's striking to me in that it's a very "Jody" thing to say. The person that I identified with in the vision isn't just some random guy I might have channeled or something, he had the same reaction to the question I would have. I've always been interested in life's mysteries and I'm constantly thinking of ways I can test them. Hence this blog.
I've had many more "memories" after that, some I think are metaphorical, but I never stopped believing there was a grain of truth to them even as decades passed by. I'm not going to write much about those memories here, but I felt it was important to give you my first-hand account on what I sincerely believe to be one of my own past life memories before I launched into a blog about reincarnation. This is a subject that motivates and interests me at a time when just criticizing whatever the stupid cable news decides to talk about is becoming ever more pointless and depressing. I hope you enjoy my new blog!
I almost feel like I have a responsibility to speak about reincarnation, though it might not win me any friends and I know there are more than a few people who want everyone to shut up about it. The fear of death is the most powerful weapon the "bad guys" have (and no one has more reason to fear reincarnation than they do, because karma is real). I'm one of the seemingly rare people who can remember events outside my current life as Jody Paulson, e.g. attending my own funeral. I don't just believe there is life after death, I know it. But should I try to convince others with this knowledge? I worried this wasn't my place. Besides, some people don't want to know, and I don't blame them. Skeptics might say that people who believe in past lives are deluded by wishful thinking, but I'm sure the concept has some people scared shitless. You mean I'm going to have to face the consequences of the evil shit I've done in this life? Uh, no thanks ...
I'm going to start this blog by sharing a bit of my own story, that which I'm pretty sure wasn't tainted by outside sources. I've always kind of believed in reincarnation. When I was about 7 or 8 years old, I was playing with my friends on the slide during school recess. One of the girls said as she came down the slide, "And now I'm being reincarnated as so-and-so ..." and I asked her what that word meant. She told me and I thought, "Wow, there's a name for it. That's what I believe!" I'll also mention that at this point I was constantly doodling in class (on the desk, on the paper, in books, it didn't matter) and many of the doodles I made I now recognize to be rather esoteric symbols, often associated with Freemasonry. You could say that might just be due to the ubiquitous nature of these symbols (the back of a dollar bill is loaded with them, for Pete's sake!) but I knew at the time these symbols had special meaning. Also, I used to collect comic books around that age, and on the backs of them were ads about the Rosicrucians and I knew that I had something to do with them or some other secret society in some past lifetime. Which is why I get a bit defensive when I hear people in the truth community say that all those guys are/were evil, because I know I'm not an evil person. I hate seeing innocent people get hurt. If I could have my way, everyone would be happy and loving towards each other. I personally think the Masons were infiltrated just as the early Christian church was ... and there are many people that came into the craft who had their kind and loving intentions twisted towards nefarious ends.
Anyway, when I was 12 or 13 years old, my favorite radio show was the "Thistle and Shamrock," a long-running public radio favorite featuring Celtic folk music. Some of the music is very old, and while I was listening to one of the songs I found myself mentally transported to the middle of a Celtic village. It was more like a dream than a memory in that it was pretty vivid, just like being there. I knew I wasn't really there at that particular moment, but I might as well have been, you know? As if I were in a 3-D movie. Later I had the following memory ... I was walking back from "the Lodge" (probably Masonic) with a guy who was likely my best friend at the time. He was in his early 20's and dressed in what appeared to be a European gentleman's 18th century attire, as was I. We were walking on a mostly vacant cobblestone street and having a bit of a laugh and he elbowed me in the ribs and said, "How about you, do you believe in any of that reincarnation business?" and I answered something like, "I don't know but if there is such a thing may I remember this conversation in some future life!"
Now, that little snippet is remarkable in more ways than one. First off, it's a cautionary tale of "be careful what you wish for, even in jest!" Second, it's striking to me in that it's a very "Jody" thing to say. The person that I identified with in the vision isn't just some random guy I might have channeled or something, he had the same reaction to the question I would have. I've always been interested in life's mysteries and I'm constantly thinking of ways I can test them. Hence this blog.
I've had many more "memories" after that, some I think are metaphorical, but I never stopped believing there was a grain of truth to them even as decades passed by. I'm not going to write much about those memories here, but I felt it was important to give you my first-hand account on what I sincerely believe to be one of my own past life memories before I launched into a blog about reincarnation. This is a subject that motivates and interests me at a time when just criticizing whatever the stupid cable news decides to talk about is becoming ever more pointless and depressing. I hope you enjoy my new blog!
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