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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