We have the sworn testimony of the TurquoiseB that reincarnation is
possible because the Turq said he remembered a past life. Also, his
teacher, the Zen Master Rama, related to the Turq all Rama's past lives:
Zen Master, Kyoto, Japan 1531-1575
Head of Zen Order, Kyoto, Japan 1602-1671
Master of Monastery, Tibet 1725-1804
Jnana Yoga Master, India 1834-1905
Tibetan Lama, Head of Monastic Order, Tibet 1912-1945
On 11/12/2013 3:23 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Re: "The residual effect was that I taught myself how to conduct my
conscious mind to see into past lives.":
Look - if you and others could really access past-life information you
could tell the rest of us stuff that wouldn't otherwise be explicable.
The fact that you can't demonstrate such knowledge shows that your
supposed "recollection" is a construction. I mean, think about it: if
you could tell us (say) the true identity of Jack the Ripper you would
get the Nobel Prize for Physics for overturning the current scientific
paradigm.
Who is the chap in uniform in the photo? A former incarnation of yours?
There is, by the way, another explanation for "past-life" memories. If
that knowledge could be shown to be valid it could indicate a common
racial memory we all share via our DNA or God-knows-what.
Did you ever come across people who said they were a different sex
(gender) in a former life?
---In [email protected], <emptybill@...> wrote:
Yep, I actually have a job and have other responsibilities too.
But I'm with you ... I don't believe in past lives. That's because belief
is for those who cannot see directly.
In the '80's I trained with a group of people in various subtle
perception techniques. One facet was conducting a reader-observer
in seeing past-life imprints. The residual effect was that I taught
myself how to conduct my conscious mind to see into past lives.
However, my interest was in learning more about past associations -
particularly with the small group of 5 people I had spent a lot of time
with in training. That interest was the result of an intuition that
our group had significant "associations" in the most immediate past
life - and indeed it proved to be so.
We explored, singly and jointly, until the direct experiences
engendered by "returning" to that past life (both exhilarating and
terrifying) became unbearable to the other members. However, I
continued on my own and even conducted other people that I knew and
perceived were there/then.
Thus I no longer believe in past lives. Belief is for those who cannot see
directly or who cannot endure that seeing itself.
BTW - this is only unusual in a Western context.
---In [email protected], <s3raphita@...> wrote:
This thread brought out some interesting comments, thanks.
I see that when I challenged "emptybill" on his saying: "It's a
job for numberless kalpas - not just one life", and I said, "That
depends on whether you really believe you'll be reincarnated. Do
you really believe that? If so, on what authority?" he never
replied. Hmmmm.
