--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > TurquoiseB wrote: > > <snip> > > > > Or, for that matter, if you've got some idea who *you* > > might have been in a previous incarnation, do tell. > How do you know that it isn't genetic memory (if there is such a thing) > or a "past life" non genetic. For instance if you somehow wound up with > talents your parents didn't have and believed that it came from a past > life and then discovered your great great grandfather also was a master > in that field it could be genetic. Maybe we are able to remember some > of the experiences our ancestors had. When teaching music I would have > an occasional student with extraordinary abilities when neither parent > were musically inclined. At the time I had to credit that to reincarnation. > > I may well have studied tantra in a past life as I seem to have come > into this one with some techniques that I didn't know were tantric until > I learned tantra. And know at least to what I've been able to > ascertain of my ancestors non of them learned tantra. :) > > There is also an interesting theory about reincarnation that when one > dies the atoms scatter and creatures when born pick up these atoms and > they are what are giving one the sensation of a "past life." >
Your idea of genetic memory sounds logical to me, although I'm still awed by the possibilities of reincarnation. The human DNA structure is complex and IMHO can contain strains of abilities acquired by one's ancestors. Given that humans have lived on this earth for millions of years, it is safe to assume that all of us are related to one another in one way or another. For example, I've read on National Geographic a few years ago about a well preserved mummy that was found in present day China. The mummy was not Asian and appeared to look like a Celtic woman, with the acouterments similar to those found in Europe. Nonetheless, I'm still fascinated by the idea of reincarnation, especially from those who claim to be from another planet or universe. For instance, there is a story in Shrimad Bhagavatam of a man who claimed to have been an exalted being from Ghandarva loka. He said that he was punished by the prajapatis (executives of the universe) to live a life of sudra in his next life because he enjoyed the association of many beautiful women and sang the wrong tune during the adoration (kirtan) of Vishnu. Further, along this line of thought, I'm currently entertaining the possibility that Atlantis, as Edgar Cayce had described it, might have existed from another day of Brahma, which translates to millions and millions of earth years. This is the reason why we cannot find any current evidence of a civilization that equaled those achieved by the people of Atlantis. This Atlantean civilization supposedly was more sophisticated than the most developed countries currently on earth. The Atlanteans had flying machines and harnessed nuclear power. Unfortunately, they misused this power through wars and destroyed their own civilization in the end. Is this history being repeated again in the 21st century (CE)?
