Thursday, November 17, 2005
Reincarnation?
I had never really thought seriously about reincarnation until I read an article about a little boy who seemed to think he had led another life. The article is profound and one of the versions can be found here: http://www.reversespins.com/proofofreincarnation.html
The article is given validity by the fact no one around the boy wanted to believe it or is looking for attention.
I have always found Edgar Cayce an interesting character as well. He was an unwilling psychic who had an ability to determine what was wrong with someone ill and dictate the treatment to get better even though he had no medical experience. This is actually how most psychics realize their gift, through abilities to see inside the body. At some point in his career he started sensing past lives of his patients and then ultimately his own. His most famous past life was that of a resident of Alantis. This short summary of him doesn't do him justice. You can look him up on line and find many believers and sceptics of him. Not sure if I believe he had a power, but still very fascinating.
Anyway, all of this led me to explore my possible past lives. I opened my mind to the possibility and spent some time thinking about it and these are my results.
Current life minus 1:
The most recent life I could tap into was one I lived in the 60's. My fondness for Converse shoes, 60's music, working on cars, etc. are all from that era. I don't know why, but something about these retro alternative 60's chicks you sometimes see on TV I find attractive. So all this has me believing that I was there in the 60's, but this also means I had to die a young death to be reborn in 1972. Vietnam? What is weird is I don't even want to think about that.
Current life minus 2:
This one was actually a suggestion I read on a BBS and explored it. The suggestion was that all online sim pilots playing Warbirds (an online WWII airplane game) were actually reincarnated WWII pilots. When exploring that I found it not to be true. Although I have a fondness for WWII planes, I just didn't feel like I had ever piloted one. BUT, I did realize a different role I played in the war. Since a kid watching WWII documentaries on PBS, I have been fascinated by gunners on ships, in particular the 40mm guns. These are the guns that have 2 large barrels that alternately fire and you see teams of men loading them as a man aims from a chair attached to the gun. In grade school I used to 'fire' 2 pencils acting as barrels at moving targets. Today, I commonly attach to these guns in the online game of Warbirds. I feel I was a loader of one of these guns somewhere in the Pacific. This also means I probably died in the war because I had to have been reborn sometime around 1950 if I was to become a child of the 60's. Is this why I am so young at heart? Because my last 2 lives ended so soon?
Current life minus 3:
I haven't figured this one out exactly. It does seem harder to remember lives the further back you go. :) Anyway, most of my exploration entails investigating things I am fascinated about and then going on how I feel about that. This technique leads me to believe I had something to do with the American Indian battles on the plains. It is important to note that feeling has a lot to do with this. I am fascinated by the Civil War, yet I don't feel I participated in it. Anyway, Custard of the infamous Last Stand has always fascinated me in some way. I feel I knew him, at least in an informal way perhaps. I don't feel I was at Little Big Horn though, although I can feel the horror of that day on a personal level. So, I believe I was involved somehow. The whole American Native vs the White Man history saddens me such that maybe I saw it first hand.
Current life minus 4:
I was very close to Sam Houston. I may have been him, I can't decide. For some reason I have always considered Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett as my contemporaries. I read a lot of biographies on American heroes and for some reason ones from this time period were my favorite, ESPECIALLY Sam Houston. I can't really say why, I just know. For those that don't know their history, Sam Houston took command of Texas troops after the Alamo tragedy (where Bowie and Crockett died) and led them to eventually defeat Santa Anna and win Texas freedom from Mexico. He was a statesman for most of his life. Perhaps I was an aid of his or something.
Current life minus 5:
My first life outside the US. I don't feel I was here before or during the Revolutionary War. Things are getting more and more sketchy now, but I feel I lived a life at sea. Ship battles of the Napoleonic Wars have interested me and I think I fought in them on the side of the British fighting the French. I have also loved model ships. I don't feel in anyway I was a pirate nor do I feel I sailed much further than Europe. Is this why I am such a war buff? Because I participated in so many wars throughout the ages?
Others:
I don't have any feelings for lives older than the 1700's. Althought I have had faint thoughts that hint I may have been involved in the Christian Church of the Middle Ages and also intellectually participated in the Renaisance somehow.
I am not a big believer in reincarnation, but is was fun to think about. :)
The article is given validity by the fact no one around the boy wanted to believe it or is looking for attention.
I have always found Edgar Cayce an interesting character as well. He was an unwilling psychic who had an ability to determine what was wrong with someone ill and dictate the treatment to get better even though he had no medical experience. This is actually how most psychics realize their gift, through abilities to see inside the body. At some point in his career he started sensing past lives of his patients and then ultimately his own. His most famous past life was that of a resident of Alantis. This short summary of him doesn't do him justice. You can look him up on line and find many believers and sceptics of him. Not sure if I believe he had a power, but still very fascinating.
Anyway, all of this led me to explore my possible past lives. I opened my mind to the possibility and spent some time thinking about it and these are my results.
Current life minus 1:
The most recent life I could tap into was one I lived in the 60's. My fondness for Converse shoes, 60's music, working on cars, etc. are all from that era. I don't know why, but something about these retro alternative 60's chicks you sometimes see on TV I find attractive. So all this has me believing that I was there in the 60's, but this also means I had to die a young death to be reborn in 1972. Vietnam? What is weird is I don't even want to think about that.
Current life minus 2:
This one was actually a suggestion I read on a BBS and explored it. The suggestion was that all online sim pilots playing Warbirds (an online WWII airplane game) were actually reincarnated WWII pilots. When exploring that I found it not to be true. Although I have a fondness for WWII planes, I just didn't feel like I had ever piloted one. BUT, I did realize a different role I played in the war. Since a kid watching WWII documentaries on PBS, I have been fascinated by gunners on ships, in particular the 40mm guns. These are the guns that have 2 large barrels that alternately fire and you see teams of men loading them as a man aims from a chair attached to the gun. In grade school I used to 'fire' 2 pencils acting as barrels at moving targets. Today, I commonly attach to these guns in the online game of Warbirds. I feel I was a loader of one of these guns somewhere in the Pacific. This also means I probably died in the war because I had to have been reborn sometime around 1950 if I was to become a child of the 60's. Is this why I am so young at heart? Because my last 2 lives ended so soon?
Current life minus 3:
I haven't figured this one out exactly. It does seem harder to remember lives the further back you go. :) Anyway, most of my exploration entails investigating things I am fascinated about and then going on how I feel about that. This technique leads me to believe I had something to do with the American Indian battles on the plains. It is important to note that feeling has a lot to do with this. I am fascinated by the Civil War, yet I don't feel I participated in it. Anyway, Custard of the infamous Last Stand has always fascinated me in some way. I feel I knew him, at least in an informal way perhaps. I don't feel I was at Little Big Horn though, although I can feel the horror of that day on a personal level. So, I believe I was involved somehow. The whole American Native vs the White Man history saddens me such that maybe I saw it first hand.
Current life minus 4:
I was very close to Sam Houston. I may have been him, I can't decide. For some reason I have always considered Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett as my contemporaries. I read a lot of biographies on American heroes and for some reason ones from this time period were my favorite, ESPECIALLY Sam Houston. I can't really say why, I just know. For those that don't know their history, Sam Houston took command of Texas troops after the Alamo tragedy (where Bowie and Crockett died) and led them to eventually defeat Santa Anna and win Texas freedom from Mexico. He was a statesman for most of his life. Perhaps I was an aid of his or something.
Current life minus 5:
My first life outside the US. I don't feel I was here before or during the Revolutionary War. Things are getting more and more sketchy now, but I feel I lived a life at sea. Ship battles of the Napoleonic Wars have interested me and I think I fought in them on the side of the British fighting the French. I have also loved model ships. I don't feel in anyway I was a pirate nor do I feel I sailed much further than Europe. Is this why I am such a war buff? Because I participated in so many wars throughout the ages?
Others:
I don't have any feelings for lives older than the 1700's. Althought I have had faint thoughts that hint I may have been involved in the Christian Church of the Middle Ages and also intellectually participated in the Renaisance somehow.
I am not a big believer in reincarnation, but is was fun to think about. :)
