What to you think, Avsim boys and girls?

 

 

 

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Cases of 5-year-olds recalling past lives often involve detailed, consistent memories of deceased individuals, sometimes verified by researchers. Children, typically aged 2–5, may describe death in a previous life (e.g., fires, accidents), identify photos of strangers as themselves, and share specific names or locations. Such experiences are studied scientifically. 

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Key Characteristics and Findings:

• Specific Claims: Children often claim to be a previous person, sharing details that are later verified, such as names of family members, specific locations, or unusual habits.
• Behavioral Traits: They may exhibit specific phobias, preferences, or behaviors that align with the deceased person's life, rather than their current family.
• Age of Recall: These memories often surface around age two and typically fade by the time the child is 5–7 years old.
• Tone of Voice: According to Carol Bowman's research, children often share these memories in a calm, matter-of-fact tone, rather than with the drama typical of fantasy or imagination. 
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Notable Examples:

• Luke Ruehlman (Case of "Pam"): A 5-year-old boy in Ohio claimed to have been a woman named Pam who died in a 1993 fire. He provided specific details and was able to select the woman from a page of photos.
• James Leininger: A boy who, at age two, began having nightmares and speaking of being a WWII pilot whose plane was shot down, later identifying the specific, obscure pilot. 

 

 

 

 

I have no explanation.  There are things about which we simply do not understand and have little or no real knowledge. 

All I know is the last thing I would want is to come back to this crazy world as another human.  I need a new experience like coming back as a bird (goose with a large family flying the migration route every year or a crane).  I'd love not to have a job or mortgage just flying around with the family eating grass. A time where no humanlike creatures are around to shoot me out of the sky (billions of worlds out there, who knows)... In fact I'll return over and over for that life.

I'd be careful of kids saying they were another gender in a past life.  To much is being pushed on kids and this would have to be vetted out. See if it maintains until the kid is eighteen years old and of legal age.  

Edited April 19Apr 19 by Dillon

1 hour ago, Dillon said:

I'd be careful of kids saying they were another gender in a past life.  To much is being pushed on kids and this would have to be vetted out. See if it maintains until the kid is eighteen years old and of legal age.  

 

True... but what's interesting is that the child that claimed to be Pam in a former life gave details that were corroborated and was able to pick his former, Pam, self out of a bunch of photos without hesitation. So it's claimed. 

 

Edited April 19Apr 19 by martin-w

For years I've believed that, even within the context of the major religions, it is possible that we live multiple lives. 

Our spirits or souls simply transfer to a newborn body at some point after the old one dies.  Maybe there's an intermission or waiting period in between.  Perhaps when we're in spirit form and are our true selves, we remember everything about every life we've lived, making us enlightened and wise beyond comparison as we have many experiences and learn many things over the millenia.

Of course, when we're in human form we don't remember our past lives, so It is unusual to find some folks who claim they do.  I do think it could be possible, though.  There's a lot we still don't know or understand.

There was a TV show some years back about past lives which turned out to be a hoax, so you have to be careful of the con artists and hoaxers who try to make money off this.

Dave

Edited April 19Apr 19 by dave2013

I'm a skeptic on this subject.  I look at the progress we have failed to make in subduing violence since the first cave man bashed in the skull of another cave man.  But in the million or so years that have past we have vastly improved the technology to bash our neighbor's skulls.  I doubt it will ever slowdown.  I would not want to came back in a future world where the need for such technology continues to be developed.

I would think that having experienced violence in a past would make us want to subdue violence in a later life, but that doesn't seem to be the trend.

I like Dillon's answer about coming back as another creature.  It might be fun to be a whale for a while.  But if I came back as a whale 100 years from now would the oceans still be habitable?

Noel

I think I would like to return as some kind of sentient intelligent being on anther planet in God's vast universe.  Perhaps another galaxy far away.

5 hours ago, dave2013 said:

Maybe there's an intermission or waiting period in between.

 

I don't remember a past life. If a person doesn't remember past lives, then I see only two benefits of reincarnation: slim and none. 

22 hours ago, birdguy said:

I'm a skeptic on this subject.  I look at the progress we have failed to make in subduing violence since the first cave man bashed in the skull of another cave man.  But in the million or so years that have past we have vastly improved the technology to bash our neighbor's skulls.  I doubt it will ever slowdown.  I would not want to came back in a future world where the need for such technology continues to be developed.

I would think that having experienced violence in a past would make us want to subdue violence in a later life, but that doesn't seem to be the trend.

I like Dillon's answer about coming back as another creature.  It might be fun to be a whale for a while.  But if I came back as a whale 100 years from now would the oceans still be habitable?

Noel

 

I'm very skeptical, too. The fact that they could verify some of these kids claims though is fascinating. A lot of then at this age seem to believe this, too.

 

 

A uniquely preserved prehistoric mudhole could hold the oldest-ever human footprints on the Arabian Peninsula, scientists say. The seven footprints, found amidst a clutter of hundreds of prehistoric animal prints, are estimated to be 115,000 years old.

So, Martin, how many times has this guy or gal been reincarnated and what do you think he or she is doing now?

Noel

I'd really rather not come back again, even if they do have MSFS 2080. One dose of this lunatic planet is enough to last many lifetimes.

11 hours ago, birdguy said:

 

So, Martin, how many times has this guy or gal been reincarnated and what do you think he or she is doing now?

 

Not a question I could answer, Noel. Ive no idea if these claims are evidence of past lives or not. All I can say is that the aspects of the claims that are corroborated make the phenomenon fascinating.

I still remain skeptical.