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LadyEllen -> RE: Reincarnation (8/13/2007 2:46:08 AM)
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But........this is not part of Christian tradition!; in fact, it sounds like heresy to me.
Still, on the off chance that Christian tradition is in fact a load of contrived nonsense designed to fit certain criteria......
There are probably just enough instances of accurate and verifiable memories of former lives for it to be true, and to fit into the model postulated by Asatru (Norse paganism). The premise in Christianity is that we are made up of only two parts - body and soul. However, this does not provide a very satisfactory explanation of who and what we are. Simultaneously, Christianity proposes that we only live once - again, hardly satisfactory in the circumstance of past life memories.
The Asatru model claims rather that we are made up of nine parts, and that the union of these nine parts came together before our birth, and at our deaths will be separated and each part will then join with others to make a new being. Given the quantities involved it would be surprising if more than a very few came together in a prior arrangement again, to form a new being that had much in common with a former being. Indeed, most new combinations will be entirely unique, and so very few will remember a past existence in detail, more but still a small proportion will get the feeling they know something or somewhere which they obviously couldnt, more may carry over latent abilities from former lives, but most will be new combinations unable to recall anything.
For myself, the very first time I travelled to Suffolk - fifteen years ago now, the place felt like home. Considering its nothing like my home and its next to the sea too, this was surprising. Whilst I couldnt find my way round, I seemed to recognise faces but in a vague way. I also remember an inexplicable affinity for Ipswich Town football club when I was a child; Suffolk again.
And then there's the German and Germany thing. I studied French for eight years - I was OK at it. German I studied for only five years, but right from the start of those studies it all seemed familar to me in some way - I didnt know the language or anything, but it just seemed like I did. I ended up being really very good at German - two grades higher at examination in the end. And even now, going to Germany feels like going home, in some strange way.
But what about the whole transsexual thing - is that rooted in some past life too? Is it that I think I ought to be female because part of me is (the Hugh, or mind), whilst another part (the Hyde, or shape) is male? Is it all just down to an unfortunate combination of parts, in those terms?
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