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Reddit mentions of Old Souls: The Scientific Evidence For Past Lives
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Here is a book on the topic:
http://www.amazon.com/Old-Souls-Scientific-Evidence-Lives/dp/068485192X?tag=particculturf-20
I've read numerous reports from people I trust about kids who know stuff they shouldn't, and even some kids who speak languages they shouldn't.
There are also examples where you have child geniuses who talk about remembering Heaven and stuff like that - a great example is this girl:
http://www.artakiane.com/vid-cnn-spiritualyoungartist.htm
Not only does she have memories of heavenly realms, but she has an incredible talent with which she paints her memories. She also engages in abstract philosophizing which is far beyond her age.
Almost all parents are familiar with how young kids talk about seeing and remembering things that the parents don't see. Lots of kids claim to talk to ghosts, have invisible friends, things like that. Eventually they lose these friends as they mature, usually around age 7 they die off for good. But a Buddhist would claim that the child, being fresh out of the womb, still has a partial ability to see the Heavenly realm where he existed between incarnations.
The Buddhist interpretation of Heaven/Hell is that between lives, you go to an astral realm made of spiritual light that appears like a concrete world but is actually a reflection of your inner being. So if your inner being is full of hate and jealosy, between lives the world you live in will have hate and jealosy as components (but you still won't suffer in the same way you suffer on Earth because you are incorporeal and feel no pain or misery)
Likewise, if your inner experience is of love and joy when you go to the realm between lives you will be in a world of love and joy.
Most people forget these realms when they incarnate, but some people retain memories of them. Some people can find the memories through meditation practices and stuff like that, and some psychics seem to be able to peer into people's past lives and dig up information that is not available to the psychic otherwise.
Also, it's worth noting that multiple people can share the same karmic ancestor. So for instance you might actually have 3 different people now who, in past lives, were Napoleon. The Buddhists speak of this as a soul being like a fire - it can be spread into several fires but is still the same fire. You can have simultaneous reincarnations that are all the same soul. It's not time-bound.
So when 3 different people say they are reincarnated from Napoleon, according to the Buddhists they may all be correct. Of course, they may also all be wrong :)
Buddha always said, and his followers still do say, that belief is irrelevant. It's not important whether you believe these things or not - what is important is that you seek the truth through your own inner experience.
The Dalai Lama says, "If a scientific fact contradicts a teaching of Buddhism, then that Buddhist teaching will have to be changed to fit the truth."
The Buddha himself, if you read his philosophy, was a very scientific man. He believed in first hand proof and only first hand proof. Instead of a microscope though he used his own consciousness and discovered many supernatural things.
Oh wow. As to specific books. Hmm. That's sort of all over the place but each one had something to offer. The ones I remember are:
Books on my list to read:
I have also dabbled in the study of Zen and a few types of Buddhism, Tao, other Eastern Religions and philosophies as well as some Western religions, ho'oponopono, mindfulness and reiki.
Deepak Chopra and Eckhart Tolle have some good techniques for separating yourself from your ego.