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Do you believe in past lives?

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Chloefairydust · 11/10/2022 20:39

Just been watching a series called ‘ghost inside my child’. Basically about children who appear to have vivid memories of past lives, including details they couldn’t possibly know otherwise.

Im quite open minded about things like this and paranormal stuff too. And I’m just fascinated by this phenomenon. Apparently children (especially when they are very young) can sometimes remember past lives, however as they grow older the memories fade away.

Just wondered if anyone here believes in past lives or has ever had their child say anything strange that might indicate a past life memory?

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MidnightConstellation · 11/10/2022 20:44

Yes I do. Completely.

Dacadactyl · 11/10/2022 20:45

No. Absolutely not.

Zone2NorthLondon · 11/10/2022 20:46

Absolutely not
Its a made up phenomen. Often scammers use it to prey on the vulnerable or daft

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Newuser82 · 11/10/2022 20:49

My three year old has told us many times that he died in a speedboat accident. He described what happened then he fell in and sunk. He said he was a much older man and it was very sad. Pretty spooky. I didn't even know he knew what a speedboat was.

Dacadactyl · 11/10/2022 20:50

Id just think my child had overheard the news at spme point and got the wrpng end of the stick if he started talking about speedboats like that.

Whiteminnowfish · 11/10/2022 20:50

Yes, I believe this.

buggeredmyleg · 11/10/2022 20:51

No

Newuser82 · 11/10/2022 20:52

@Dacadactyl certainly a possibility. It's not something I believe in or not. Just think it's an odd thing for a little one to say and he has yet to change his story as he often mentions it.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 11/10/2022 20:52

Yes but I also believe there's a scientific explanation (even though I'm completely woo)
As we know energy can never be destroyed there fore I think after death a persons memories can transcend into the brain of a developing embryo.

FoxCorner · 11/10/2022 20:55

I used to love a programme that was on in about 2005 where a woman regressed celebs to their previous lives. Very entertaining. Think it was called "Have I been here before?" I think Toyah was one of the people regressed

Rushingfool · 11/10/2022 20:57

No, but I think there is such a thing as inherited memory.

Chloefairydust · 11/10/2022 20:58

Newuser82 · 11/10/2022 20:49

My three year old has told us many times that he died in a speedboat accident. He described what happened then he fell in and sunk. He said he was a much older man and it was very sad. Pretty spooky. I didn't even know he knew what a speedboat was.

What an odd thing for a 3 year old to say 😮

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VenusClapTrap · 11/10/2022 20:58

Yes. But I only admit it when drunk.

Chuckles94 · 11/10/2022 21:00

I’m not sure I believe in past lives or not , but when I was a kid I told my mum I was born in the Victorian era in my last life 😂

Winceybincey · 11/10/2022 21:00

I’m open minded but what I question with regards to this, is how come a child can remember their previous life incl family, events, location and death but everything in this life is new to them?…. Say for instance - a banana, the moon, a tree, colours, numbers, everything. It’s all brand new and they learn the names and meanings from scratch. If they can remember a previous life, how can they not remember everything else?

Chuckles94 · 11/10/2022 21:01

Past life*

Newuser82 · 11/10/2022 21:06

@Chloefairydust yes, it only came about as we saw some boats in the river and he started saying that he had been on a boat. I told him he hadn't been on a boat yet and he said "yes I have, that's how I died". Then proceeded to go into detail about how it happened. Pretty weird! Dying on speedboats certainly isn't a topic of conversation in our house although obviously he may have heard it somewhere. For him to say he was a much older man than he is now is strange.

Chloefairydust · 11/10/2022 21:10

Newuser82 · 11/10/2022 21:06

@Chloefairydust yes, it only came about as we saw some boats in the river and he started saying that he had been on a boat. I told him he hadn't been on a boat yet and he said "yes I have, that's how I died". Then proceeded to go into detail about how it happened. Pretty weird! Dying on speedboats certainly isn't a topic of conversation in our house although obviously he may have heard it somewhere. For him to say he was a much older man than he is now is strange.

Wow that’s amazing, 3 years old I would say is too young to make up an elaborate story like that too. Did he give you anything you could try to research the event on like a name? (I would imagine a speedboat accident might be documented in a newspaper or something?)

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VenusClapTrap · 11/10/2022 21:12

I love these stories so when mine were little I asked them if they had any memories of ‘before’. Dd just looked at me like I was insane, but ds said “I remember feeling cross because I didn’t want to come out, because I was all warm.”

That wasn’t quite what I was probing for but was weird enough in its own way.

Newuser82 · 11/10/2022 21:13

@Chloefairydust he only said it was in Africa? Even more random as again I wouldn't think he knew what Africa was. That said though he did tell me he wanted to go to Wolverhampton the other day. We live in Durham 😂🙈

PermanentTemporary · 11/10/2022 21:14

No.

Newuser82 · 11/10/2022 21:14

@Chloefairydust and have never visited Wolverhampton or indeed know anyone or anything there! Funny little fella.

Trinity65 · 11/10/2022 21:18

Newuser82 · 11/10/2022 21:06

@Chloefairydust yes, it only came about as we saw some boats in the river and he started saying that he had been on a boat. I told him he hadn't been on a boat yet and he said "yes I have, that's how I died". Then proceeded to go into detail about how it happened. Pretty weird! Dying on speedboats certainly isn't a topic of conversation in our house although obviously he may have heard it somewhere. For him to say he was a much older man than he is now is strange.

That's astonishing

My youngest DC, when he was about 6 or so, was asking Me why I was crying the night before. I said that Nanny My Nan had sadly died and was going to heaven. He then shuddered and said "Its cold in the ground", and then informed me in WWI he was a soldier
Never mentioned it again and certainly doesn't remember saying it now he is an adult.
In this life, however, he has zero interest in joining the Military.

Tealpoppy · 11/10/2022 21:25

I had a mate,years ago who couldn’t have been less woo if he tried

for context,he was married to a lovely lady and they had two kids-a dd (then aged about 5/6) and a ds (then aged about 8/9)

anyway,one year they went away (in the uk-I can’t remember where) and on day 2/3 they went for a walk-passing a really old church

they where walking round the graves when suddenly the dd said
‘I used to come here when I was a boy’ and started to describe the inside of the church in great detail

both parents where like ‘oh A,whatever-you have a really good imagination’ but she kept nagging to go in,so they did

she was spot on with every single detail-things you wouldn’t notice unless you knew they where there

they came outside (slightly shocked) and she suddenly said ‘oh,my old mum and dad where buried over there-they where called x and y surname,they died on this date-my name was z and I was buried with them on this date-oh,and they had a message saying ‘in loving memory of x and y,they where dearly loved and in gods arms’

they walked round-and sure enough,they found the gravestone in a part of the grounds they hadn’t walked through at that point-names,dates and even the message about being dearly loved and in gods arms

when questioned (lightly) she said her dad had got Ill,mum had nursed him and only lived a few years after him

she (as the boy) had lived to about 25 and fell asleep-but woke up in a womb-she was sad as another baby,which was a boy,had to die so she could grow

her mum had a stillbirth about 6 months (which was a boy) before she caught on with her-and they hadn’t told their dd as she was too young to know

oddly,this story came up a few years later and the dd flatly denied ever remembering any of this and certainly didn’t remember being inside her mothers womb or a church and got very angry when they tried to talk to her about it

ancientgran · 11/10/2022 21:33

I don't, everything tells me it isn't possible but one of my kids used to talk about his previous life when he was little. He can't remember anything about it now. One of my GC does it as well, asks you which mum and dad you mean the old ones or the ones she has now.

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