Do you believe in past lives?

[Chloefairydust]

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?

I've posted this once before on MN.

When I was 12 I woke the whole house up talking in my sleep (for the first and only time in my life, no-one's ever told me I've done that before or since) at a normal, even slightly raised, daytime level of volume. And every word was clear, not mumbled. My parents had enough knowledge to work out that I was talking in French and it had something to do with science.

I was having a very vivid dream at the same time, so I knew exactly what I'd been saying. I was a late Victorian schoolmistress, dressed in the period, in a similarly Victorian chemistry lab, and I was teaching the chemistry of hydroxides.

The spooky bit - both the science I was teaching and the French language I was using were way ahead of anything I'd done in school at that point.

When my DD was small (around 3/4) we used to walk to playgroup together. One day she looked up at me and said "do you remember when I lived with my other mummy". She was utterly convinced she had. I was gobsmacked!

What did the children you could see look like before they vanished? Children usually resemble their parents physically because they have inherited genes from them. What did they look like while they were in the heavenly place, before they had chosen (or been allocated to) their earthly parents so could not yet have their genes?

@Lizneedsamotto We choose to be born into lives that are different to what we've lived before, hence going to not so nice parents. It's all a learning curve, more spiritual growth.
When we've assimilated as much as we can, we go 'home' to Heaven, & don't come back to earth any more.

How strange 😮

I'm not sure they need the spiritual learning of being a baby who is battered to death, or a sexually abused toddler, or a child dying in a famine. I think the most disturbing thing about that theory is that it is saying those thing should happen to the helpless child otherwise oh dear they'e missed their spiritual growth. Why would be punish people for providing the spiritual growth?

I feel very uncomfortable with this.

The midwives who delivered my daughter both said exactly the same thing at the same time.

DD was very alert, looking around the room, managing to wriggle out of the towel she was initially wrapped up in.

My friends mum (who does believe in previous lives) firmly believes that my DD and her DGS knew each other in a former life - they have a really deep connection; they've always referred to each other as their brother or sister. DGS has a brother and two sisters (who are all first time visitors according to their DGM) and is nowhere near as close to his siblings as he is to DD. They pine for each other when they are apart.

This is all explained in Michael Newton and Brian Weiss’ books.

I wouldn't want to read a book that suggests that evil people are doing something positive in facilitating the spiritual growth of the victim.

It is sick.

I don't want to go into details about my little one as it might be outing, but when he was about 2/3 he would talk about things, and had knowledge of that field, which I checked, which related to him having had a career in a particular field in another country.

I once had a dream I was shown what my past life was and it was in the 1950's, I had an unusual name, two brothers, and worked in printing. When awake I did a census check and I found the person. A few years later I found out a great great grandparent worked in a paper mill in that very small town, at that time.

Meant to say 1850's

'I was Alexander the Great ... 's chief eunuch.'
'You know what? I belieeeve you.'

It’s not as simplistic as that.

Actually, take a look at your own original post and then see who is being unpleasant.

I entered into the discussion on an interesting thread and you countered in a sneering manner with Elvis and alien comments which bear no relevance.

I have one of those, they are lovely souls.

Ancientgran I don't want to goad you, obviously this isn't for you. However, I don't think it is the case that the souls who are reborn can see their future. I am not sure they look at a shitty life unfolding and purposefully choose it. That seems to be your only understanding of how this could work. That the future is knowable and that people knowingly choose shitty lives. I really don't think that's the case, or what anyone here is suggesting

When DD was about two she went through a phase of crying and begging to go to New York. She said she had left behind her small children and they wouldn't know where she is now that she was here with me, and she wanted to tell them that she loved them very much. She was so deeply sad about it. It lasted a few weeks.

I asked her nursery, thinking they had talked about New York or read a book about it and they said they'd never mentioned it. It was very strange. She can't remember it now.

This made me smile, there is certainly so much that we don’t understand.

Oh but it is. If choosing to be born to a family that has already murdered it's own children because it will help your spiritual growth is justifying that family's abuse because it's a good thing isn't it, we need spiritual growth.

What a sick theory. I'm open minded about reincarnation but that theory is seriously fucked up. And I don't swear!

Sorry that is what they are suggesting though. That's what has been said, they choose a family that is going to offer something previous lives haven't, so hey I haven't been raped, tortured or murdered by my previous families so I'll grow spiritually if I experience that.

Here's an example of what has been said, We choose to be born into lives that are different to what we've lived before, hence going to not so nice parents. It's all a learning curve, more spiritual growth. Yes, "not so nice parents" like Rose West who was the example I'd given.

So yes it is goady to suggest a baby has chosen that for itself. Taking victim blaming to the absolute extreme.

@ancientgran those murderous people will have to answer for their sins & do a LOT of learning when they go 'home'. That is their path.
The baby who is born to them has chosen that path themselves to experience hardship - they aren't forced to do so. Just as babies who are aborted or miscarried choose. It does sound awful, but it IS free will.

@mamabear715. As much as it's a great idea and I would love it to be true. There is no real proof that past lives exist and it's a convenient way of dismissing some real atrocities and injustices in this world. In India you have the 'untouchables' that believe their appalling life circumstances are because of their actions in a previous life, which also just happens to be a convenient way to keep people trapped in poverty, without much fuss.
Cleopatra, or and 18th century swashbuckling hero fabulous, but I don't see what the point of extreme abuse, or hardship is for human consciousness.

Aww that’s really sad bless her

I've always believed in several past lives, I could be very wrong of course but it's what I believe (I've read several books on children remembering past lives and they were fascinating).

Wow. A 4 year old scammer then?