During a past life regression session, I had a very frightening experience. When I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was a hand with three or four long fingers resting on a small green ball on a chair. Lifting my head, I saw a greenish alien in a chair looking at me. He appeared quite grotesque, and I felt a surge of fear. The alien wore a bright grey uniform, and I somehow felt he was a commander, perhaps because a thought flashed through my mind – he was a destroyer of worlds.

The chair was also a bright, neutral color, with green balls attached on either side. These balls seemed to be floating in the air, and the alien appeared to be controlling them. He had a large head and very large, black eyes. Looking around, I saw other aliens in chairs, typing on large transparent screens. The screens all displayed blue and white, and I could see stars through windows, suggesting we were flying through space. Suddenly, a powerful pain shot through my body, and I woke up.

Even with my eyes closed, I continued to see alien faces. They seemed to hold up a hand in a stopping gesture. Some had three fingers and grey skin, with small heads. Despite trying past life regression several more times, I kept encountering different aliens in a black void. This experience has prevented me from attempting further regressions.

My Question:

Has anyone else had a similar experience? Who could these aliens have been? How can I find more information?

can i choose to be reincarnated as a russian?

I am here in my human body. My grandma passed away and I can often feel her presence and guidance. I imagine her in soul/spirit/guardian form. My question is - if souls reincarnate and we’re all reborn - if my Grandma reincarnated into a new Earthly form … would I still be able to feel this connection to her and get these guardian type signs from her soul? Or would that end if she was on a new Earthly journey and no longer in spirit form/high awareness.

My grandfather passed away 5 years ago and we were very close. I’ve rarely felt his presence or received “signs” from him. Could it be that he reincarnated sooner and is in a way… inaccessible.

Just starting my spiritual journey and just read Many Lives Many Masters and these are questions that came up for me. Curious to hear others opinions.

Hey guys, I wanted to come here and share my story and get people’s thoughts on my experience following waking up from a severe car crash.

About 6 months ago, I was in a car crash where I don’t remember anything and I broke my neck pretty severely leading to a spinal fusion. I’m all good now and can function and walk normally.

The first thing I remember is waking up and seeing the classic light in the middle of the room and a team of healthcare specialists like EMTs and Doctors all looking down and circling me. During this time, I could tell I was being transported to ICU somewhere inside the hospital. While I was getting pushed to where I was going…I remember distinctly feeling like I had been wounded as a combat soldier in war. So much so, that I actually stated out loud as they were transporting me, “I’m just another number!” and began sobbing.

I’ve never enlisted or been involved in anything military related. Would love to get some thoughts if this is a normal delirious effect from trauma, my tattoo lady suggested it could be a past life…which peaked my interest.

When a child is born, everybody celebrates the arrival of the little one. But the child continues to cry! Why? Why is it that other birds and animals don't arrive on earth crying at birth? Is it because the human child is aware that it will suffer its Karma as it spends one more life on the planet? While this may be controversial to some, it leads us to contemplate why we celebrate birth and mourn death.

It is good to celebrate birth because we are happy to receive a new member in the family. But for the one who is born, not only does it mean another life of dealing with past Karma, but also creating new Karma, then going through the ordeal, the struggle of life, culminating in disease, decay, and death. Ultimately, while life is a merry-go-round of pleasure and pain, sun and rain, loss and gain, everybody suffers before they depart. Therefore, we cannot deny that there is misery on earth and arriving in this world should not be a celebration when compared to departing from it.

And then, we mourn death. We cry when we see somebody die. Why? Because we are ignorant about the truth, that death is not the end. It is a simple fact that we are not the body that dies. The body is formed over 9 months after we are conceived. So, when this body dies, why does the world cry? It is a known fact that every 'body' born must die. Nobody can escape death.

Those who are enlightened with the truth don't cry when they see somebody die. They accept it as a natural phenomenon. They even see it as Liberation from suffering. More often than not, people who die are experiencing a lot of suffering and pain, either due to some disease, some disorder, or old age. Therefore, death for them is Liberation. Why should we mourn it?

Isn't it time to reverse what we do? Instead of celebrating birth, we should celebrate death and let a moment of a child's arrival not just be about balloons and cake, but rather a time to awake. To realize that our so-called birthday is only a delivery date. To realize that this child has returned to settle past Karma, and to inspire and enlighten us to transcend Karma, to be liberated from the cycle of rebirth and not return to earth.

Some will discount this logic and boast that life is fun and that they would love to return to earth again and again. They may choose to live with this theory, but they cannot choose to escape from the suffering caused by the pain of the body, misery of the mind, and agony of the ego.

Ultimately, every 'body' will either grow old, decay, and die or be a victim of some disease, or some unfortunate accident and end their journey on earth. Then there is loss of all that we own that is known and even fear of the unknown beyond death that makes people mourn the moment of death.

I am studying Buddhism and what it means to reincarnate. I have two past life situations. The first being, key moments of this past year that I know I have already lived. This time it is much different in the way I see life and how I tackle challenges. It is like I have the privilege of seeing the mistakes I made in my past life and have the choice of correcting them in this life. In this life I have become more spiritual and have been focusing more on connecting deeper with myself, the universe (and or god), my anscetors, and guides. Personally, I believe this is why I am able to see things from the past and correct them now. What I am confused on is why would a soul choose to reincarnate again (like live in a time loop) instead of moving to another form and learning the unlearned lessons through that form? Are there parallels between living the same life again like in a time loop and reincarnating into a different form? To add to this, I only remember the living the same life from this past/current year of my current life before this year I did not remember living this life before. It is like I get to see only this small amount of time, at least for now, and that is it. I have experienced the moment as it is happening and remembering then as well as seeing into the future by a couple weeks to a month max.

Lastly, I remember this small moment of a past life here on earth where it was around the 1950's. I lived near St. Louis Missouri but all I have is one specific memory of that life that I have no idea what it means. Why can I remember only this one specific memory from this past life?

My current journey of learning Buddhism has me focusing on the moment and living in "true mind" but I can't help but wonder what it means to have the spiritual gifts like the ones I am explaining. What would these gifts be called? How can I strengthen them?

There is much more to my store but this is as concise as I could get it for the purposes of this post. Any insights are welcome! I appreciate your thoughts and time! <3

As I was meditating, I prayed for all of the cats who never got a good home; who were abused and abandoned. I said I'd make it up to them. And one of them came into my life. You see, they have souls, too. Just like the people whose lives have been taken from them too soon, or had lives that were not very good, they long to have a better life. Please be kind to all living things.

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Even if I don’t understand more than a few words per song, Hebrew music, regardless of genre, hits differently than any other music in any other language.

I have scattered evidence that my native language was Hebrew despite growing up in an English-speaking Christian family.

After I underwent speech therapy, my English was naturalized but my ability to speak certain other languages, of which Hebrew turned out not to be the only one, was broken.

I won’t dare speak Hebrew now because I hate the way my voice sounds.

So I just listen.

Occasionally I look at my menorah, which I keep out year-round, and sometimes I pick up my dreidel, although I have trouble spinning it.

Hanukkah was always my favourite holiday but, growing up, we celebrated Christmas instead which always resulted in meltdowns throughout the season.

I’m pretty sure I used to be able to read Hebrew, but was forced to forget how to read as well as forgetting everything else (such as the Alef Bet Song, later recovered).

My birthday is always an emotional rollercoaster. Jews historically paid very little attention to birthdays, with only a few of note.

I have two birthdays - I don’t celebrate the second one (on the Jewish calendar), I just look at the CalJ notification and say “yep, thanks for noticing”.

My “second birthday” as a child was April 20th, my due date.

Interestingly, in 1991, both my actual birthday and my due date were on Saturday (Shabbat).

I never did like church and feel like shit seeing a cross (never mind a crucifix), but looking at a Star of David is relaxing. There’s one in the centre of my menorah, which is nice.

In grade seven my teacher briefly discussed the synagogue and my internal thought was “sounds nice.”

I have a theory that might explain gender identity confusion.. is it possible that there might be a glitch in the reincarnation process that places past male or female souls into opposite gender bodies? Just a thought I’ve been floating.. it would highlight that choice sexual orientation doesn’t matter even in the other realm

There must be a reason behind that strong desire for relationships/love/sex,but from reincarnation point of view, i don't get why life wants so bad from us and every other creature to procreate!

Hello everyone!

So my question is, how do people who are born into rich families, who have pretty privilege and live an amazing lifestyle attain this.

Do they decide to come back into an easier life, after living a particularly hard life.

Or I read somewhere that if you do a lot of charity work, you end up living a good life in the next one.

If someone decides to do good deeds, with the intent of reincarnating as a rich person, with pretty privilege in their next life - does this conscious intention offset the innate morals of that person. Surely you should do a good deed to help others because you want to, not because it will bring you good karma for your next life?

For example, if I died it may be assumed that I could reincarnate in the year 2030 or there abouts. But could I come back in, say, 1985? I know that time on Earth is linear but as I understand it "back home" there is no time, which is where the idea of eternity comes from (people think of eternity as time going on forever, whereas simply the lack of time would also create an eternal environment). So could I theoretically drop in at any time or must we follow the flow of time as it happens on Earth?

Hey guys, wanted to ask if there are any good books worth reading on this, especially karma and things like suicide etc. I find how a lot of religions will try to scare u saying if u do this, u get 1000 years in hell and things like that. I want something that explains the facts without trying to scare the reader.

I was wondering how much truth there is to birthmarks. For instance if you have one on your body you are currently in. Could it be a clue as to how you died in a previous life? There is a little back story to my question. My brother Tim was murdered on August 8th 2019. My youngest daughter got pregnant at 17 and had a beautiful baby girl. On Sept. 26th 2021. Not the ideal situation any parent wants I know. But it has actually been working out great. My granddaughter is a sweet little girl, and I would not change things. My daughter noticed a white colored birthmark on the babies back on the left side by her shoulder blade. It just happens to be where the bullet that killed my brother entered his body before traveling thru his lung and then hitting his aorta. He bled out very quickly which is somewhat comforting to know that he was not in pain for too long. So I wonder could my grandaughter possibly have some of his soul with her? Or could she be him? Like its really crazy to even think of right? Google search Timothy Haman Jr Charlston,South Carolina If you want more information about my brother. Thank you in advance for any clarity on my birthmark question.

I've always liked to believe in the idea of reincarnation, but never did much research. It's been a fun "what if" for me until recently.

Last month my soul kitty passed away. I rescued him and his sister after weeks of trying to get familiar with them when they were kittens. Everyone always commented on our relationship. How much he loved me, being near me, greeted me, cuddling me. I've never felt such pure and unconditional love. Last month, after 7 short years, he suddenly experienced heart failure and he was gone. My soul has felt empty ever since.

Last week I had the thought that he loved me way too much to leave me forever. That this cat, who would do anything to just sit beside me (he'd sit in some weird places and positions), who would face any fear (he was scared of everything) to just rub up against me, would not let death get in the way either. I'm not sure if it's just grieving, but I've convinced myself that he'll come back. I know he'd look different, may act differently, but I've just been so convinced that when I run into his soul again I would know.

Part of me is concerned though that I'm just in so much grief that I've become delusional and I'm wishing for the impossible. I guess thats why I'm here though. Just wanted to hear other thoughts.

Thank you

As in our consciousness doesnt reincarnate and we never existed in the past but we gained access the memories of deceased individuals and think they were us in a past life...

“Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living and, above all, those who live without love”: the spirit of school headmaster Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

For me being reincarnated would be hell, which is largely about repetition of mostly unhappiness. I believe that Zen Buddhism even teaches that life is suffering or hardship occasionally interspersed with genuine happiness.

Many chronically and pharmaceutically untreatable depressed people won’t miss this world. It’s not that they necessarily want to die per se; it’s that they want their pointless corporeal suffering to end.

The greatest gift life offers such poor souls is that someday they get to die. Perhaps worsening matters is when suicide is simply not an option, meaning there’s little hope of receiving an early reprieve from their literal life sentence. ...

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I awoke from another very bad dream, a reincarnation nightmare / where having thankfully died I’m still bullied towards rebirth back into human form / despite my pleas I be allowed to rest in permanent peace. //

My bed wet from sweat, I futilely try to convince my own autistic brain / I want to live, the same traumatized dysthymic brain displacing me from the functional world. //

Within my nightmare a mob encircles me and insists that life’s ‘a blessing’, including mine. / I ask them for the ‘blessed’ purpose of my continuance. I insist upon a practical purpose. //

Each second that passes I should not have to repeat and suffer again. / I cry out ‘give me a real purpose and it’s not enough simply to live / nor that it’s a beautiful sunny day with colorful fragrant flowers!’ //

I explain to them that I’m tormented hourly by my desire for both contentedness and emotional, material and creative gain / that are unattainable yet ultimately matter naught. My own mind brutalizes me like it has / a sadistic mind of its own. I must have a progressive reason for this harsh endurance! //

Bewildered they warn that one day on my death bed I’ll regret my ingratitude / and that I’m about to lose my life. //

I counter that I cannot mourn the loss of something I never really had / so I’m unlikely to dread parting from it. //

Frustrated they say that moments from death I’ll clamor and claw for life / like a bridge-jumper instinctively flailing his limbs as though to grasp at something / anything that may delay his imminent thrust into the eternal abyss. //

How can I in good conscience morosely hate my life / while many who love theirs lose it so soon? they ask. //

Angry I reply that people bewail the ‘unfair’ untimely deaths of the young who’ve received early reprieve / from their life sentence, people who must remain behind corporeally confined / yet do their utmost to complete their entire life sentence—even more, if they could! //

The vexed mob then curse me with envy for rejecting what they’d kill for—continued life through unending rebirth. //

‘Then why don’t you just kill yourself?’ they yell, to which I retort ‘I would if I could. //

My life sentence is made all the more oppressive by my inability to take my own life.’ //

‘Then we’ll do it for you.’ As their circle closes on me I awaken. //

Could there be people who immensely suffer yet convince themselves they sincerely want to live when in fact / they don’t want to die, so greatly they fear Death’s unknown? //

No one should ever have to repeat and suffer again a single second that passes. //

Nay, I will engage and embrace the dying of my blight!

I want to be reincarnated so bad but i think i wont be myself.and it feels like its just gonna be another person and another body,so im wondering if we ever end up getting reincarnated we wont know.right now we may be reincarnation but we wont ever know its such a weird feeling,like when you are thinking of immortality there is basically no end and u will continue existing even if theres nothing

Hi, so I am new to reincarnation, I have been reading about it this past week.

Before this past week, I never gave reincarnation any thought at all.

I was raised a Christian Protestant in a very strict conservative household.

I left that religion and became an Atheist four years ago.

Last week I was reading something about the book The Phantom Of The Opera by Gaston Leroux (one of my favourite books, read it a million times.) As I was reading about Gaston Leroux and where he got his inspiration for this book, I suddenly had that the thought, "I should look into my past lives."

At first I disregarded this thought but it kept coming back. I wasn't a believer in reincarnation when I had that thought so that's why I disregarded it. However, I kept having the thought of having an open mind and looking into reincarnation.

So, I have watched some YouTube videos and read some books about it and I now believe in reincarnation. Seems perfectly logical to me. I don't fully understand reincarnation, I don't know fully how it works, but I believe it's a real thing.

My local library has some books on reincarnation so I am on the waiting list to read them. I am so excited to read and learn more about it.

I dunno anything about my past lives or if I have lived in the past, this may be my first time round I dunno. I do want to find out though if I have a past life and if so who I was and where I was. I hope someday I get to find that out.

Introduction

To start with, this is not a post about some kind of conspiracy fan theory about the Wizarding World. If you would like to look into some of the theories or fan fiction of the novels, r/harrypotter has many of these. Rather, this is a post detailing the real-world circumstances of Wizarding World related materials authored by J.K. Rowling.

This post is additionally not an analysis, where I theorize that the Wizarding World could exist and provide explanations with pieces of anecdotal evidence.

This is likely not a post for those with little knowledge of perceptual and paranormal psychiatry, as it delves into some very advanced topics on the subject matter. There is not enough room for one post to detail this all here, so I must instead summarize and encourage you to look into each of the following topics for yourself. This has taken me many years of research and is just an initial overview of what is needed to understand the subject matter. I strongly advocate forming your own opinion and doing your own research on this topic.

Introduction to Paranormal Studies: Near Death Experiences

I am sure that many of you are aware of the numerous stories and accounts about near death experiences, which will be abbreviated to NDEs. You may have heard of the books “Heaven is for Real” or “Proof of Heaven”. NDEs are not a brush with death, but rather experiences people have while in an extreme physical state, such as with little to no brain function after an accident. After waking up, many people remember distorted time, faster thinking, a life review (panoramic memory), and a sudden “understanding”. Typically, people may find themselves in mystical or unearthly realms, meet with deceased or religious spirits (such as family members), and may find themselves at the “point of no return”. These experiences are profound, and what makes this evidence for life after death are the verifiable NDEs. Dr. Bruce Greyson is a psychiatrist at University of Virginia, which has a department that specializes in the study of paranormal research. Greyson studies thousands of cases of NDEs and has done a lot of research into many of these experiences.

Greyson first got introduced to the idea of NDEs when a patient was initially passed out unconscious when he first met her. This patient woke up and told him that she remembered him from last night. She confirmed details, such as the striped tie that Greyson was wearing, and where he was standing in another room. Greyson stated that the patient could not have possibly known all of this information. Many of the NDEs provide information that people could not possibly have known without having some kind of experience outside of their body.

Virginia NDEs

An example of a verifiable NDE is discussed in a lecture from Greyson. Greyson discusses the case of someone named Jack with status epilepticus. During a coma, he met his nurse, Anita. Anita told him that he needed to tell her parents she apologizes for wrecking their car. As far as Jack knew, Anita was perfectly healthy. Later that morning when Jack recovered, he told another nurse about what Anita had said. The nurse burst out of the room crying. Jack later learned that Anita had been gifted a car that she took for a ride, crashing and dying in it. In separate NDEs, there are also cases where people confirm things that have happened while they were in a coma. The evidence for people being able to exist outside of the body is very profound. If you are new to this, I have attached a link above detailing Near Death Experiences from University of Virginia.

Children who Remember Previous Lives

Dr. Ian Stevenson started the Division of Perceptual Studies and started reviewing cases in the 1960s. Ian Stevenson studied hundreds of instances of children who describe a recent life they claimed to have lived. These children often show behaviors, phobias and preferences that may surprise their current family and be unexplained. Just like NDEs, these cases can be verified.

One example is from a family in Oklahoma who had a five-year-old that talked about a past life. The kid, named Ryan, would cry about Hollywood and wanted his mom to take him back. His mother showed him a book with many pictures of movies, and the kid pointed to a person named George, claiming he did a picture with him. The person was, in fact, named George Raft and was a famous actor. The Division of Perceptual studies researched this case and found the identity of the person the kid was claiming to have been in archives, who was named Marty Martyn. Ryan verified several details that he would not have been able to know without having access to these archives, such as remembering accurately where Marty Martyn had lived and visited. On top of this, there are cases of birth marks and defects without any other explanation that appear to match recounted memories that children remember having in a previous lifetime.

An additional case cited by Dr. Jim Tucker details a kid named James Leninger, who remembered the life of an American pilot killed during World War II. James made a habit of saying “airplane crash on fire” and slamming toy planes into the family’s coffee table. When James was 28 months old, his parents asked him for the name of the boat, in which he replied “Natoma”. His dad looked this up and discovered a ship named USS Natoma Bay. Numerous military records also verify the statements given by James.

In another story, Sujith Jayartne began showing intense fear of trucks as a kid and even the word lorry. He said that he lived in a village seven miles away, and had died after being hit by a truck. His great-uncle referred him to someone who conversed with Sujith and wrote down many of his statements. Sujith told him the village where he lived, and he went to investigate. He discovered that someone had died after being hit by a truck six months before Sujitch was born. There were many other statements that proved to be accurate as well. Again, there are many cases that I could discuss, and I will instead leave a link to a video made by University of Virginia.

Virginia: Cases of the Reincarnation Type

Non-academic Evidence: Mediumship and Past Life Regression

After looking at the research and evidence from NDEs and children’s memories of previous lives, the next major piece of evidence comes from past life regression cases. Past life regression is a method that uses hypnosis to recover supposed memories of previous lives. Authors such as Michal Newton and Richard Martini both practiced hypnotic regression, and I have read several books on the subject.

Generally speaking, these hypnotherapists have discovered that the way the universe works is that everyone has “spirit guides” that help their many lifetimes, as well as a council that reviews people’s previous lives and helps them learn from it. Essentially, the idea is that the world is a stage, and each lifetime helps a soul progress into their journey to becoming a higher and more advanced being. After many lifetimes, one may progress to becoming a spirit guide or sitting on a council. This is a very brief summary, but the general idea is that we live many lifetimes in order to grow and experience. To learn more about this, I have attached a link to Richard Martini’s Quora page that goes more in depth into the research.

Richard Martini-Quora

Dr. Ian Stevenson at University of Virginia had taken note of past life regression and hypnosis. He provides a very interesting write-up, which I have provided below, and details the hazards of hypnosis and regression. Stevenson discusses how the subconscious parts of the mind are released from ordinary inhibitions when under hypnosis, and may present a new personality or life. This life may be in another period of history, and be extremely plausible. However, Stevenson notes how experiments have show that suggestions given by a hypnotist can influence a “previous personality”. Stevenson says that nearly all evoked personalities are entirely imaginary or similar to the contents of most dreams. While there may be accurate historical events noted, they may be derived from other sources such as reading and television programs.

Stevenson does mention that some subjects may be able to speak a language not normally learned. In rare cases, there may be something of value that emerges from regression, and Stevenson favored “serious research” into hypnotic regression.

Cases of Inaccurate Hypnotic Regression

This is not to say that past life regressionists are all frauds or completely wrong by any means. However, it does show that there are problems and inconsistencies that arise with hypnosis. In one example of people speaking different languages during regression, researchers showed that speech patterns were similar to that which are used by movie makers to convey the flavor of 16th century English speech, and not actual Renaissance English of the time they claimed that they were alive in a previous life. There are several cases of hypnotic regression providing inaccurate memories, and Ian Stevenson lists them in the link below. One case claimed to be John Wilkes Booth in a previous life, and said that they died in Calais, France. This contradicts the careful identification of the body of Wilkes in Virginia. Furthermore, a case noted by Ian Stevenson shows how one person recalled a life living next to the mountains in the Netherlands. The Netherlands is the flattest country in Europe, if not the world.

Soul Trap Conspiracy

I will not go too far into what is known as the “Prison Earth”, “Light Tunnel” or “Soul Trap” theory. To understand the basis of what is being discussed in post, I highly recommend reading the entirety of the following, which summarizes the soul trap theory. Essentially, many NDEs talk about a “tunnel of white light”. This conspiracy alleges that this white light is a trap that is designed to wipe people’s memories and force them into another incarnation. The theory is based on Gnosticism. The idea is that “archons” or “reptilians” are trapping souls on Earth. It addresses the problem of evil in that the reason for all of the bad things happening on earth is that they are designed to produce negative emotions in humans. These negative emotions produce a form of energy called “loosh”, which is then given to these reptilians or archons. The post goes over the various pieces of evidence for the theory, including ancient texts and religions, DMT and Astral Projection experiences, and past life regression.

Overview of Soul Trap Conspiracy

The issue it takes with past life regression is that hypnotists are talking to the wrong entities. When they talk to spirit guides, council members, or religious figures during hypnosis, these entities are actually reptilians disguised. The reason that these hypnotists are supposedly wrong is because they failed to dig deep enough and truly question the entities they are speaking to. Other hypnotists, such as Calogero Grifasi as well as “Quantum Healing with Tena & Karen” ask deeper questions, and when encountering beings, asking for their “etheric DNA”. After asking for this, the beings are revealed to be reptilians or archons disguised who try to persuade souls to reincarnate after dying. Again, the above post addresses most of the research with regards to this theory. I highly recommending reading it to better understand this post.

Analysis of Soul Trap Evidence

After reading about the soul trap conspiracy theory, one may find themselves asking many questions. There are a lot of inconsistencies to what people believe in regard to the theory. For example, some believe that learning astral projection is the best way to practice for escaping the soul trap once you die. At the same time, others believe one is opening a portal for more demonic entities to filter through when astral projecting. Some believe that people still have “real spirit guides” who are trying to save the world from the soul trap, while others don’t. In a lot of the past life regression sessions posted, there are also a lot of inconsistencies. Some people see dragons, angels, reptilians, and other entities that tell different stories, even after (supposedly) revealing their etheric DNA. The people who believe in this theory also have mixed views on everything within the theory. Mediumship and regression can be inconsistent if one is not a wizard or witch (more on this later).

There are also a lot of questions that one may bring up after reading about it. I will list some of the most common:

• For one, people may wonder how we all got “trapped” into incarnating on this planet in the first place.

• Also, one may ask why these beings do not prolong life as long as possible to prevent people from dying, so that they can ensure that people do not escape. Additionally, why make death so easily accessible to so many people? Even if you could just trap them into another reincarnation, wouldn’t it just be easier to prevent people from leaving?

• Additionally, people often ask why these archons or reptilians did not make life a lot different for everyone, and why there are so many enjoyable things on top of the evil, such as nature and scenery.

• Why does it seem like evil loses in the end, and horrible events like war and genocide eventually come to an end?

• If archons, reptilians, or other beings wanted to get as much emotional energy as possible, why not put people through experiences that are much more intense instead of most people living mundane, day to day lives?

• In terms of regression, why do these entities not run away when questioned about their “etheric DNA” instead of having to reveal their true form?

• Why would there be children who remember previous lives if their memory is erased? Even if there are issues occasionally with someone not having their memory fully erased, it may make one speculate that this may not be as elaborate or advanced of a system as others think it is.

• If these beings have control over this realm, why let anyone know about this trap when they could erase all of the information about it?

• Why do so many people report seeing mantis beings performing surgery on them, and what role do these beings play in the overall system?

• Why make so many NDEs as a trick, especially when many are so positive and welcoming? Many people have had their lives transformed and have a much better overall well-being afterwards, which would taper the opportunity of gaining negative emotions.

• Why do so many people enjoy their lives and value overcoming the adversity they have been through? Yes, many people feel that they hate their lives, but there are many who also value life and the adversity that is offered here.

• Why do so many people report that reptilians or archons coerce or persuade people to reincarnate, when all that is necessary is going through the light to be trapped into coming back? Why would the archons or reptilians need to disguise themselves in the first place?

• Why don’t higher beings interfere and try to prevent the soul trap, and why do the beings need emotional energy from humans in the first place when there could be a much simpler or easier way to gain it?

• Is there a depopulation agenda? If so, why would they want less souls to feed off of?

These are some of the basic questions, and there are many, many more ways that people have questioned this theory. Regardless, there is still a lot of evidence for the soul trap from various sources, as inconsistent as they may be. The answer to this is that the current narrative does not go deep enough. There is a much deeper and vast reality

Transition to the Ultimate Theory

I have introduced many different perspectives from psychological and scientific studies. This leads to the idea that there is a high possibility of additional facts existing that we do not know. It will likely leave one thinking that there is more to this story with all that is being described.

The stories that I have shown for NDEs and children who remember previous lives are an extremely small portion of all of the evidence that exists. There are thousands of cases that one can research. I have read many different books from different perspectives on the subject to reach my opinion.

Many people in the Harry Potter communities have posted, perhaps comedically, the theory that J.K. Rowling uncovered the reality of the Wizarding World, which truly exists. Personally, hearing these theories initially led me to completely dismiss them. Unlike what I will discuss, some theories are like any other that say we are living within a fictional world based on the lore of the Hunger Games, Gravity Falls, or some other popular series. I was never personally a fan of Harry Potter. Although I have seen the movies, I did not get too far into it, and certainly did look at all the various conspiracy theories surrounding the Wizarding World.

While I would initially dismiss any theory that stated the Wizarding World is real and that J.K. Rowling has exposed it all, I also initially dismissed evidence for reincarnation and NDEs. I had heard several accounts of these experiences from various sources. I initially dismissed them all as either fabrications or figured that there were alternative explanations. Most who were against Ian Stevenson’s evidence for reincarnation cited various generic reasons and dismissed the cases he studied. However, after looking deep into the accounts of children who remember previous lives, and verifiable NDEs, it was impossible for me to write them off.

Likewise, after researching scientific evidence and the Wizarding World for several years, I have found it hard to deny that this is the reality that we live in.

There are many theories that exist that are obviously lies and clearly debunked. I have personally denied many different theories and pieces of evidence that have very little reliability or validity, and I try to take every perspective possible. Many theories about secret societies, government intervention, and sporting matches being rigged are completely dismissible after researching them. However, with the Wizarding World, I have investigated from every possible angle and perspective, and have concluded that J.K. Rowling revealed the true reality of the world.

Background on the Wizarding World

If this post gave an overview of the entire history of the Wizarding World or Harry Potter, it would take up far too much space and time. I will, for the sake of this post, give a brief overview to anyone who is not familiar with the Wizarding World.

Essentially, the Wizarding World, which can also be addressed as the magical community, is a society where wizards and witches use charms, spells, and secrecy to keep hidden from the rest of the world. The rest of the world is known as the non-wizarding society. People who are part of the non-wizarding society are referred to as simply “non-magic people”. It is a common misconception that non-magics are widely referred to as “Muggles”. The reality is that this is generally a colloquial reference only in Great Britain.

To maintain the order and ensure no one causes any noticeable harm to society, most countries have a form of wizarding government, such as the Ministry of Magic, Magical Congress of the United States of America (MACUSA), or Council of Magic (not to be associated with the council of elders that are commonly reported in past life regressions). The overseeing intergovernmental organization is known as the International Confederation of Wizards.

The International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy, enforced by the International Confederation of Wizards, keeps the Wizarding Society separate from the non-magic world. There are rarely ever exceptions to this statute. One of the only exceptions is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, who is introduced to the Ministry of Magic. Rishi Sunak is well aware of the Wizarding World and has contact with the head of the Ministry of Magic. In exceptionally rare circumstances, the Prime Minister is notified of events that could cause notice in the non-Magic World, such as escaped criminals. Non-Magic relatives are also able to know about the Wizarding World, and different forms of magic are used in case they discuss anything (too believable) with the general public. There are many forms of divination used by wizards or witches that can manipulate the physical world.

The origin of wizards and witches is passed by ancestry. One may wonder how magic is exists, and the reality is that science has yet to discover how heredity can give traits that make one a wizard or witch. In a similar light, most scientists do not believe in reincarnation or an afterlife, which shows that there is still much more to discover.

Why Near-Death Experiences, Past Life Regression, and other Divination Accounts Vary

One of the ways that the Wizarding World may act is by intercepting non-magic communications through unnatural channels. Examples of this include mediumship, past life regression, remote viewing, and other activities. Typically, wizards or witches will interact with those engaging in past life regression or mediumship. They will absolutely never reveal their true form. They can often disguise as anyone that people want to contact, such as an angel, spirit guide, or major religious figure.

The mediums and hypnotists that intend to reveal the true nature of the entities that they contact often ask for the etheric DNA or interrogate them. In this case, they will still never reveal their true form. When they no longer want to maintain a fake role, such as that of a spirit guide or council member to humans, they switch to beings such as reptilians or archons. Everything is generally based on human perception, which is why these tricks work well. This is the reason for all of the inconsistencies in regression, mediumship, and other sources.

A very common question asked by researchers at the University of Virginia is why all NDEs are different. NDEs are heavily influenced by the experiencer’s own perception and reality. In many cases, the Wizarding World gets involved with these experiences. Wizards and witches know the culture or identity of someone on the edge of death and are able to transform and manipulate the experience in accordance with this. They may choose to disguise as certain major historical figures. They cannot send people to different realms or a void, what seems like hell, or some other type of realm in nontraditional NDEs. Because of this, the reality that the experiencer creates can be influenced, but not completely determined, by wizard and witches. The Wizarding World can not send people back to their lives and have almost zero influence over the actual death and incarnation process. The primary aim is to manipulate non-magics while they are having an NDE. This explains why people come back and describe many different realities as to how the spiritual world works. While there is some consistency in what they try to tell humans, some create a different story that causes experiencers to believe a variety of different things. The main goal is to prevent non-magics from learning about the Wizarding World until they die. Additionally, it is not uncommon for wizards and witches to find it entertaining to play pretend and craft a unique narrative for experiencers.

Near Death Experiences and the Afterlife

In the Harry Potter series, the veil is an enigmatic structure in the Department of Mysteries that is a barrier between the living and dead. Ghosts also exist throughout the world, but only reveal their true form to wizards and witches. This is why the non-wizarding world may have encounters with ghosts but will not see their full essence. Wizards and witches are able to actually see the full form of ghosts for a sustained period, while additionally having the ability to communicate with them. The veil has historically been implied to be a one-way route to the land of the dead. Regardless, it still gives access that the non-Wizarding world does not have. With the veil and ghosts, wizards and witches have easily been able to manipulate NDEs and other events. This is another reason why all accounts of the afterlife are so different.

Another piece of evidence of this comes from University of Virginia, where children detail the period between incarnations. It can be seen that most the accounts are heavily based on the current culture a child finds themself in. For example, in Myanmar, four children remember staying in a pagoda between their lives. This was very likely influenced by their current or previous life and religions, as Burmese pagodas are very common in the region.

Cases of the Reincarnation Type with Memories from the Intermission Between Lives

The idea is that life between life memories, past life regression, and near-death experiences are highly influenced by circumstances. The Wizarding World, is able to heavily influence these experiences.

The idea of reptilians is extremely popular in the Wizarding World. This is the reason why so many beings encountered are specifically reptilian in hypnosis, remote viewing, and other channels. I could go into immense detail of all the reptilian lore of the Wizarding World, but it is important to realize that the reptilians encountered in all of the experiences are mainly wizards or witches in disguise. Wizards and witches have fabricated stories of trapping souls for energy very similar to Gnosticism. There are no entities that are collecting the energy of human’s emotions, as it is not a necessary, or even practical, form of energy in the spiritual world, especially with the existence of magic. Besides preventing non-magics from remembering any events that occurred involving wizards or witches, or occasionally messing with NDEs and intercepting communications, the Wizarding World rarely gets involved with the lives or afterlife of non-magics. Even if desired, they have little to no influence over the actual afterlife or reincarnation process, and can only impact minor experiences like NDEs and hypnosis.

Issues in Research

When looking at evidence for this, you will not find results for it while searching it up, unlike the soul trap or other theories. You may find evidence for this theory on YouTube or other social media that may lead you to dismiss it. This is because that, while some of the evidence people find is completely legitimate, the majority involve silly connections and coincidences. It is important to keep in mind that most of the people alleging the Wizarding World exists are mainly doing so from a playful perspective. Most are not aware of the research done by University of Virginia, and may not even know what an NDE is. Looking at this type of evidence will give you the wrong impression about this theory.

Many pieces of evidence are covered up due to the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy. The International Confederation, and other magical bodies, already know that non-magics do not believe even the most clear evidence like NDEs. Because of this, J.K. Rowling was allowed to write her many books about the subject. After reading this post, the people who do choose to believe in the Wizarding World will not change anything, as the majority of the non-magic society will likely never believe them. This is similar to how NDEs and cases where children remember previous lives is allowed. Wizards and witches hide from the non-wizarding world for many reasons, such as the risk of being perceived as a threat.

Ian Stevenson’s very clear evidence for reincarnation has been overlooked by scientists, or some instead attempt to justify the evidence. They may say that Stevenson asked children leading questions, or that many have embellished their stories. Paul Edwards, editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Philosophy, stated that Stevenson’s research is “absurd nonsense”, and that there were major holes that “do not even begin to add up to a significant counterweight to the initial presumption against reincarnation.”.

I initially dismissed the Wizarding World theory as more silliness. However, when looking at NDEs, divination, and other experiences, the Wizarding World connects everything and is the missing piece to the overall puzzle. There are many other similar theories by fans of the Harry Potter series as to how the world created by J.K. Rowling is, in fact, real. The issue is that these are mostly fan theories without almost any evidence. This is a much larger topic that connects to many areas of psychological and perceptual research as mentioned above.

The main evidence is not exposed, as there is, of course, not much that the Wizarding World has left to be discovered by non-magics. The Wizarding World’s strategies are very complex, and they have very elaborate ways of covering up the Wizarding World reality. If a few people find out and come to accept this theory as reality, it does nothing. Many will write these people off in the same way that Ian Stevenson’s reincarnation research was dismissed. Of course, systematic studies and research are not enough to prove or disprove the theory entirely.

Evidence & Perspectives

There are many pieces of evidence that I could go over that will show why this is reality. However, because of the length of this post, I will not discuss everything. I will go over some of the findings regarding this theory outside of what I have already gone over. This evidence is valuable, but it is not worth spending too much time as it can be easily dismissed. The main idea of this theory stems from all of the other research, the Wizarding World is just the missing link to all of this.

Some evidence is relevant to the discussion of the Wizarding World, but not worth getting into. While certain documentation may be valid, it could also be easily dismissible. The following video shows an example of evidence that may result in alternative explanations to justify it. Additionally, it could be dismissed entirely. There is a lot of evidence similar to this that, despite possibly being legitimate, is not worth discussing in this post.

Mysterious Late Night Visitor

Another issue with evidence is the fact that it commonly gets mixed in with documentation that can clearly be thrown out. Below is a video that shows the kind of material more legitimate evidence can be wrongly associated with:

Proof Harry Potter is Real(Warning:Profanity)

Non-Age Restricted Version

Videos like these are associated and grouped together with all, including the legitimate, pieces of evidence. Because of this, people tend to dismiss everything, as the legitimate evidence is classified in the same way as the obviously faked/debunked evidence.

Evanna Lynch, who played Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter movies, believes in the possibility that Rowling wrote the Wizarding World as nonfiction. The Wizarding World is extremely detailed, so it makes sense that some may believe it is too intricate to have been made up. However, I do not consider this to be a significant piece of evidence as many authors create very elaborate worlds.

Additionally, magic is made apparent in many ways. Extrasensory perception, divination, and psychic readings all have a degree of validity to them. There are several pieces of evidence that show Extrasensory perception is verifiable, and many within the medical community will confirm its existence. One popular book that gives insight into this is called “Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century”, which attempts to bridge contemporary cognitive psychology with phenomena such as NDEs, psychophysiological influence, automatism, memory, and genius. The authors of this book are associated with several different universities and have backgrounds in psychology, science, and physical research from many different perspectives.

Extrasensory perception and other divination exist due to the fact that many people are born with some traits similar to wizards and witches. This is not to be confused with half bloods, which is a term for wizards and witches who are born with non-magic parents. These people do not posses or have the abilities that are even near what most wizards and witches have. They are nowhere close to the genotype of wizards or witches, and they are still non-magic for all intents and purposes. One of the reasons that magic is overlooked is because many who try to practice it fail as a limited group of people can practice magic and divination.

Another important phenomenon is synchronicity. Some people may believe that synchronicities are meaningful. Synchronicities are essentially coincidences where, seemingly, something other than probability of chance is involved. Essentially, people believe that synchronicities indicate a sign, or lead people to a specific action or event. However, others find that these coincidences are meaningless, if not misleading. There is a lot of research and debate as to why some of these profound coincidences happen, and if they have any meaning. Some synchronicities may truly, in fact, be statistical coincidences. However, in many cases, the Wizarding World manipulates certain events to make it appear as though synchronicities are occurring. Wizards or witches will likely be involved in many of the planned coincidences. Some coincidences are made to be meaningful, while others are meaningless. This explains why people vary in either accepting the coincidences as significant or outright dismissing them.

There are also a lot of historical magic references. There are Biblical references and many ancient texts that all make specific mention of magic (not just divination or cryptaesthesia). The reason that magic was widely mentioned historically, as opposed to the present, is because it preceded legal enactment. While magic was still hidden to an extent, it was before the International Statue of Wizarding Secrecy was established in 1692 (around the time of the Salem Witch Trials). Before this Statute, exposure to magic was much more common in the non-magic society.

Possession is also a widely studied phenomenon. The National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences in Bangalore, India published an article with University of Virginia, which I will link below. The article discusses a case of someone with secondary personality and paranormal knowledge. where the evidence makes possession “the most plausible” explanation.

A Case of the Possession Type in India with Evidence of Paranormal Knowledge

Possession is a type of dark magic in the Wizarding World. Those possessing may disguise as someone recently deceased. The dark forces that people regularly claim to encounter all are part of the Dark Arts, which explains a lot of what the other theories and research fails to show. While extremely rare, this is uncommon and does not compromise the secrecy of the Wizarding World.

Unexplained paranormal phenomena originate from the Wizarding World. For example, while non-Magics can not see Dementors physically, they are still able to feel a sense of darkness and despair when near them. Additionally, there are some non-paranormal experiences with the Wizarding World, such as encountering people who can not answer basic questions such as “where did you attend school?”. I can discuss events, ancient texts, and other perspectives proving that magic and wizards exist, but the most apparent evidence comes from an in-depth understanding of the research that I have described.

Concluding Remarks

This is a very complex theory, and it involved years of exploration. It additionally involves a deep understanding into research that has been written off as pseudoscience by the medical or scientific community. J.K. Rowling’s viewpoint is an extremely, if not completely, accurate portrayal of reality. Again, the Wizarding World theory has easily been dismissed in the past as it does not incorporate the other extensive research done into perceptual and paranormal studies. This is the only report on Reddit, as far as I know, that fully addresses the Wizarding World theory in the correct context. Those who read this and have not done extensive research into NDEs, hypnosis, astral projection, reincarnation memories, psychedelics, and other subjects will not find the Wizarding World theory to have a legitimate basis. Of course, any research you do on your own into this, and the other aforementioned subjects, is highly encouraged.

Since childhood, I have loved Japanese foods and playing with swords (I just used toys though). Then, lately, I dreamt of being chased and killed by people wearing Japanese clothing while I was riding a black horse, having a bow and a sword on my back while wearing warrior attire. I'm not sure if that person in my dream riding a horse was a male or a female. Up till now, it bothers me, I cannot forget that. I cannot explain why I feel goosebumps when seeing Japanese or Chinese temples too. I always have a heavy heart when going to temples. I even woke up crying after that dream.

Now, this isn't to say that antinatalists like David Benatar are completely wrong about life. This world is very difficult. From a hard materialist perspective or any view where consciousness only begins with physical birth (including religions like Christianity), I honestly would agree that bringing life into a world of great suffering would be immoral. HOWEVER, this assumes a peculiar nature of existence and consciousness, with that being it remains nonexistent until birth. One that I disagree with.

What made me come to the conclusion that my consciousness existed in some form before this life and will probably find a way again are these questions: Why would it be nonexistent for countless lives in the universe until a specific couple had a kid? Why not earlier or later? Why not all other human lives or lives in general? And if my consciousness was nonexistent for heavens know how long until a certain life was born, what's to stop it from manifesting again?

Because of this, I believe that the way it works is that our souls, spirits, or consciousness finds vessels or bodies to incarnate it, including ones from other realities. So, even if our parents didn't have kids, our consciousness would simply be born under a different set of parents. Our identities and personalities would not be the same, but our awareness and abilities to perceive would manifest anyway. Even if all life here stopped procreating, lives would be born in another reality.

Now, this isn't to say that people should just willynilly have kids or that childfree people are wrong (in fact, I don't plan on having kids myself). I do believe that if consciousness is going to manifest, it should be done under more ideal conditions. Parents should be capable, environments should be suitable, there's a strong community, and other things that can help guarantee a happy upbringing (even animals strive to have their young in places and conditions they think are safe (at least as far as their intelligence is concerned)). It also can be argued that with us being an overpopulating species with limited resources and not being able to help everyone in need, we should bring our birth rates down in order to reduce our numbers. I also believe that more of us should consider adoption to help improve the lives here.

That being said, I cannot agree with antinatalism shaming all parenthood. As far as I see it, consciousness would be born anyway through (re)incarnation. What's important, IMO, is that incarnation be manifested in good conditions. Every child deserves a parent, but not every parent deserves a child.

With all that said, I just wonder how antinatalists would react with this argument.

What do you make of this, folks?

So I posted here yesterday and was very hesitant to add details, although I realise now that this is probably the last place on the internet that people will respond negatively or in a judgemental way too an experience that's very personal to me. So I'm going to come off the back of that post and write up a much more detailed account of what I've experienced over the course of my life and why these experiences have made me question everything I thought I knew. At the very least I hope you enjoy reading it!

So as I touched on in the last post, since visiting an old jail I began to experience what I would call flashes, sudden intrusive images/sounds/ideas that just explode in my brain at seemingly random times. It feels like a dream, that dreamlike sense of familiarity where everything makes sense for a fraction of a second, and then it's gone. They're bizarrely intense, I only recently experienced one while at work at a theatre, where I had to tell my colleague to just give me a second since I felt unstable on my feet. Sometimes I get a few in a week, sometimes nothing for months.

So, I want to note a small list of childhood incidents that may seem fairly ordinary, but will definitely become important later on. These all happened between the ages of 1-5

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• I had a strange fascination with images on incarceration, often construction 'prisons' for toys, and finding the idea of prison a constant terror, even though it had never been present in my life or anyone's life around me

• I begged my family to take me to a prison around the age of 5, and after taking me to visit a castle with a dungeon/prison area, I freaked out and cried.

• I had a toddlers story book where the characters use a small boat to escape a flood, and was fascinated with one page depicting them in this boat, never allowing my parents to turn past this page and becoming distressed if they did.

• I became agitated with a member of staff at a nursery group who misidentified Australia on a map

• I drew images of a policeman, judge, and armed soldier, labelling them as 'unnecessary', among other negative things.

• I had a children's map book showing the UK (where I live), and developed a similar fascination with the page showing the county of Cornwall, often asking my parents to take me there. They joked that there was nothing interesting about it and it was too far to go, but this fascination persisted.

• I had a nightmare at the age of 3 I still remember to this day, where my family and I were on a beach, a cove, and attempting to escape from something I can't recall. I felt unwell with a fever, and kept falling on the stones, watching my family escape across the beach leaving me behind.

• one of the first things I said as I learned to talk was that I wanted to be a fisherman. I said it a lot, and my parents joked that it was a strange aspiration. I remember very vivid images in my mind at the time of standing knee deep in water using an old fashioned rod to catch fish on a warm rainy day.

In my older years:

• Around the age of 8 I constructed a ship from Lego, with the focus being on the below deck area. I had figures there chained together and my play at the time often involved them attempting to escape the ship. I most definitely had not seen any depictions of anything like this in media.

• I also frequently constructed prisons from Lego.

• as a young teen I played guitar for a community performance of an old Irish folk song which has a lyrical reference to prison ships. I had never heard of such a concept, and upon reading the line experienced what I would say was the first 'flash' I recall having, immediately seeing an image in my mind of such a vessel, and feeling complete terror/disgust. I actually remember feeling unwell in the hours after, unstable/shakey kind of feeling.

So then we come to the visit to the prison I made when I was around 17/18 with my family. We were on holiday for the first time in Cornwall. Upon arriving in Cornwall, I began to feel really strange things. My legs felt shaky, I felt scared, sick, disgusted? Terrified that I was about to spend a week there, and I can't explain why. I couldn't at the time, I just bottled it up because I didn't understand what the emotion was or why I was feeling it. As we drove further through county, we passed a few things that caused these emotions to intensify. A tin mine, a huge heap of what looked like coal slurry or something? My brain was screaming at me and I didn't understand why, I felt like I wanted to cry. We decided to visit the museum at Bodmin Jail, which was to this day the worst thing I have ever experienced. Nothing against the attraction, but I just felt like I was walking through a thick cloud of black sludge, and every part of my being was screaming at me. If there's a hell, that's what it's like. I was unable to stomach food for a good while after the visit, and the rest of the trip felt like one long drawn out panic attack. More strange 'flashes' occured on that holiday, once in the town of lostwithiel and another in the town of Fowey. Both places made me feel tearful?

As mentioned in the previous post, after this holiday I began to experience panic attacks, and anxiety relating to locked rooms/closed spaces. I eventually was diagnosed with depression with seemingly no cause. I suffered with frequent nightmares that featured prisons, and the sudden recurrence in these dreams of the name Charlotte. This stuck out to me since I knew no one with the name Charlotte, and it was a VERY clear repeating feature of these dreams.

As I began to recover from this depression, through use of meditation/mindfulness, and developing a cautious interest in spirituality, the idea of past lives presented itself to me in many texts/bits of media. I wasn't a believer in such things, but I found the idea fascinating, and it was clearly a way of tying together all of these strange experiences. I wanted answers. I began to search through prison records from Bodmin that I could find, looking for any kind of stories/names that may involve these things. It became a mental list in my head of things that, if I HAD lived before, were definitely featured in that life, as they featured repeatedly and clearly in flashes and dreams:

• prison
• a prison ship
• Cornwall
• Bodmin
• the name Charlotte
• unfair punishment
• whipping/flogging
• escape
• Australia
• the ongoing threat of execution
• the loss of a family/separation from family
• catching fish
• betrayal

A lot of these are fairly generic and very easy to find cases of. And I've searched through nearly goddamn everything, and not once have I found a story, a person, anything, that I connect to. I gave up looking a good while ago, trying to come to peace with the fact that maybe I was barking up the wrong tree, and that if this lifetime that I can ALMOST see so clearly in my mind and dreams may never have existed, and if it did I would never find proof of it. I couldn't connect these dots and I had to accept that and move forward living this life.

Until very recently, when I read a name in a context completely unrelated, that triggered something in my brain. Familiarity, urgency, panic? The name was Mary Bryant, and after a couple of Google searches for the name stemming from this sudden drive to find out who she was, I came across the story of Mary Bryant/Broad.

Mary was born in Fowey, Cornwall, in the late 1700s, and was arrested for theft. She was sentenced to death, but this was later reduced to transportation to Australia. She was confined on a prison ship in Cornwall where she met her future husband, William Bryant, and the two were transported to Australia on a ship named Charlotte. On this journey, Mary gave birth to a daughter, naming her Charlotte after the ship. They spent time at the prison colony at Port Jackson where they endured harsh punishment, before making an attempt to escape via a small boat. After reaching land, they were recaptured and shipped to Jakarta, chained below decks on a ship. On this journey, Charlotte and William both fell sick in the horrific conditions, and died. Mary returned to England and eventually lived out her life in Fowey.

I was tearful reading this story. I can't quite explain it, it felt like that sense of comfortable familiarity you get in a dream that you can't replicate when you're awake. One of the strangest experiences of my life. There are parts I can see with so much clarity in my minds eye. Faces, days, small details. That being said, there are parts of Mary's story that don't tick all of the boxes I have. I can't imagine how Bodmin was NOT featured in that lifetime, considering how intense my reaction was to it. It also seems like she completed her journey home, albeit without her family she lost on the way, and my gut screams at me that my previous life was unfinished, cut short. Which leads me on to her husband William.

It's very difficult to find information about William, but what I have found is this. He also grew up in Cornwall, was convicted for theft, spent time on a prison ship, and was transported to Australia with Mary where they married. He was at one point flogged as punishment. He was a fisherman (!) and sailed the boat they used to escape the prison colony. After recapture, he was taken ill in the depths of the ship, after the group were left chained by the ankles in squalor. He died of this illness shortly after Charlotte once they reached Jakarta, leaving Mary alone to complete the journey. He was convicted in Bodmin.

Now I haven't found a solid piece of evidence linking him to Bodmin Jail, but it does seem that his conviction in Bodmin before trial at Launceston would entail that he spent at least some time at Bodmin Jail. The story available links as the William Bryant born in St Ives, which immediately felt wrong to me. The towns of Fowey and Lostwithiel felt so deeply sad to me that I'd be surprised if they were places he never visited, IF my past life was as William Bryant. That being said, I did find evidence that the William Bryant born in St Ives died much later, in the 1830s, meaning it can't be the same William. This leaves the door open for William to have lived much closer to Mary before their conviction, perhaps sharing time in the same towns. It's not a confirmation by ANY means, but it leaves the door open.

So that's my little story. I hope to find more answers some day, and I'll keep looking. But this really feels like the beginning of the end of a journey for me. I feel very at peace after reading this story, like a noise that's been constant in my brain since I was a child has gone quiet.

If a human was to get medical euthanasia, do you think they would still get reincarnated

I think it’s possible our souls reincarnate. I’ve never had any memories of past lives, but I’ve heard quite a few stories that can only be explained by reincarnation. Sometimes, I get a sense of familiarity from things that should be unfamiliar to me. So I was just curious, what brought you to reincarnation?

Good evening,

Not sure if this is a strange post or not as I am new to this side of reddit.

I am somebody who completely believes in reincarnation, however I don't share this fact with a lot of people as they tend to be funny about it and then suddenly have major arguments against it which I can't really rebute, I just have a strong feeling around it.

Unfortunately when I was young one of my close friend's passed away the night after I visited her of her own volition. It was very difficult for me as I was only 13 at the time, and over a decade has passed now, I have healed but still feel a lot of sorrow about it.

However, I moved last year into a flat with a girl who has a pet cat. She told me the cat is very shy and skittish, however she bonded with me immediately, and ever since I've had some guilt because her cat chose me as her favourite person so strongly she sleeps next to my face every night in bed, constantly curls up in my lap and begs for attention from me every chance she gets. I love her to bits even though I've only known her since August time.

What's curious to me is I only found out recently the cat was born the same week my friend passed away when I was younger. Which made me begin to question a little bit, mostly just because of the cat being so attached to me as soon as she met me even though she doesn't do that with anyone else (not even her owner she has had for over 10 years). I actually showed a picture of my friend to the cat and she seemed really anxious all of a sudden and scratched me, and her eyes started watering, it just made me very curious as that is also quite rare behaviour for her. Not to make assumptions about anything.

At the very least though I believe the cat as been a welcomed blessing as before I met her and moved into this flat I was having an incredibly difficult time and she has offered me so much comfort. Whether it is perhaps a higher event or just a coincidence, I appreciate it greatly.

Pretty much a vent, since I can't talk about this stuff with anyone in my life. I'm a skeptic, and I'm fully aware that reincarnation is a huge claim. That being said, I know what I've experienced, and what I feel, and it would be a disservice to those feelings to pass them off.

As a kid, I was a bit unusual. I had a strange obsession with imprisonment, execution, and escape, which showed through in all of my play for my childhood years. Despite this, I had a real fear of prison imagery, and to this day find movies/TV shows depicting imprisonment really tough to watch. I also suffered anxiety relating to figures of authority, and even sketched images as a toddler of a judge, policeman, and armed soldier, labeling them as "unnecessary".

I visited an old jail 5 years back on a trip with my family (obviously not by my choosing) and since that visit at the age of 18 started developing really odd feelings. I developed anxiety around locked rooms/closed spaces, random tearfulness, crushing feelings of loneliness, and a constant sense of belonging somewhere else. I began to have premonitory dreams that scared me to death, as well as what I would call flashes. Like deja vu but with a previous memory, like I suddenly remembered an image, name, place, from a time I hadn't lived in this body.

The idea of a past lifetime in incarceration slowly crept up on me and I always found it interesting but not convincing. I thought it maybe more likely that picked up on feelings inside that jail from someone who really did spend time there, although that wouldn't explain my childhood behaviour. I searched high and low in the records of that jail for a name that might resonate with me and found nothing, concluding that this might be a pointless endeavour to explain my feelings. But after years, they only grew stronger. 5 years on, I have a mental 'list' of things that I feel I experienced in a previous lifetime, if such a thing exists, that have presented themselves to me through dreams, 'flashes', and distinctly unusual fascinations I had as a child. This includes a particular name (which I believe was either that of a lover or a child of mine), 2 particular places, a specific line of work, a situation of incarceration, escape, sickness, an early and unjust death, incarceration both on land and on a prison/slave ship, and time spent searching for freedom at sea.

Today, I randomly read a name in a context unrelated to any of these things and it just echoed around my skull, hitting something really deep inside. I immediately searched the name, and after a small amount of digging, came across a story that links EVERYTHING I listed. The name of the child, both locations, exact situation, line of work, EVERYTHING. Even down to the specific jail I visited on that trip. I'm in shock, and I can't share any of this with people in my life, so I'm sharing it here. I feel like I've unlocked a part of my identity which has been trying to claw it's way out for years of my life.