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Does resemblance to stories invalidate theories?

Looking Backwards

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So a while back I saw a strange scene while meditating, which made me theorize about possible past life connections. I got it in my head that I may have been an activist who went too far and may have caused an accident (or not an accident at all), which resulted in my death and another person's death and/or severe mental trauma. We were both female.

I was rewatching a TV show last night, and the episode I was watching would have taken place a while before my vision. Not sure how long. The thing is... the scenario was eerily similar. Three activists, two female, intentionally set a bomb but had a change of heart. One was thought to have died, the other went missing, but the one who faked her death wanted revenge. It even happened in the same decade I supposed, although for me it was Illinois in 1984, in the episode it happened in New York in 1982.

Given the similarities, now I wonder if this episode actually spilled into my own meditation, without me even realizing it. Did I unintentionally make up a completely bogus past life story based on a TV episode? Or is it possible something about that episode triggered the notion? I mean, the scenarios are a little different - bystanders were hurt in the episode, whereas in my memories it was just the activists. On the other hand, it would explain why I've always been iffy about this.

Has anyone else ever realized their PL memory might be a false lead, and actually based on something they've seen or read?

(NOTE: I am NOT at all suggesting all PL memories are like this. Just that sometimes our memories may sometimes get a little confused. Kind of like not knowing whether a childhood memory is real or just a dream you had.)
 
Hm, that's a really good question. That sort of thought probably comes up a lot, even if no one says it out loud. Personally, I've definitely wondered about that, especially when I was 'starting out' with my own pl research. So I was looking into a soldier past life, and it was during WWII which is a SUPER COMMON thing to see and read about these days. How could I be sure that the details I was seeing in flashback or whatever else were really real?


This is one of the reasons I find validations to be important. From my perspective, finding that these details (big or small) are accurate in that they did exist isn't about proving your past lives or reincarnation in general to others- it helps to confirm it for you. About your own story, I don't know (and my opinion probably doesnt matter, the question is in your own head and that's where your answers are!) but the way I see it there are several possibilities. Here are a few to think with, if you like:


1) You did see the episode and were inspired wholly by it, and the past life is 'wrong'


2) You saw the episode and some of those themes really are in your own past, what you saw in your meditation is a combination of details from the episode and your own past life


3) The episode was inspired based off of true events, which you had been a part of. The writers of the show are smart but mostly clever with hiding their own sources!


Things along that line, with that spectrum from completely false to completely true tends to be what I hypothesize along when my own skepticism kicks up- the truth may well be somewhere in the middle.


I guess if I were to give some kind of advice it would be to keep looking into it. It can be hard to find that stuff right away, but for now since you came up with the vision in your own meditation, is it possible you could continue looking there? Don't throw everything out quite yet!


From my own example, it took some time and more memories to show up before I was confident confirming anything for myself.


Even if you had gotten caught up with some of the details from television and thought they were your own, it doesn't invalidate your past life theory completely. You identified with it on some level, I imagine, since it ended up showing up in your meditation.


If you do end up deciding for yourself that perhaps that past life didn't unfold the way you thought it had, that's okay. The forum is full of peoples' success stories, but mistakes like that probably happen more often than what it seems. I've definitely made theories about my past life and ended up finding more out and totally changing my mind. It's okay to go back to the drawing board! This stuff isn't always easy.


Anyway, I'm curious to see how your thoughts on it develop.
 
...Three activists, two female, intentionally set a bomb but had a change of heart. One was thought to have died, the other went missing, but the one who faked her death wanted revenge. It even happened in the same decade I supposed, although for me it was Illinois in 1984, in the episode it happened in New York in 1982...
Are you sure the same people were not involved in two similar incidents? Or at least, the ones who survived? Have you checked to see if there was such an occurrence in Illinois in 1984? It's possible they did it more than once after all?
 
I have almost the same problem, but my problem is I end up meditating with expectations, and that may be what's messing me up. Because of this I try to base meditations off dreams, not personal interests (although if a personal interest inspires a realistic dream, I won't doubt it). This is not to say that you are doing the same thing.


If you really feel like your mind is being bombarded with outside influences, maybe you should try taking a walk, clear your mind, then meditate. It's also good to write down anything that comes to you so you can compare it to places like Wikipedia or your local library and see how much matches up with true events.
 
tanguerra said:
Are you sure the same people were not involved in two similar incidents? Or at least, the ones who survived? Have you checked to see if there was such an occurrence in Illinois in 1984? It's possible they did it more than once after all?
No no, the one incident was purely fictional, part of a TV episode. A while after that I got the notion in my mind that something similar had happened.


I actually have checked to see if such an occurrence has happened in Illinois, and can't find anything. Assuming it was Illinois - I have it in my head that it was a town called "Indianatown", which doesn't exist - but the town "Indiantown" does. I looked that one up and can't find anything. But Indiantown could just have been where the activists met, not necessarily where they ended up...


It IS possible the scenario resonated with me for PL reasons, but I've also always been interested in well-meaning activists, and in this life have always been rather vocal about helping others. When I saw homeless people as a kid I would always make my parents give them money, and bigotry bothers me a great deal. (Although I also get the sense I may have been a bit conservative in a PL, though I suppose not necessarily the same one.)
 
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