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The Druze is a monotheistic Abrahamic religion that holds belief in reincarnation as one of its fundamental beliefs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druze Druze believe that at the end of the cycle of rebirth, which is achieved through successive reincarnations, the soul is united with the...

Hi James, I found your above statement amusing because it reminded me of my life in reverse. I was a hard atheist, who is now a believer in reincarnation, with understanding of my past lives. Even in reincarnation based religions like Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism, the remembrance of death at...

Today is the Thiruvathira festival in south India which celebrates the cosmic dance of Shiva as a golden red-flamed light. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiruvathira The cosmic dance of Lord Shiva represents five activities – Creation, Protection, Destruction, Embodiment and Release. In...

Here is an interesting conversation between the female enlightened sage Anandamayi Ma and a disciple... Question: Suppose an atheist lives an ethical and righteous life. Is he on a lower level than a faithful devotee? Ma Anandamayi : An ethical life purifies the mind. Even though one may have...

Here I must say that there are examples of muslims who I have read of, having past life remembrances. The Sufi master Inayat Khan was favorable to the concept of reincarnation in his works. The spiritual master Mumtaz Ali Khan, or Sri M, as he is popularly known, is of Muslim origin of Afghan...

The op stated that he was a Muslim so I went along with it. :D But I am glad to get to know about the Druze , about whom I had no prior knowledge of. Druze interestingly is an Abrahamic religion with links to Shia Islam, is monotheistic and holds reincarnation as its beliefs, and have an...

This is an interesting case study because it has happened in an environment where belief in reincarnation was not part of the rigid religious and social conditioning. This phenomenon is also known as Xenoglossy. In fact, as per the wikipedia article on xenoglossy, the bible and Christian...

Meher Baba is an Indian enlightened master of Zoroastrian origin who practiced a syncretism of Sufism and Vedanta. He had talked about reincarnation in his books. Hazrat Inayat Khan, a sufi master, had a favorable disposition towards the doctrine of reincarnation...

As per the yogic philosophy, if one lives compulsively, then the destiny is quite predictable and dictated by past karmas. Death would then happen as destined or as per karmic calculation. However, when one starts living consciously the predictability ceases. Practice of meditation and...

I have read of Tibetan lamas travelling intuitively all around the world in search of lamas or monks who may have reincarnated in families belonging to different religions or nations or races. https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/tibetan-lamas-reincarnated-west It's perhaps possible...

Yeah, silence and solitude is a price or austerity you may have to pay for the truth and being anchored in it. It develops strength in you and provides an oasis of truth and wisdom for society around you as well, especially those seekers who are similarly attracted to truth and authentic...

I was not very afraid of death when younger, but it still scared me a bit for the above reasons as well. Reading Paramahamsa Yogananda's 'Autobiography of a Yogi ', to a large extent, cured me of this fear. There is a chapter in it of his Guru Sri Yukteshwar's physical resurrection after...

There is a saying by the enlightened master Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, " Do not be a football of others opinions". The society around us is unconsciously conditioned with likes and dislikes, and the conditioned try to make sure others too conform to such patterns and won't tolerate conscious...

There are ashrams in India with meditation techniques to uncover one's past lives, which one does together with a regression expert. But prior to doing this regression, emphasis is put on spiritual exercises and practices for a period of time, say 6 months, to ensure mental equanimity and...

The same is the case with the Shivalingam in Hinduism. There are numerous films and serials on the Hindu gods and goddesses, but this fact is not mentioned much ( of their originating from the Shivalingam). The Shivalingam is considered the greatest of the gods and goddesses and worshipped by...

Yes, I had a reading in this regard from Nadi astrology, which stated my past life events, and stated accurately my present life conditions. Years later, in an another place and time, I met an astrologer during a temple festival, who was a total stranger to me, and who reproduced exactly...

I am from India. Namaste. :)

An insightful article by Anthony Strano of the Prajapita Brahmakumaris on the cyclical nature of time as emphasized by the ancient Greek, Roman and Indian philosophies. Anthony Strano was the Director of the Prajapita Brahmakumaris in Greece, and studied religion and philosophy at the University...

I apologize for the perceived offense. Here in India, I have not yet come in contact with homosexuals to understand them better. I have come across two bisexuals who now pursue a heterosexual lifestyle.There are transgender people called Hijra's in Indian language, who are believed to have the...

Studying the Orphic Egg of the ancient Greek Orphic tradition recently, I was pleasantly surprised by its similarities to the Shivalingam in Hinduism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphic_Egg The Orphic Egg is considered the Father or creator of all the Greek gods. The Shivalingam in Hinduism...