Hello everyone!
I was wanting to pick up on something I read on a post on this site and explore it a little further. Somebody mentioned in a thread about bagpipes and how they gave a chill and a thrill both at once.
I had been researching Scottish and Irish history and learning Gaelic for a little while when I found I was pregnant with my first son. From a very early stage I got the very strong impression that I was carrying a re-incarnated soul of an Irish hero and so I named him after this famous figure. As it turned out, his father was an old friend of this hero's family and knew them well, including much history not found in books.
What surprised us both was how this boy began to respond to things Celtic once he got to an age of understanding and communicating. He has always hated to hear the Gaelic language and will pout then throw a tantrum if I persistently speak it. He says "Mommy, don't talk like that! The policeman will get you and put you in the jelly (jail)". At the time of his previous incarnation, there was a law that forbade the speaking of Gaelic under the penalty of imprisonment and/or transportation to Australia. I knew that, I found it out in my research, but never spoke of it to him. Gaelic music makes him feel similarly nervous. He dislikes police and soldiers ("No me like police, they kill people, Mommy"), yet is interested in all things martial and loves to wear his kilt!
I have deliberately not discussed politics with him. I am a pacifist, and he is likewise a peaceful and thoughtful child yet there is a quiet determination and strength, and a wisdom of silence as in a well disciplined, high level soldier. If I tell him something then tell him not to say anything about it, he won't, not even to Grandma! This is rare in such a young child!
I showed him a photo of a famous Irish city (not Belfast) and asked him to tell me about it. He did not know the name of the city or anything about it, but he said that there were fires and guns in the city. This city is known now and in history as a place of violent sectarian riots and effigy burnings, but the photo that I showed him showed none of this. All I did was show him the photo and ask him to tell me a story about it. In his past life, he lived there and would have witnessed such things first hand.
It is important to point out here that I have always sought to present a factual, yet positive and apolitical view of Gaelic history (as far as that is possible), one that seeks to understand all parties and not condemn. I did not tell him about horrible sectarian violence, yet he seems to remember.
Over the past 900 years there have been literally millions of lives cut short in Scotland and Ireland, some horrifically so.
When these souls re-incarnate, they will surely have many issues to work out if they are to progress, as will my little boy. Some may be bent on revenge, others in denial, guilt or fear of their karmic past (the bombers and assassins will also have to return...) and yet others with a wisdom and a maturity to guide others to forgive. I think that most re-incarnates from this era will have a mixture of these three traits.
They need a wise, loving, mature, forgiving parent to safely guide them on a peaceful course in life, for only then will they find peace and forgiveness within.
I was wanting to pick up on something I read on a post on this site and explore it a little further. Somebody mentioned in a thread about bagpipes and how they gave a chill and a thrill both at once.
I had been researching Scottish and Irish history and learning Gaelic for a little while when I found I was pregnant with my first son. From a very early stage I got the very strong impression that I was carrying a re-incarnated soul of an Irish hero and so I named him after this famous figure. As it turned out, his father was an old friend of this hero's family and knew them well, including much history not found in books.
What surprised us both was how this boy began to respond to things Celtic once he got to an age of understanding and communicating. He has always hated to hear the Gaelic language and will pout then throw a tantrum if I persistently speak it. He says "Mommy, don't talk like that! The policeman will get you and put you in the jelly (jail)". At the time of his previous incarnation, there was a law that forbade the speaking of Gaelic under the penalty of imprisonment and/or transportation to Australia. I knew that, I found it out in my research, but never spoke of it to him. Gaelic music makes him feel similarly nervous. He dislikes police and soldiers ("No me like police, they kill people, Mommy"), yet is interested in all things martial and loves to wear his kilt!
I have deliberately not discussed politics with him. I am a pacifist, and he is likewise a peaceful and thoughtful child yet there is a quiet determination and strength, and a wisdom of silence as in a well disciplined, high level soldier. If I tell him something then tell him not to say anything about it, he won't, not even to Grandma! This is rare in such a young child!
I showed him a photo of a famous Irish city (not Belfast) and asked him to tell me about it. He did not know the name of the city or anything about it, but he said that there were fires and guns in the city. This city is known now and in history as a place of violent sectarian riots and effigy burnings, but the photo that I showed him showed none of this. All I did was show him the photo and ask him to tell me a story about it. In his past life, he lived there and would have witnessed such things first hand.
It is important to point out here that I have always sought to present a factual, yet positive and apolitical view of Gaelic history (as far as that is possible), one that seeks to understand all parties and not condemn. I did not tell him about horrible sectarian violence, yet he seems to remember.
Over the past 900 years there have been literally millions of lives cut short in Scotland and Ireland, some horrifically so.
When these souls re-incarnate, they will surely have many issues to work out if they are to progress, as will my little boy. Some may be bent on revenge, others in denial, guilt or fear of their karmic past (the bombers and assassins will also have to return...) and yet others with a wisdom and a maturity to guide others to forgive. I think that most re-incarnates from this era will have a mixture of these three traits.
They need a wise, loving, mature, forgiving parent to safely guide them on a peaceful course in life, for only then will they find peace and forgiveness within.
Thank you for sharing your son's story. It's absolutely amazing what we hear from these little ones when we take the time to listen, isn't it?