Khandisi
Khandasi
Both my daughters are now adults, but when they were young, each one demonstrated possible past-life memories. If not, I cannot account for their behavior.
When my older daughter was 2 years old, she was exposed to piano music for the first time. Prior to that, she had never seen a piano before, not on television and not even a toy piano. One day, I turned the radio on and moved the dial to the classical station at the lower end. My daughter was sitting at the end of the sofa. Within seconds of hearing a Mozart piano piece, she turned toward the arm of the sofa and began to "play" the piano on the arm. The amazing thing is that her hand placement seemed perfect. She had one hand at the lower end of the musical scale, while her right hand moved appropriately up and down the "keys" of the "piano". However, as she grew older, she took no interest in the piano or any other instrument, but as a 2 year old, she seemed to know the technique.
When my younger daughter was 2 and learning to speak, I used to play a game with her to teach her the names of body parts. I would point to my eyes and ask her what they were called. She answered, "eyes". I did the same for ears, nose, mouth, fingers, toes, etc. After weeks/months of doing this, she never hesitated to answer quickly.
One day, I threw her a curve. I poked her rear end and asked, "What's this?"
Her eyes widened and I could see the wheels spinning in her head. It took her about thirty seconds to respond: "I call it 'butt'."
Now here's the thing: No one in the family used the word "butt". Not me, not my wife, not her sister, not grandparents, no one. We used words like bottom, hiney, backside, etc. But when she made her declaration, she said it clearly and with confidence. She didn't answer with a question inflection in her voice ("Butt?").
Neither of my daughters had "imaginary" friends or "made up" stories about themselves that indicated a past life. If they had, I would have probed a little bit to see where such stories were coming from. But I didn't intentionally ask them questions to solicit information.
While neither of those experiences prove anything, I do find them interesting inasmuch as I can't explain them any other way.
When my older daughter was 2 years old, she was exposed to piano music for the first time. Prior to that, she had never seen a piano before, not on television and not even a toy piano. One day, I turned the radio on and moved the dial to the classical station at the lower end. My daughter was sitting at the end of the sofa. Within seconds of hearing a Mozart piano piece, she turned toward the arm of the sofa and began to "play" the piano on the arm. The amazing thing is that her hand placement seemed perfect. She had one hand at the lower end of the musical scale, while her right hand moved appropriately up and down the "keys" of the "piano". However, as she grew older, she took no interest in the piano or any other instrument, but as a 2 year old, she seemed to know the technique.
When my younger daughter was 2 and learning to speak, I used to play a game with her to teach her the names of body parts. I would point to my eyes and ask her what they were called. She answered, "eyes". I did the same for ears, nose, mouth, fingers, toes, etc. After weeks/months of doing this, she never hesitated to answer quickly.
One day, I threw her a curve. I poked her rear end and asked, "What's this?"
Her eyes widened and I could see the wheels spinning in her head. It took her about thirty seconds to respond: "I call it 'butt'."
Now here's the thing: No one in the family used the word "butt". Not me, not my wife, not her sister, not grandparents, no one. We used words like bottom, hiney, backside, etc. But when she made her declaration, she said it clearly and with confidence. She didn't answer with a question inflection in her voice ("Butt?").
Neither of my daughters had "imaginary" friends or "made up" stories about themselves that indicated a past life. If they had, I would have probed a little bit to see where such stories were coming from. But I didn't intentionally ask them questions to solicit information.
While neither of those experiences prove anything, I do find them interesting inasmuch as I can't explain them any other way.
