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PL connections to present-life.

Marc Ross

Marc Ross

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Hello,

For people who have discoverd the identities of their past-lives, does anybody feel it's important to discern six-degrees of separation between past and present lives; where family connections do not apply?

Has anybody discovered specific examples where connections amongst past and present lives would have otherwise been difficult to discern?

Marc
 
Marc Ross said:
...does anybody feel it's important to discern six-degrees of separation between past and present lives; where family connections do not apply? Has anybody discovered specific examples where connections ...would have otherwise been difficult to discern?
Marc
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Hi Marc!


From what I understand about six degrees of separation, we don't even know how everyone is known or connected to us by more than three degrees in this life. Have I misunderstood your question?


-Nightrain
 
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Hello Nightrain1:


I don't feel my question was not misunderstood. I just chose the term "six-degrees of separation" as just a term to define unknown connections amongst past and present lives that don't involve relatives.


Personally, my speculation (out of conjecture) may involve a PL connection amongst an Uncle's friend, colleague, superior (as my Uncle was in the service) neither of my parents or relatives probably never met.


I felt my PL served in WWII in North Africa (memory of a German WWII Vehicle in a desert environment) in the Army Service Forces e.g., Transportation Corps, Quartermasters. My PL may have later returned to North Africa to serve somewhere around the time of my Uncle's Service in Libya in the late 1950s.


I seem to remember Germany (memories included late 1950s design cars); my Uncle (my Mom's brother), and my Mom where in Germany in the late 1950s. My Uncle's Service was out of Germany, and my mom was a school-teacher in the U.S. Army in Germany. My Mom attended my Uncle's wedding in Germany.


I don't feel it's important to focus too much on specific degrees of separation.


RELATED: I noted you're in Connecticut. I feel my PL may have lived in NW Connecticut e.g., Waterbury, Torrington.


One research resource I'm looking into are online archived newspaper stories from NW Connecticut.


Marc
 
Marc Ross said:
Personally, my speculation (out of conjecture) may involve a PL connection amongst an Uncle's friend, colleague, superior (as my Uncle was in the service) neither of my parents or relatives probably never met.
I felt my PL served in WWII in North Africa (memory of a German WWII Vehicle in a desert environment) in the Army Service Forces e.g., Transportation Corps, Quartermasters. My PL may have later returned to North Africa to serve somewhere around the time of my Uncle's Service in Libya in the late 1950s.


I seem to remember Germany (memories included late 1950s design cars); my Uncle (my Mom's brother), and my Mom where in Germany in the late 1950s. My Uncle's Service was out of Germany, and my mom was a school-teacher in the U.S. Army in Germany. My Mom attended my Uncle's wedding in Germany.


RELATED: I noted you're in Connecticut. I feel my PL may have lived in NW Connecticut e.g., Waterbury, Torrington.


Marc
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Hi Marc!


I'm quite familiar with Waterbury (Brass City), and Torrington. If you have any visual references, I'll see if I can validate them.


Regarding your German connections, I seem to share some kind of memory of Germany or Prussia during the mid-nineteenth century in some kind of academic/student capacity. I seem to have a memory of struggling to learn German. It's funny, because I've gone through the same difficulty during five years of this life. I was, somehow, familiar with the language, but had difficulty with learning the rules of syntax, gender, etc., during this life.


You'll find other members of this forum, who have memories as German soldiers during WWII. Don't hesitate to yell out.


-Nightrain
 
Hi Marc,


Thought I'd copy and paste how I came to learn of mine: :thumbsup:


Sequential dreams of WWII


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In sequential dreams over a relatively short period of time, I saw myself as a Luftwaffa pilot by the name Karl Hess or Heiss.


1st dream: I am walking into a "bar" in an army camp wearing airforce jacket and tucking into the jacket the identification tag on a chain around my neck, which had gotten caught on the jacket's zipper. Inside the bar I meet with an attractive, dark haired woman sitting at the bar upon a stool. Conversation was about the fact that she was pregnant and affirming I was the father of the child. My feelings toward her were one of superiority and contempt, either because she was of a lower class or perhaps Jewish (I have a feeling she was probably French). In the dream I recognized her, though her physical appearance was different, as my first wife in present life.


2nd dream: Driving black sedan car with same lady at the passenger's seat. Dreary weather in European city.


3rd dream: I am passing in front of a shop that has a sign where it is written: "Jewish Jewels". Enter the shop, which has mostly furniture and home utensils and decoration items. Sit upon a chair and look at them. Have the impression that items for sale were taken from Jewish families...


4th dream: I am flying a small plane above a farm in what seems to be my first "solo flight". I am waving at a couple below whom I feel are my parents. Dream goes to my getting out of the plane after landing, feeling the adrenaline and excitement of my first solo flight and the warm sun in my face. My parents are proud of me and come and hug me.


5th dream: I am sitting at a table wearing uniform coat. Dark haired woman is being brought into the room by two soldiers. She is badly battered and bruised and I am thinking: "Now she will understand why I had to do this to her". Elder man follows woman and soldiers into the room. I sense he is her father and recognize him as my first wife's second husband (married to him after we divorced).


6th dream: I am young and strong and entering a building. My physical appearance is completely different from the one I have now. Dream cuts to myself and another soldier digging a shallow grave to bury dark haired woman whom I sense I have killed.


7th dream: I am in a hot-air balloon above a field. Balloon lands near a farm. The farm owner is an officer. Some soldiers are playing a game of football. Farm owner/officer introduces me to others as Karl Hess (or Heiss).


8th dream: I am about to take part in a meeting at a house at the top of a hill. I am concerned that the others will know of my intention to flee. I have money in my briefcase and a pistol. I plan to escape after the meeting, but am worried that others might already know of my intentions. After the meeting, I go to my car (the same black sedan of my previous dream). The hood is lifted and some soldiers are standing around the car. I enquire as to what is happening and one soldier says there is a problem with the engine. I realize they know of my intentions so begin to walk down the hill. The soldiers order me to stop. From inside my briefcase I pull out the Lugger pistol and begin firing at them and running down the hill. The soldiers come after me. I run into a garage where there are two gasoline pumps and hide behind one of them, but the soldiers see me and open fire. Gasoline begins to leak on the floor from one of the pumps. Soldier at the entrance removes pin from a grenade and throws it inside. I run for cover and dive to the ground, knowing full well that my life is about to end, as the grenade and the leaking gasoline are about to blow (woke up panting and gasping for breath...).
 
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Nightrain1 said:
Hi Marc!
I'm quite familiar with Waterbury (Brass City), and Torrington. If you have any visual references, I'll see if I can validate them.


Regarding your German connections, I seem to share some kind of memory of Germany or Prussia during the mid-nineteenth century in some kind of academic/student capacity. I seem to have a memory of struggling to learn German. It's funny, because I've gone through the same difficulty during five years of this life. I was, somehow, familiar with the language, but had difficulty with learning the rules of syntax, gender, etc., during this life.


You'll find other members of this forum, who have memories as German soldiers during WWII. Don't hesitate to yell out.


-Nightrain
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Hello,


Thank-you for suggesting validating visual references. A couple of memories, images of interest involved the following:


During one PL regression (meditation) exercise, I had images of an ample sized city-park (much larger than “the greens” in many New England towns/cities). The image was a large open green space of several acres, with a small forest of trees at the other end of the park. Most remarkable was a background of a large several-story brick building (likely an early 20th Century style) e.g., a hospital, an office building, an apartment block. What town/city has (or once had) this type of landscape?


During another PL regression exercise, I had a memory of a building whose architecture looked like the Elton hotel in Waterbury. Yet, there are other buildings of similar designs throughout New England.
 
As for the WWII memories, I was likely with the U.S. Forces. My memory involved travel on a mountainous, desert road as a German staff-car (that resembled a Volkswagen convertible) was traveling in the opposite direction.


I feel this was during the surrender of German forces (as I had no combat-related memories). A nearby hill (further up the road) had several dark-green supply vehicles. In early May 1943, roads in Tunisia were filled with both allied, and German vehicles on roads leading to Mediterranean sea ports.
 
Marc Ross said:
I had images of an ample sized city-park (much larger than “the greens” in many New England towns/cities). The image was a large open green space of several acres, with a small forest of trees at the other end of the park. Most remarkable was a background of a large several-story brick building (likely an early 20th Century style) e.g., a hospital, an office building, an apartment block. What town/city has (or once had) this type of landscape?.
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Hi Marc!


Of the two, Waterbury seems to fit the bill; but the present green only occupies about two square blocks. It is surrounded by many of the structures that you mentioned, including some stately granite buildings, which reminds one of some Washington DC federal buildings. The green may have been bigger at one time, until recent buildings and memorials were added. This particular green is high on a bluff overlooking main street; so, it could appear to be much larger than it really is. St. Mary's Hospital is South just beyond that.


Within site of the green is this very distinctive tower that is part of the Union Railroad Station. It was inspired by the Torre del Mangia at the Palazzo Publico in Siena, Italy. It can be seen from almost every road entering the city. It also had one of the largest Italian-american populations in the U.S.


Is there anything else that you can remember?
 
I should add that the relative size of Connecticut's town greens tends to become larger as one travels toward the Northwest corner in Litchfield County. Those towns were not as well developed with the many memorials that have been added during the past several decades; so they are larger and more scenic.


-Nightrian
 
Nightrain1; Thank-you for validating my images I had experienced. I had looked at pcitures of those landmarks, older-buildings mentioned. No specific deja-vu memories were experienced at this time.


I had never been to Waterbury, yet I have visited New Haven several times. I did not experience any deja-vu memories of interest of New Haven.


My family was born and raised in Connecticut (the New Haven area).


Yet, my “possible PL” memories were in some New-England town/city. I strongly feel my PL lived in Connecticut (for some reason, a musty, weathered smell of cellars in New-England seems to ring a (faint) bell so to speak).


Many past-life cases involve the same geographic locations (in this case present-life relatives; as I was born in California).


My WWII memories of North-Africa are another path to investigate; as I may be able to locate service-records of those who served from Connecticut, who died before 1962, from Waterbury?
 
Marc Ross said:
Yet, my “possible PL” memories were in some New-England town/city. I strongly feel my PL lived in Connecticut (for some reason, a musty, weathered smell of cellars in New-England seems to ring a (faint) bell so to speak).
Many past-life cases involve the same geographic locations (in this case present-life relatives; as I was born in California).


My WWII memories of North-Africa are another path to investigate; as I may be able to locate service-records of those who served from Connecticut, who died before 1962, from Waterbury?
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Ah, yes! The musty, weathered smell of unfinished cellars in New England! I've been in quite a few, which still have dirt floors, and you can see outside between the field stone foundations and the wood platform. There is also a certain smell that emanates from very old wood, musty 18th and 19th Century wallpaper and all manner of artifacts hidden within the walls as insulation. There are so many trees, now; that much of the state has been like a rain forest. You can almost measure the date of your memories by comparing the trees to the size they are now. Most of the northeast was completely denuded of trees from 1760 to 1910. They had all been cut down to make charcoal. Deer run everywhere, and are described by some "swamp yankees" as rats with long legs.


Regarding deceased WWII veterans from Waterbury, you would have as much luck as I would by searching the internet. However, the information is out there. I'll do some checking with some of my Vet connections. Did you mention a name before?


-Nightrain
 
Nightrain1 said:
Ah, yes! The musty, weathered smell of unfinished cellars in New England! I've been in quite a few, which still have dirt floors, and you can see outside between the field stone foundations and the wood platform. There is also a certain smell that emanates from very old wood, musty 18th and 19th Century wallpaper and all manner of artifacts hidden within the walls as insulation. There are so many trees, now; that much of the state has been like a rain forest. You can almost measure the date of your memories by comparing the trees to the size they are now. Most of the northeast was completely denuded of trees from 1760 to 1910. They had all been cut down to make charcoal. Deer run everywhere, and are described by some "swamp yankees" as rats with long legs.
Regarding deceased WWII veterans from Waterbury, you would have as much luck as I would by searching the internet. However, the information is out there. I'll do some checking with some of my Vet connections. Did you mention a name before?


-Nightrain
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A specific name regarding a PL identity is unknown.


If a WWII veteran died in the early 1960s, then this individual died at a relatively young-age.
 
Marc Ross said:
Nightrain1:
The "Ken Burns" PBS series "The War" discussed Waterbury, CT. during the WWII years.


How has "The War" series encouraged further discussions amongst veteran groups?


http://www.pbs.org/thewar/the_witnesses_towns_waterbury.htm


Thank-you
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Hi Marc!


The sad fact is that most of our WWII Veterans have "passed over" already; which is why Ken Burns and others are making such an effort to document everything they can before it's too late. Veterans' Organizations like; Disabled American Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and The American Legion are now largely attended by Korean War, Vietnam, and other conflict Vets, and most other organizations that I know of are dominated by Vietnam Vets. A few Posts have managed to keep a healthy membership among WWII Vets.


During the past two decades the older Vets have been feeling a closer bond with the Vietnam Vets than they did at first; and some are finally sharing their untold stories with the help of productions like "The War". Waterbury Vets are very proud of the role played by the city's Brass industry during that war, but with muted enthusiasm because of the economy. The common thread throughout is the realization that there is no such thing as a small firefight. All experiences whether great or small had a tremendous impact on everyone, an there is a great deal of mutual respect.


So...Yes! the series has engendered some good discussions, but more about the experiences they shared, rather than the role Waterbury played in that and other wars. In fact, too much of Waterbury's industries have closed down or moved offshore, and the topic has become somewhat depressing for most of the remaining Veterans.


Your interest in the subject is very much appreciated. No matter what country one is from or whatever the conflict was about, we should all remember those who've put their lives on the line. God bless you and your past life service.


-Nightrain
 
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