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Proof of past life/lives?

fewamanda

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Firstly, I have always known that there is a higher something than us, and I mean from a very young age, I would lay in bed just.......knowing. My family is not in the slightst bit religous, and I don't equate those feelings with the traditional sense of 'God'. Anyhow, I would sometimes come across snippets of information on varying topics, reincarnation included, which would make me think, and sort of affirm the feelings I had had inside for so long. I then read a book called 'Many Lives, Many Masters' I think, about seven years ago. I sort of thought afterwards ' Well, I know!' but part of my brain was also thinking 'Hmmmmm, I don't know, it's more than possible this has been faked'.

Anyway, it wasn't until my grandmother died that I got what I consider 'proof'. My daughter turned two years old in March of 1997, and in July 1997, my grandmother died. I was very upset, distraught really, and would often cry (it didn't help I was pregnant with my son at the time, and so was emotional anyway!).One day, not long after my grandmother had died, I was bathing my daughter. I was a bit tearful, and she said to me 'Why are you crying?' to which I replied 'You know why, I'm just sad because Nanny died' I'll never forget what she said next.....'Don't cry Mummy, when Nanny floats up she will come back down and be a baby again' I was really shocked, and wracked my brain to think of any time she might have heard anything like this, I asked her 'How do you know' and she just replied ' I don't know, I just do'

Many people have called my daughter 'an old soul'. She is very knowing, and fixes you with a look that seems to see into you! She walked very early (9mths and 3 days) and her speech and thinking has always been way beyond her peers. Part of me wonders if she has been through the process many times herself and thats why she had a residual memory of it. In any case, it was shocking to hear such a very young child say it, and for me comfirmed something I had wondered about before.
 
In the eighties have investigated a young Dutch girl named Annet who when her grandfather died tried to comfort her mother in a very similar way. She told her dying was not as awful as her mum thought, as she recalled she had been dead herself. She told her relatives that she had been shot in the stomach by somebody wearing a "flat hat" when she was watching something on a balcony, in another lifetime with another mother. She had died and ended up in her mother's belly.

My brother Esteban Rivas (my colleague in this case investigation for a Dutch foundation) and I first interpreted this case as a possible example of childish interpretations of death. However, I now believe it should be seen as representing a variant of normal recall of (authentic) previous lives in young children.

I now find the way such children comfort 'ignorant' adults very moving.

Titus Rivas
 
Whilst posting on the adult section again giving my daughters word as the reason why I believe, something else occured to me.

As I mention, she was always very advanced, in all areas of development. She is seven now, and although she is still very intuitive regarding other peoples feelings/emotions, her advanced reading/writng/mathematical skills have slowed down to 'just above average'. I wonder if it has anthing to do with as she advances in years in this lifetime, she is growing away from her past knowledge?

Incidently, at my sons two year check, the health visitor was amazed by his vocabularly and said he was conversing at a level equivilant of a five year old. He has never said anything like my daughter did, so maybe it's just a genetic thing........but then why has she slowed down so much? (Also, I have never 'coached' or 'hothoused' either of them. Never done anything like flashcards. I'm not sure where they get it from. My son is four and got his first nursery report in July. His vocab, mathematical skills (he can count and recognise 200+) and computing skills (he does NOT use the computer at home) are all far above and beyond what is average for his age. As i was reading it, although, obviously, proud, I wonder if he will slow down the same way my daughter has? Would be interested to hear anyone elses thoughts on this.

Amanda x x
 
Amanda, after having taught pre-school for a number of years, I found that children all progress and advance on their own individual time tables.. and while the test scores and results give us a general norm or guideline, many children have periods where they are progressing much earlier or faster than what the average is in some of the areas.. and too sometimes they are a lot slower in other areas. By around age 7 to 9 they generally begin to even out with the quicker ones slowing down a bit, and the slower ones catching up. Quite often, first children pick up things quicker just for the fact that they have more undivided attention focused on them. I am amazed too at your son's vocabulary and math skills!! Obviously, he is learning from big sister???

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