Belief in Reincarnation Tied to Memory Errors

LiveScience.com ^ | 04/06/07 | Melinda Wenner

[Mr. Mojo]

From what I’ve observed it’s directly tied to wishful thinking.

[DogBarkTree]

Years ago a psychic told me I was Henry VIII. Odd, I cant seem to remember her name......

[txroadkill]

I don’t know about this article, I’m pretty damn sure that my next door neighbor’s kid is the reincarnation of that ‘Time to make the Donuts’ guy.

[MrEdd]

Years ago a psychic told me I was Henry VIII. Odd, I cant seem to remember her name......

She was the widow next door,
who had been married seven times before, Henry.

[HaveHadEnough]

The propensity to make these mistakes could, in part, explain why people cling to implausible reincarnation claims in the first place.

Does this explanation apply to all life after death claims?

[brytlea]

I always think it’s funny that people seem to remember being cool and famous people. AND excatly how many people could actually have been Cleopatra anyway???
susie

[Artemis Webb]

I look like him too...except I don’t make em. I just eat em.

[WorkingClassFilth]

Defective minds. Doesn’t surprise me at all. I’ve argued the same thing for centuries.

[Oberon]

Years ago a psychic told me I was Henry VIII. Odd, I cant seem to remember her name......

Ann Boleyn.

[HitmanLV]

I;ve always thought that at least some past life memories are legitimate, but not evidence of reincarnation, but glimpses into something akin to race memory.

That is, the memories are real, but not the memories of the person who is remembering them.

[Artemis Webb]

“Does this explanation apply to all life after death claims?”

It explains half of them.
The other half are either crazy or liars.

[Artemis Webb]

collective memory?

[GSlob]

According to one song, reincarnations are directly linked to previous life:
"and if you were dumb as a tree, you'll be reborn a baobab -
and will be a baobab a thousand years till you die..." The theory sounds interesting, but I find it difficult to trace the past reincarnations of, say, algore, or WJC...

[Mr. Jeeves]

Ervin Laszlo has figured it out. His book Science and the Akashic Field will bend your mind in new directions.

[HitmanLV]

Something like that, yes.

[HitmanLV]

Reveals how the universe stores a record of all that is happening and has ever happened on Earth and throughout the cosmos

I can dig it. But is there a Cliff Notes version I can find somewhere?? :-)

[Artemis Webb]

“His book Science and the Akashic Field will bend your mind in new directions.”

So will a few glasses of Madeira.

[Mr. Jeeves]

It’s not a huge book - worth the read! ;)

[nuconvert]

What if you don’t believe in reincarnation but have memory problems?