Science and Reincarnation:The purpose of (our) existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being

 Carl Jung once said that at the ripe old age of eleven, he ‘stepped out of a mist (consciousness) and saw the difference between ‘himself’ and the things around him.   The psyche, unlike our bodies, is not confined to time and space. Jung says none of us really think that death is going to be the end for us! Life behaves as if it’s going to carry on for centuries – and this is true! When we look back, we’re petrified with fear, when we look forward, a great adventure awaits us. Says Jung: ‘Man doesn’t accept nullification…man cannot stand nothingness, meaninglessness….We are not of today, but we are of yesterday, we are of an immense age… (there is)                                                                                                           a psychical existence beyond                                                                                                                   death.’

Artist: Nadia Taghavi

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Science and Reincarnation: The curious case of Robert Mayer

 The idea of conservation of energy was first enunciated by Robert Mayer.   He was a physician with a degree in medicine, not a physicist. Strangely enough, he formulated the first version of the 1^st law of thermodynamics, 1842:  Energy can be neither created nor destroyed.  Carl Jung found it odd that Mayer came up with an idea that caused a paradigm shift in Physics. Was the discovery sheer intuition or inspiration? Jung explains it as Mayer tapping into the resources of the collective unconscious.

There must be millions of ‘dormant images’ in the collective unconscious. Why did Mayer pick on the law of conservation of energy for which he had very limited scientific training? Besides, why did such an important idea come to Mayer and not to scientists who were working in that field? Could we say that Mayer’s previous life experiences prepared him for the discovery?

Carl Jung; ‘Essays on Analytical Psychology’

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Science and Reincarnation: Consciousness is interchangeable but indestructible

Adopting Einstein’s formula E=mc2  that describes the interchangeable, but indestructible nature of matter and energy, one could illustrate the interchangeable, indestructible nature of consciousness with a formula :

Mind = Lifetimes X.

 Reincarnation may be the process through which the universe provides for the preservation of learning when organisms…transition during the ‘quantum leap’ from one physical state to another.’

Artist: Nino Chakvetadze

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Science and Reincarnation: The Law of Conservation of Consiousness

 In his fascinating book, ‘The Soul Genome: Science and Reincarnatio,’ Paul Von Ward introduces the concept of a ‘ a psychoplasm’ that coheres, maintains, and carries forward more than just patterns contained in the 10% of our DNA known as genome.’ Von Ward offers a scientific explanation for the ‘psychoplasm’ based on Einstein’s law of conservation of energy:

‘Let’s assume the three-faceted view of the universe’s basic structure (matter, energy and consciousness) is correct and that all three can only be changed in form, but not destroyed. In that case, there must be a consciousness analogous to the law of conservation of energy…Reincarnation may be the manifestation of the law of conservation of consciousness.’

Paul Von Ward; ‘the Soul Genome: Science and Reincarnation

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Science and Reincarnation: A heartbroken husband goes looking for his dead wife

In 1959, Biya’s husband and sons paid a surprise visit to Swarnalata’s home in Chatarpur. Swarnalata immediately recognized them and went around identifying them correctly though they tried to mislead her. She reminded Mr Pandey (Biya’ husband) of the Rs. 1,200/- he had flicked from her secret box. This was an incident no one except the two them knew. She mentioned gold fillings in Biya’s front teeth… over 50 proofs of the past identity were verified and found to be correct.

Artist: Nino Chakvetadze

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Science and Reincarnation: Sweet Swarnalata, age three, recognizes her 'home'

...and remembers her husband and two sons from a past life!

In 1951, Swarnalata Mishra, a three year old child passing through a town called Katni which was a hundred miles from her home, suddenly asked the driver to turn to ‘the road to my home.’  She added that they’d get a nice cup of tea there!  Prof Banerjee, a colleague of Dr. Stevenson heard of Swarnalata when she was ten years old. She gave enough information to Dr. Stevenson so that they could locate the house and family of the deceased person she claimed to be. She gave an account of how ‘Biya’ (her former name) had died of a pain in her throat in 1939. She described a white house with black doors fitted with iron bars – a railway yard in front, her school behind the house. She spoke of a husband; two sons and other relatives. These facts were verified and found to be accurate. She recognized members of her past life family correctly though they tried to mislead her.  The two families had never heard of each other until Swarnalata spoke of her life as Biya.

Ian Stevenson: ’Twenty Cases suggestive of Reincarnation’

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Science and Reincarnation: We don't have a God who makes a watch and lets it tick

We have a ‘Self maker’ God who experiments and evolves. We evolve with Him.

 Dr Ian Stevenson is considered an authority on paranormal research. He was a psychiatrist with a medical degree from McGill University in Canada. He did not accept past life regression through hypnosis as a valid proof of reincarnation. Instead, he used the method of ‘spontaneous recall.’ Dr Stevenson studied over 3,000 children between the ages of three and five from various countries including India. These children were old enough to remember a past life but too young to make up stories. Great care was taken to discard any cases of hearsay or of children repeating stories heard from adults. The child’s account of a past life was meticulously recorded; the past identity and the facts surrounding it were verified thoroughly. Birthmarks were checked. If the death had been violent or accidental, scars left by wounds were tested. Only those cases where enough physical evidence was available were used.

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Science and Reincarnation: 'I don't believe, I know' - Carl Jung

Is reincarnation just a belief of religions like Hinduism and Buddhism? Is there anything in it that is verifiable?  Is there any scientific research to back it up?

 The ideas and research of scientists and thinkers like Carl Jung, Ian Stevenson and Paul Von Ward are worth studying. Carl Jung said once: ‘I don’t believe, I know.’ It’s a matter of hard data that has been tested and verified until it assumes the status of fact.

Artist: Nino Chakvetadze

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Science and Reincarnation: Is there any scientific basis to reincarnation?

 Do you agree with any of the views cited? Or is the research used suspect and unreliable?  Let us set religious beliefs aside for a moment.  Is there any rational, secular proof of reincarnation? How do you rate Stevenson’s work? Does Von Ward’s soul genome make any sense?  Is Jung’s idea of a psyche that outlives our bodies mere fantasy? I hope sincerely you will on  and share your views and ideas.

Artist: Marc Chagall

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