Lesson Nine: More Lives Than One

If a musical child is born to a father who is
musical, the West explains it by heredity. Bach
was born into a very musical family, but why
put this down merely to heredity when many
great musicians have had unmusical children? In
Buddhist lands, it would be explained that the
child had developed musical tendencies in
previous lives and was attracted to an
environment suitable for the expression of
those gifts.

Life does not die at the body's death nor do the
results of a deed. Forms come into being, serve
their purpose arid then diebutthe life within.
knows no such limitations. Just asa man puts
down his worn-out clothes and taking new ones,
saying, "These I will wear today", so is a being
born in different fo1ms and environment
according to the results of his deeds. Rebirth
will continue endlessly until a person learns the
secret of transcending life and death.

Experience Makes A Great General

George· Patton, the renownedWorld War II
general, could recall six instances of his past
lives in which he was a warrior:

1. A prehistoric warrior who 'battled for
   fresh mammoth' and 'warred for pastures
   new.'


2. A Greekhoplite who fought the Persians of
   King Cyrus.


3. A soldier ofAlexander the Great at thesiege
   of Tyre.


4. A legionnaire with Julius Caesar innorthern
   Gaul.


5. An English knight at the battle of Crecy
   during the Hundred Year's War.


6. A Napoleonic marshal at a time 'when one
   laughed at death and numbers (size of
   enemies' armies), trusting in the emperor's
   star.'
   Farago Ladislas, Patton: Ordeal and Triumph
   (New York: Obolensky, 1964)

2.Ability To Recall Past Births

There are many recorded cases, and whose

authenticity have been verified, which strongly

suggest rebirth. Some of the ways these people

can recall their past births are through hypnosis,

memory and meditation.

Through hypnosis

In a state of hypnosis, a person can be brought

back in time to a particular point in childhood or

infancy and relive his experiences. There were

some experiments which had taken a person

further back in time and accidently landed him

into memories belonging to previous lives.

There were cases where some people under

hypnosis could speak a different language, give

accurate information pertaining to a different

time and place, and perform feats they were

unable to in their normal state.

One such person was Annie Baker, a Lancashire

housewife, who had never studied French or

been to France and whose education was very

ordinary.

Under hypnosis she spoke perfect French and

referred to the death of Marie Antoinette as if it

had just happened. She gave her name as

Marielle Pacasse and purported to have lived in

Rue de St. Pierre near the Notre Dame

Cathedral.

When enquiries were made, it was found that

there is no such street now, but there had been

a street of that name in that vicinity one

hundred and seventy years ago.

Under hypnosis she said that she did not

understand what tea was. It was unknown in

France a hundred and seventy years ago. The

name Marielle is rare now but was common in

1794.

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