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Video #1: REINCARNATION explained by Hans Wilhelm

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Video #1: REINCARNATION explained by Hans Wilhelm

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In this video, theorist Hans Wilhelm draws out an explanation of what happens during reincarnation and when it occurs. In this video, the reason for belief Hans has is Ancient Wisdom. Ancient Wisdom is present because Hans spoke about theories from decades ago when people that are no longer with us to try to prove the point of reincarnation being real. He also says that Christian's many years ago believed highly in reincarnation.

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In the video below, scientists and theorists believe that they have many cases of proof that reincarnation does exist and has happened to several children. The reason for belief is simplicity. This shows because these children claiming that they were reincarnated were saying they had nightmares of things happening to them. Although these claims were made, some may believe that these children are making these claims and people are believing them because it is the easiest answer to all of their questions.

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Walter Semkiw, MD and Jim Tucker, MD discuss the reincarnation research of Ian Stevenson, MD, which involves children's past life memories that can be factually verified. Children's past lives provide evidence or proof of reincarnation and are presented as reincarnation stories at IISIS.net. Dr. Semkiw also introduces the reincarnation case of Anne Frank | Barbro Karlen.

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Video #3: 6 Chilling REINCARNATED CHILDREN STORIES | Kids Who Remember Their Past Lives

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Video #3: 6 Chilling REINCARNATED CHILDREN STORIES | Kids Who Remember Their Past Lives

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In the video below, a man speaks about different children claiming they were reincarnated and remember everything from their past life. The reason for belief in this case is perception and observation. This shows because these children are claiming to remember all of these details from past lives and other incidents yet there is no proof to back these claims up, only these children using their memory. Children's and sometimes even adults memories can often get ideas switched around and there is no proof to prove that what these children are saying is correct and real.

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6 Chilling REINCARNATED CHILDREN STORIES | Kids Who Remember Their Past Lives

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Website #1: Scientific Proof of ReincarnationDr. Ian Stevenson's Life Work

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Website #1: Scientific Proof of ReincarnationDr. Ian Stevenson's Life Work

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In the article below, the scientist Dr. Ian Stevenson claims to have scientific proof that reincarnation is real. The article talks about how Ian has spent the last 40 years looking in depth and searching for children that claim to remember occurrences from their past lives. One limitation to go along with this article is the lack of evidence to support it. Although this scientist has heard many children speak about their past lives, the children have no real proof or evidence showing that what they are saying it correct.

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Scientific Proof of Reincarnation: Dr. Ian Stevenson

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Reincarnation Resource Center for The Reluctant Messenger explores the facts, myths and misconceptions surround reincarnation and its importance in science and religion.

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In the website below, the writer is claiming to have the best evidence that reincarnation exists. The writer speaks about how many different cultures believe in reincarnation because Jesus, in their eyes, was reincarnated three days after his crucifixion. The reason for belief in this article is Ancient Wisdom. This is present because the writer is stating that Greeks, Romans, Egyptians etc all believe that reincarnation is real because Jesus himself was, and although reincarnation is not a part of official Christian doctrine, many Christians believe in it or at least accept its possibility.

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Have you lived before? The concept of reincarnation is that our souls may experience many lifetimes over centuries, maybe even thousands of years. It has been present in virtually every culture since ancient times. The Egyptians, Greeks, Romans and Aztecs all believed in the "transmigration of souls" from one body to another after death. It's a fundamental precept of Hinduism.

Although reincarnation is not a part of official Christian doctrine, many Christians believe in it or at least accept its possibility.

Jesus, it is believed, was reincarnated three days after his crucifixion. That's not at all surprising; the idea that after death we can live again as another person, maybe as the opposite sex or in a completely different station in life, is intriguing and, for many people, highly appealing.

Is reincarnation just an idea, or is there real evidence to support it? Here's some of the best evidence available, gathered by researchers who, in some cases, have devoted their lives to the subject. Examine it, then decide for yourself.

Past Life Regression Hypnosis

The practice of reaching past lives through hypnosis is controversial, primarily because hypnosis is not a reliable tool. Hypnosis can certainly help reach the unconscious mind, but the information found there is not reliable as truth. It has been shown that the practice can create false memories. That doesn't mean, however, that regression hypnosis should be dismissed out of hand.

If the past life information can be verified through research, the case for reincarnation can be considered more seriously.

The most famous case of past life regression through hypnosis is that of Ruth Simmons. In 1952, her therapist, Morey Bernstein, took her back past the point of her birth. Suddenly, Ruth began to speak with an Irish accent and claimed that her name was Bridey Murphy, who lived in 19th century Belfast, Ireland.

Ruth recalled many details of her life as Bridey, but, unfortunately, attempts to find out if Ms. Murphy really existed were unsuccessful. There was, however, some indirect evidence for the truth of her story. Under hypnosis, Bridey mentioned the names of two grocers in Belfast from whom she bought food, Mr. Farr, and John Carrigan. A Belfast librarian found a city directory for 1865-1866 that listed both men as grocers. Her story was told both in a book by Bernstein and in a 1956 movie, The Search for Bridey Murphy.

Illnesses and Physical Ailments Pointing to Reincarnation

Do you have a life-long illness or physical pain that you cannot account for? Their roots could be in some past life trauma, some researchers suspect.

In "Have We Really Lived Before?", Michael C. Pollack, Ph.D., CCHT describes his lower back pain, which grew steadily worse over the years and limited his activities. He believes he found out a possible reason during a series of past life therapy sessions: "I discovered that I had lived at least three prior lifetimes in which I had been killed by being knifed or speared in the low back. After processing and healing the past life experiences, my back began to heal."

Research conducted by Nicola Dexter, a past life therapist, has discovered correlations between illnesses and past lives in some of her patients, including a bulimia sufferer who swallowed salt water in a previous life; a fear of indoor heights caused by carving the ceiling of a church and being killed by falling to the floor; a persistent problem in the shoulder and the arm area having been caused by participating in a tug of war which injured the same arm; a fear of razors and shaving was found to have its root cause in another lifetime where the client had chopped off someone's fingers with a sword and then as retribution had his entire hand cut off.

Phobias and Nightmares

Where does seemingly irrational fear come from? Fear of heights, fear of water, of flying? Many of us have normal reservations about such things, but some people have fears so great that they become debilitating. And some fears are completely baffling -- a fear of carpets, for example. Where do such fears come from? The answer, of course, can be psychologically complex, but researchers think that in some cases there might be a connection to a previous life.

At "Healing Past Lives through Dreams," author J.D. tells of his claustrophobia and a tendency to panic when his arms and legs were confined or restricted in any way. He believes that a dream of a past life uncovered a trauma from a past life that explained this fear. "One night in the dream state I found myself hovering over a disturbing scene," he writes.

"It was a town in fifteenth-century Spain, and a frightened man was being hog-tied by a small jeering crowd. He had expressed beliefs contrary to the church. Some local ruffians, with the blessing of the church officials, were eager to administer justice. The men bound the heretic hand and foot, then wrapped him very tightly in a blanket. The crowd carried him to an abandoned stone building, shoved him into a dark corner under the floor, and left him to die. I realized with horror the man was me."

Physical Appearance and Reincarnation

In his book, ​Someone Else's Yesterday, Jeffrey J. Keene theorizes that a person in this life can strongly resemble the person he or she was in a previous life. Keene, an Assistant Fire Chief who lives in Westport, Connecticut, believes he is the reincarnation of John B. Gordon, a Confederate General of the Army of Northern Virginia, who died on January 9, 1904. As evidence, he offers photos of himself and the general. There is a striking resemblance. Beyond physical similarities, Keene says that "they think alike, look alike and even share facial scars. Their lives are so intertwined that they appear to be one."

Another case is that of artist Peter Teekamp, who believes he could be the reincarnation of artist Paul Gauguin. Here, too, there is a physical resemblance and similarities in their work as well.

Children's Spontaneous Recall and Special Knowledge

Many small children who claim to recall past lives express thoughts, describe specific actions and environments and even know foreign languages they could only know or have learned from their present experiences.

Many cases like this are documented in Carol Bowman's Children's Past Lives:

Eighteen-month-old Elsbeth had never spoken a complete sentence. But one evening, as her mother was bathing her, Elsbeth spoke up and gave her mother a shock. "I'm going to take my vows," she told her mother. Taken aback, she questioned the baby girl about her queer statement. "I'm not Elsbeth now," the child replied. "I'm Rose, but I'm going to be Sister Teresa Gregory."

Handwriting

Can past lives be proved by comparing the handwriting of a living person and the deceased person he or she claims to have been? Indian researcher Vikram Raj Singh Chauhan believes so. Chauhan has undertaken a study of this possibility, and his findings have been received favorably at the National Conference of Forensic Scientists at Bundelkhand University, Jhansi.

A six-year-old boy named Taranjit Singh from the village of Alluna Miana, India, claimed since he was two that he had been a person named Satnam Singh. This other boy had lived in the village of Chakkchela, Taranjit insisted, and even knew Satnam's father's name. He had been killed while riding his bike home from school. An investigation verified the many details Taranjit knew of his previous life as Satnam. But the clincher was that their handwriting, a trait experts know is as distinct as fingerprints, was virtually identical.

Birthmarks and Birth Defects

Dr. Ian Stevenson, head of the Department of Psychiatric Medicine at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, is one of the foremost researchers and authors on the subject of reincarnation and past lives.

In 1993, he wrote a paper entitled "Birthmarks and Birth Defects Corresponding to Wounds on Deceased Persons" as possible physical evidence for past lives. "Among 895 cases of children who claimed to remember a previous life (or were thought by adults to have had a previous life)," Stevenson writes, "birthmarks and/or birth defects attributed to the previous life were reported in 309 (35 percent) of the subjects. The birthmark or birth defect of the child was said to correspond to a wound (usually fatal) or other mark on the deceased person whose life the child said it remembered."

But could any of these cases be verified?

In one fascinating case, an Indian boy claimed to remember the life of a man named Maha Ram, who was killed with a shotgun fired at close range. This boy had an array of birthmarks in the center of his chest that looked like they could possibly correspond to a shotgun blast. So the story was checked out. Indeed, there was a man named Maha Ram who was killed by a shotgun blast to the chest. An autopsy report recorded the man's chest wounds, which corresponded directly with the boy's birthmarks.

A man from Thailand claimed that when he was a child he had distinct memories of a past life as his own paternal uncle. This man had a large scar-like birthmark on the back of his head. His uncle, it turns out, died from a severe knife wound to that very part of his head.

Dr. Stevenson has documented many other such cases, many of which he could verify through medical records.

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Have you lived before? The concept of reincarnation is that our souls may experience many lifetimes over centuries, maybe even thousands of years. It has been present in virtually every culture since ancient times. The Egyptians, Greeks, Romans and Aztecs all believed in the "transmigration of souls" from one body to another after death.

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Website #3: This Guy’s Got Proof that Reincarnation is Real

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Website #3: This Guy’s Got Proof that Reincarnation is Real

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The man the writer speaks about in this article made contact with his reincarnation story. The man claims to remember small details that occurred when he was younger that now leads up to his belief that he had a past life. The reason for belief confirmation bias is shown in this story because the man did not believe for a very long time that all of these occurrences lead up to reincarnation, up until he read about the subject and put two and two together.

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Editor's Note: This gentleman contacted us with his reincarnation story, which is quite incredible and generously allowed us to republish from his Facebook page. From Topher Williams, here is "Tophers' Two Cents - Reincarnation."
I would like to share a story with all of you. I know it's not your average socially acceptable story, but it's a true story, nonetheless. I've talked to a few people about publishing this and I've heard mixed opinions. I've heard "People will judge you" and, "People will think you're crazy." Yeah...maybe...but that doesn't bother me. After the events you will read about, you'll understand why nothing really gets to me anymore.

This whole thing is about reincarnation, as you see in the title. If this is something you don't want to read about then it's ok to stop reading here. I used to scoff when people talked about it. I used to think it's a ridiculous notion. So I understand.

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A few people know about my strange experiences in Maine. If you don't I'll give a little back story:

When I was a kid I remember drawing lighthouses. It wasn't an obsession, but I remember really enjoying them.

I remember drawing two of them as a kid. One was short and had a flat top and one was a little taller and had a regular-type roof. As most of you know, Meredith [Tophers' wife] partly grew up in Maine. Her mother knew I liked lighthouses and sent me a picture of the Portland Head Light in Cape Elizabeth, ME. It was the same lighthouse as the taller one I used to draw. I thought it had to be coincidence. Maybe I inadvertently seen it growing up, but it was a little scary nonetheless.

Shortly after this occurrence, Meredith and I were talking about our upcoming trip to Maine and I was talking about what I thought the air would feel like and how Maine looked and felt, in general. She asked me "Are you sure you've never been there?" I hadn't at this point, but I was spot on. It was all coincidences and good guesses, as far as I was concerned.

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So we fly out there.

I was excited to go to a new, foreign place and I've always wanted to see and touch an actual lighthouse. When I get off the plane I expected the excitement to continue. Instead, what I mainly felt was a sort of calm. I felt I was "home". I felt that I belonged there. Sure, I was still a little excited, but it became like a secondary emotion.

After meeting Meredith's parents, we immediately went to the Portland Head Light. It was one of the most beautiful things I'd ever seen. The closer I got to it, the more my emotions became a weird mix of calm, fear and nerves.

I walked up to the lighthouse, touched it and pictured myself standing in front the light house I drew - the one with more of a flat top. It made absolutely no sense, and typically I would brush feelings like this aside, but when the picture flashed in my head I felt so much peace. I felt different. Maybe it was pride? Maybe Happiness? I don't know.

Once reality set in, the whole situation freaked me out, because even though it was a little picture in my head, it was real to me.

Now this is the first time I met Mere's [Tophers' wife's nickame] parents, so obviously I had to internalize everything that was happening. I didn't want them thinking I was some kind of crackpot although I definitely felt like it.

I kept telling myself that it's all in my head.

As we drove from Portland to Brunswick in Maine, all the old buildings and the geography felt familiar. Even though I kept all these thoughts to myself, I couldn't keep in was how comfortable I was there. It was apparently noticeable because, after a few days of being there, I was told maybe I was a lighthouse keeper in a previous life. I laughed it off. I didn't believe in "past lives". To me reincarnation was an interesting and fun metaphysical topic, but nothing more.

I wanted to shrug it off (the image), but the next morning we noticed something on the front page of the Portland Press Herald. There were sailboat races happening while we were picnicking at the Portland Head Light and there happened to be a plane flying around taking photos while we were there. So, on the front page of the newspaper was a large aerial photo [of the races and lighthouse].

We were looking to see if we could find ourselves in the picture at our table. While zooming in on the photo, we saw, pictured, the exact moment I had been touching the lighthouse, which was also confirmed from another photo that Mere got of that exact moment. At that moment, I was thinking about that little lighthouse image in my head [from childhood].

You can see a picture of the comparison on my Facebook [also in the image above]. Even though it was really cool I knew it had to be a coincidence...one hell of a coincidence, but a coincidence nonetheless. After all of the events that took place, I don't think it was a coincidence. I think it was almost as if the universe was trying to get me to find answers. Like, "Hey, you can't ignore me now." Although there were plenty of other little situations to make me think this, the Portland Head Light situation was the biggest thing that happened there.

So then it was time to leave Maine. It hurt. I felt like I was going back to a place I didn't belong. I still don't feel I belong here [Topher's current location in another state]. When it was all said and done, enough or my experiences made me want to find answers. So, I started questioning everything I learned in my life and I questioned everything I conditioned myself to "believe". I wanted to know why I had these experiences. So I began searching right when I got back.

I kept coming up empty until I found that first flat top lighthouse I used to draw [as a child]. That flat top lighthouse is also the Portland Head Light. It was remodeled and raised during the Civil War, which gave it its current look. This, of course, made me want more answers. But after that I kept coming up with nothing.

The Regression

Then I was given a session with a physiotherapist. Maybe I could find answers. I was hoping to, but I could never have expected what happened next. This [past-life regression] is something I recommend everyone do whether you believe in reincarnation or not.

The physiotherapist did his thing and put me under. Once we were ready, he asked me a series of questions. It was a one-hour and 45-minute session that felt like 15 minutes to me.

Here are the key points of this session:

Therapist: Where are you
Me- A field
Therapist: Where's the field?
Me: Massachusetts.
Therapist: What's your name?
Me: James.
Therapist: What are you wearing?
Me: Something blue. (I realized I was a soldier) I'm a Captain.
Therapist: What year is it?
Me:1780.
Therapist: What's happening?
Me: I just won land.
Therapist: What for?
Me: For the battles
Therapist: What battles?
Me: I don't remember their names. But I think all of them.
Therapist: How do you feel?
Me: It's bittersweet
Therapist: Why?

This is where I start uncontrollably sobbing-

He then told me to go to James' deathbed-

I start sobbing again-

Me: I killed so many people.....for land. It's not worth it.
Therapist: Who did you kill?
Me: The "Reds". They were innocent. I killed them.

The therapist then asked me to go forward to the next important part of this journey-

Therapist: Where are you?

I started talking funny, at least funny to me. I wasn't talking like "me".

Earlier I said I thought I was talking funny. You probably gathered that I was talking like a poor, 1960's black guy. The therapist asked me a few other things that I don't recall and then he had me go to the end of that "life".

I started shaking.

I remember feeling scared and I felt something hard and cold at the base of my skull. I remember the therapist helping me disassociate from the emotions. He told me to look at it as an outsider. I remember being able to kind of do that. But I was still crying pretty hard.

Therapist: What's going on?
Me: They killed her

I remember feeling the emotions again and remember either thinking or saying Oh god please.

He has me go past this life to the next important part. I did, but not before I heard the bang and the back of my head felt a mix of hot and cold. This is probably the scariest thing that's ever happened to me. I don't remember this session like a bad dream. They feel like memories now, I felt I was there. And never in my life had I been this terrified. After the bang I started feeling calm. I felt love. I felt peace.

Then I remember trying to explain what I saw again. No words do it justice. It was literally like everything and nothing all at once. No color yet every color.

The therapist has me continue. It's cold. I'm scared. I see my aunt Gloria (which is weird), then I see a middle-aged man. Then, I find myself in the "area" the Therapist put me in before the regression began. At this point I was being pulled out of the hypnosis.

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Whether this was all "in my head" or not, it's still an incredible story - man punishing himself over and over again due to his guilt!

I came out of this session a different person. I felt "I" could "forgive myself". A huge weight was lifted off my shoulders and my overall demeanor changed, but that evening I left the hypnotherapist fairly confused. I almost expected the regression to put me in Maine. I expected to be a lighthouse keeper or someone who had something to do with it. I've never liked the name "James". Why would I call myself that? Though I felt happier, it opened my world to a whole lot more questions.

The Connection, and the Proof

Now this last part is why I don't feel it's in my head. I searched for "Captain James" and I found quite a few, but none matched from my regression. Then I finally stumbled upon Captain James Buxton.

Around the year 1780, a captain named James Buxton was awarded 300 acres of land in Massachusetts for his service in the war. His wife's name was Esther Southwick. He was a musician. He either played the drums or flute. I'm not sure which, but a fife and drum corp is named after him.

As an interesting side note: before I played the trumpet in third grade I wanted to play drums in the school band. All of the spots were taken. So then I wanted to play the flute, but the teacher said I had the wrong fingers. That may be coincidence, but if it is it's a pretty big one.

According to my research, James died in 1817 at the age of 72. His reported cause of death was paralysis. If you read this far - it all sounds familiar. Almost everything with the regression matches James' life.

At first I was confused about what I meant by "The Reds" that James killed. In searching for James I realized that the British wore red uniforms, hence "the reds".

So where does the image of the original Portland Head Light come into play? I also learned that at that time Maine was still part of the Colony of Massachusetts. George Washington engaged two men to build the Portland Head Light in 1787. As you read before, this is the same timeframe as James Buxton, and Buxton had served under George Washington. It is feasible Buxton was there for the construction, or completion. This isn't a for sure thing, but looking at everything else it would make sense.

Unfortunately I found nothing on the guy in the 60's, but I remember him being a nobody and if someone black got murdered in the 60's, it wasn't necessarily newsworthy at the time.

A Physical Sign of Reincarnation

The important thing about that part of the regression is my birthmark. After the regression I also looked up a lot of stuff on reincarnation in general. Dr. Ian Stevenson worked for decades with children who claimed to remember past lives. One of the things he noticed with almost all of the children with birthmarks or birth defects was that they were in correlation with the "past life" memory.

For example, there is a child who remembers being stabbed in the chest. Per the medical records of the man the child claimed to have been, not only did the birthmark match the location of the stab wound, but the shape of the wound and the birthmark matched perfectly. This is only one case. There have been hundreds that match the same way. I don't know if some of you have seen my birthmark. It a large red birthmark that looks just like someone put a gun to the back of my head.

Another interesting fact is seeing my Aunt Gloria who is pretty much not in the family now. My Mother confirmed that she was there in the room when I was born.

Diving Deeper

The last part is about the strange everything/nothing place.

While looking into it I stumbled upon something called "LBL Regression". It stands for Life Between Lives". There are quite a few people who have had them. The atmosphere and the surroundings vary depending on the person, but there are always more than one "being" present and they are always "Elders."

In every LBL regression somebody has a guide which is a more advanced "soul". They usually remember being asked "What did you learn?" or something similar.

These are people from all over the world. People who have never met one another, people who really can't share stories. Yet they all have similar accounts, just like mine.

What's the importance of Sammy? I remember recognizing the "being" as my friend Sam.

I spent 30 years not knowing who I was. I didn't know how I was supposed to be. I made a lot of mistakes and I started hating everyone else because of it. I didn't like my life and I hit my breaking point.

Insert Sam.

I won't go into certain personal details of my life, but yes at 30 years old, Sam saved my life and to this day challenges me to better myself.

Theoretical physics speaks of the possibilities of reincarnation. Every religion, including 1st century Christianity speaks of it. The Ancient Greeks spoke of it. It was a unanimous belief prior to 500 AD. I think the religious and spiritual unanimity along with theoretical physics gives it at least a shred of weight. After my experiences and discoveries I genuinely belief it exists. And this, for me, eliminates fear. It eliminates worry. It eliminates stress. There are far more important things than what we, as a society, worry about.

So why am I telling everybody about this experience? I want to encourage those who have similar situations to dig, and dig deep. I feel that there are always answers. We just might not always know where to look. I want to encourage people who may be scared to open up about it because of some social stigma. It doesn't matter what anyone thinks about you but you. If you have ever had any kind of gut feeling like this, or if you've had any crazy experiences like I did, have a regression done. You may be surprised at what you find.

Now after nearly eight pages of typing in Microsoft Word I'll let you all go. Thanks for reading, and take care.

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This Guy's Got Proof that Reincarnation is Real

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Editor's Note: This gentleman contacted us with his reincarnation story, which is quite incredible and generously allowed us to republish from his Facebook page. From Topher Williams, here is "Tophers' Two Cents - Reincarnation." I would like to share a story with all of you.

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Image #1: Illustration of Reincarnation Occurring

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The image below shows that when people pass away, death takes them and they are brought back to life but as a new person just beginning life again. They are starting a whole different life all over again. The reason for belief is unexplained in this case. The photo does not show why these people are being brought back to life or even how it is happening.

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In the comic below, a young boy is speaking to his father or grandfather about reincarnation and makes a comment that he didn't believe in reincarnation when he was their age, either. The limitation in this image is not enough evidence to back up the statement. The image shows no proof that the young boy was reincarnated, only the comment that he made.

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In the image below, there is an illustration shown of rebirth happening in Buddhism. The reason for belief in this case is Ancient Wisdom. Buddhists made this map, or illustration showing reincarnation occurring and people have believed it for many years because of the cultural approach.