Am I reincarnated? Don't laugh!

nez75 · 09-04-2006, 19:15

This is a serious question and I know i'm opening myself up to ridicule but I don't care! The thing is I have always had an interest in all things from the 40's and 50's. I have an encyclopaedic knowledge of WWII even though i'm not an historian or anything. I love black and white movies from the era. I love comedy and radio from the era- The Goons etc.

I generally have an affinity for the whole 40's, 50's and early 60's more than I do for the present day- i'm only 30 by the way.

Whenever I see documentaries about the Rat Pack or life back then I get a feeling in my stamach like I miss those times or something. Like I was there.

Its especially powerful when I watch documentaries or old footage of the war. Now here is the spooky bit. When I was a kid a gypsey stopped my dad in the street in Great Yarmouth and told him that I had lived before as part of my mothers family.

My nannan once said to me that I was the spitting image of my grandads half brother who fought and was wounded on the beaches of Normandy. He survived but was a very ill man afterwards because he never fully recovered until he died in 1963.

Am I being daft? Where can I find out if my feelings are true? Can I get hypnotised or something?

Hecate · 09-04-2006, 19:25

It's an interesting idea, certainly, though I don't happen to believe in it myself. Hypnosis for so-called past life regression is subject to all sorts of bias. There's been a lot of press fairly recenly about 'false memory syndrome', in which supposed memories (of, for example, childhood abuse or indeed a past life) are actually suggested - unintentionally or otherwise - by the practitioner.

shoeshine · 09-04-2006, 19:31

nez75, I don't think you are being daft at all. I personally sceptical about reincarnation. People say it's impossible because there are more people on earth now than have ever been born and it's impossible. It is impossible if based on a 1 to 1 basis, but not if there are multiple reincarnations throughout the period of mankind being on Earth.

People can call me a fruitcake now, as well as you if they like. I probably am anyway.

However, your experience of being told about your particular relative, combined with the 40s/50's/60's interest may have stimulated your sub-conscious mind somehow. The interest in Black & White Films/Newsreels may also be associated with this in someway.

Don't know how you can find out, though....the world is full of quacks who will tell you anything if you cross their palms with silver.

pinklady · 09-04-2006, 19:42

Im unsure if i believe or not, would be nice to think we get a second chance tho
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artisan · 09-04-2006, 19:43

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Originally Posted by nez75

This is a serious question and I know i'm opening myself up to ridicule but I don't care! The thing is I have always had an interest in all things from the 40's and 50's. I have an encyclopaedic knowledge of WWII even though i'm not an historian or anything. I love black and white movies from the era. I love comedy and radio from the era- The Goons etc.

I generally have an affinity for the whole 40's, 50's and early 60's more than I do for the present day- i'm only 30 by the way.

Whenever I see documentaries about the Rat Pack or life back then I get a feeling in my stamach like I miss those times or something. Like I was there.

Its especially powerful when I watch documentaries or old footage of the war. Now here is the spooky bit. When I was a kid a gypsey stopped my dad in the street in Great Yarmouth and told him that I had lived before as part of my mothers family.

My nannan once said to me that I was the spitting image of my grandads half brother who fought and was wounded on the beaches of Normandy. He survived but was a very ill man afterwards because he never fully recovered until he died in 1963.

Am I being daft? Where can I find out if my feelings are true? Can I get hypnotised or something?

you are not reincarnated, you are to use the vernacular 'barmy'

funkymiss · 09-04-2006, 19:44

I think I was a pirate once, or a least married to one.
We dressed up as pirates once and it felt good!
I feel a really strong bond with Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow!!

(I'm not being serious btw, not completely)

handsome man · 09-04-2006, 19:52

perhaps your just not keen on modern life and prefer the simplicity of days gone when people were more social and you could leave your front door unlocked lmao as far as liking black and white films some of them are good and most of us like at least one and we all have intrests its just happens yours are based on that time era the most logical answer is normaly the most simple

Angel05 · 09-04-2006, 20:39

I'm going to shame myself now too as i feel i have been here before... even tho nez75 has showed himself up i bet i can worse...

When i was young my Mum was giving me telling off me... (i think i was about 5/6 at the time... quite young anyway) whilst she was having a go... i told her not to... as i was once her Mother and it was my job...

My Mum & me have never forgotten this day and i even have had visions within my head of walking around a large green with an old fashioned pram... i dont mean as a child with her pram... i mean as an adult...

It is strange i know and your probably thinking der... weirdo but i swear to you all this did happen and i have these visions... i'd love to find out what or if i was here in a previous life...

To add my Mum's Mum (my Nan) died at the tender age of 31 when my Mum was about 2 so my Mum never really knew her Mum well parents in fact... as her Dad died when she was 3...

All very strange i know... but all true...

artstower · 09-04-2006, 21:24

Am I being daft? Where can I find out if my feelings are true? Can I get hypnotised or something?[/QUOTE]

Answer no. 1: Yes you are daft.

Answer no. 2: Nowhere can answer that question, unless conning you.

Answer no. 3: Yes you can get hypnotised, but you will benefit more from strong medication

Mr Prime · 09-04-2006, 21:56

Ah, the usual uncharitable contributions from the hurtful and self indulgent.

The experience is more common than you might think, I suggest researching it. Many people have had uncannily accurate recall of past lives. The most famous being the case of the English child who started speaking in an ancient Egyptian tongue after a visit to the British Museum in the 30's. She believed she was the reincarnation of 'Om Seti' and by the way she acted it was hard not to believe.

handsome man · 09-04-2006, 22:24

ok ok why is it most people have to have done something amazing or been famous in a past life ? most of us have forgot more in our life than we can remember so its possible we occaisonaly remember things but only it in little flashes of events that have happened but we cant remember as such dayshavou i have no idea of the correct spelling but its the feeling of being somewhere or doing something before well in our pretty repetitive lives its not unusual to be doing the same or similar thing more than once the mind is a very complex thing and can create obscure connections to all sorts of things ?

Tipex · 10-04-2006, 00:20

I have the same feelings when i watch sheff united, but it doesnt mean i was playing for them in 1962.

You have an interest in old movies ect, that doesnt mean you have been there before.

upinwath · 10-04-2006, 00:40

I have been told that I was a chinese in another life and that when I return I will be related to a malay chinese girl I am close to.
She believes in the buddhist idea of rebirth and that make the things she said so sweet.
Don't knock the idea. It's a nice thought regardless of the truth of the matter.

Tipex · 10-04-2006, 00:46

I suppose killers who hear voices in their head are sain.

nanrobbo · 10-04-2006, 03:32

Surely some of you have had the feeling of deja vu (sp)? I have had this feeling quite often in England - a feeling that I'd been to a particular place before - when in fact hadn't or looked at a complete stranger and thought you knew them. Strangely never had this feeling in Australia.
PS I'm fairly sane.

therapyman · 10-04-2006, 08:12

The idea of past lives is interesting, and there are cases which seem to beyond reasonable explanation. Yes, there are problems of false memories, but, handled correctly, I think that people can benefit from investigating further. As I understand it, it doesn't actually matter if you believe in past lives or not, because the "information" in the past life may be just a way of getting you to resolve a problem. So I guess that it is back to you to decide if you want to explore this further, and are prepared to give hypnosis and regression a fair go. Pm me if you want the names of some 'professional' hypnotherapists

ANGELUS · 10-04-2006, 08:23

I know this might sound corny but hear me out

When we first went to spain I had a weird feeling looking out onto the sea almost of deja vu.. like I had been there or done something in spain before.

It was a very calming experience and it was the same feeling I got from knowing I am at home- (its not because I was on holiday by the way

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It was very weird and I almost think of spain as my 2nd home now as I would love to return over there when myself and mrs ang retire eventually.

Waffer · 10-04-2006, 18:39

Did you here about the guy who seriously believed in reincarnation...... He made a will and left everything to himself

stu78 · 05-07-2006, 19:05

Nez75 this is your brother here. Why havnt you told me any of this before?

Sierra · 05-07-2006, 19:52

I'm not laughing at you, nez. Who knows if reincarnation is for real? Although like someone said, wouldn't it be nice to get a second chance?

The human brain is a funny thing, and we don't fully understand it. When I was eight, I had frightening, recurring dreams of my father being desperately unhappy and unable to leave a building with a huge flower on the floor. A few weeks later, following an attack of the flu, he fell very ill with Guillain Barre Syndrome. The hospital where they took him was called St. Rose hospital. The lobby featured an enormous mural of a rose painted on the floor. It upset and scared me so much I couldn't even go inside. Instead, I sat in the car.

Why do we feel a certain affinity for some things and not others? As long as I can remember, I've loved most things British, including as a child, an unhealthy preoccupation with a neighbor's battered Triumph Spitfire with the steering wheel on the "wrong" side, and an odd fascination with your flag that lasted for years. In school once, we were given crayons and markers and told to draw a flag. They didn't specify. The end result was 30 pictures of the stars and stripes and one Union Jack. My teacher pulled me aside and asked me why? I didn't know why. I guess I was a weird kid.

Same with the forum. My husband says, "why Sheffield England of all the places in the world?" Again, I don't know. It feels very familiar and comfortable to me. Some might say because the two cultures are so similar, plus America has very english roots. So who knows? But it is strange. I'd say, just enjoy your old movies, no crime in that.

Sierra