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This involves my son, and I'd like some thoughts or opinions. I'll try and make this as short as possible. Here goes:
One of my mother's brothers died in 1972, as a result of murder. He was shot, and I won't go into all of those details, it would take too long. Anyway, he was older than my mom, and probably around 60 years old at the time, his name was Earl. He had an "off the wall" sense of humor, a hoot to be around, a very intelligent and loving person. One of the remarkable things about him, was that he could pick up any musical instrument and play it. He played everything from piano, accordian, drums, all the stringed instruments, sax, etc...and played them all with expertise and never had a music lesson. His build was a little heavier than "normal" for his height, but he was not what you would call obese. He walked with a limp on the left side.
I have a son, 17 years old now, born in 1987. He has the same sense of humor, sometimes things he says are so much like my uncle, that it startles me and my mom and dad. When my son was 2, he was given a little wooden guitar and has played every since. He also can pick up any musical instrument and play, like he's played it forever. There have been so many times, my mom has turned to me and remarked how much my son reminds her of her brother. When my son was 5, he began to have severe pain in his left hip. I took him to several doctors, before getting a diagnosis. He was diagnosed with Legg-Perthes disease. (This is basically a disease where, for some reason, the blood flow to the hip joint is cut off, causing the "ball" part of the ball and socket to disintegrate. It usually lasts about 5 years, the hip does regenerate, but is not completely "normal".) When researching this disease, I found that it can be hereditary. I also found, that my mom's brother was hospitalized when he was about 6 yrs old, at Scottish Rite Childrens Hospital in Atlanta. My mom vaguely remembers him wearing a cast type thing on the upper part of his left leg, to keep it immobilized, and she remembered it had something to do with his hip.
One day when my son was about 9 yrs old, he went with my mom to see her other brother. My son would run with this hop/skip movement and was running through the field with the dog. My mom's other brother looked at her and said, "If I didn't know better, I'd think he was, Earl." He continued to say how uncanny it was, that my son walks, talks and has same talents, same humor, and physical build as my uncle Earl.
I know this can be hereditary, but it really makes me wonder. I showed my son old pics when he was younger, without saying who was who. He never met my uncle Earl, but did know my mom had 2 brothers. He identified my mom, saying, "There's Nana, and then pointed and said there's uncle Earl." I didn't say anything about it to him, he was too small. There are times, when Earl is mentioned, that my son seems to "connect" with it, and since he has gotten older, we have talked a little about it. He asked me if I believed in reincarnation. I told him that I think it is possible that we are here more than once...but I don't think we come back as monkeys, or dogs or cats.
My son will be 18 in February, is open-minded, and most of the time has good common sense. He believes in the afterlife. (He has had a couple of paranormal experiences, I'll save that for another time.) My question for Jeffrey Keane or anyone who has experience with this, do you think it's possible my son is a reincarnate of his great uncle? And, when do you think would be proper time for him to explore this? I think he is too young for past life regression? I don't want to mess with his head. Ya know? I'm just wondering since he has questioned me on this.![[Sigh]](graemlins/ohwell.gif)
One of my mother's brothers died in 1972, as a result of murder. He was shot, and I won't go into all of those details, it would take too long. Anyway, he was older than my mom, and probably around 60 years old at the time, his name was Earl. He had an "off the wall" sense of humor, a hoot to be around, a very intelligent and loving person. One of the remarkable things about him, was that he could pick up any musical instrument and play it. He played everything from piano, accordian, drums, all the stringed instruments, sax, etc...and played them all with expertise and never had a music lesson. His build was a little heavier than "normal" for his height, but he was not what you would call obese. He walked with a limp on the left side.
I have a son, 17 years old now, born in 1987. He has the same sense of humor, sometimes things he says are so much like my uncle, that it startles me and my mom and dad. When my son was 2, he was given a little wooden guitar and has played every since. He also can pick up any musical instrument and play, like he's played it forever. There have been so many times, my mom has turned to me and remarked how much my son reminds her of her brother. When my son was 5, he began to have severe pain in his left hip. I took him to several doctors, before getting a diagnosis. He was diagnosed with Legg-Perthes disease. (This is basically a disease where, for some reason, the blood flow to the hip joint is cut off, causing the "ball" part of the ball and socket to disintegrate. It usually lasts about 5 years, the hip does regenerate, but is not completely "normal".) When researching this disease, I found that it can be hereditary. I also found, that my mom's brother was hospitalized when he was about 6 yrs old, at Scottish Rite Childrens Hospital in Atlanta. My mom vaguely remembers him wearing a cast type thing on the upper part of his left leg, to keep it immobilized, and she remembered it had something to do with his hip.
One day when my son was about 9 yrs old, he went with my mom to see her other brother. My son would run with this hop/skip movement and was running through the field with the dog. My mom's other brother looked at her and said, "If I didn't know better, I'd think he was, Earl." He continued to say how uncanny it was, that my son walks, talks and has same talents, same humor, and physical build as my uncle Earl.
I know this can be hereditary, but it really makes me wonder. I showed my son old pics when he was younger, without saying who was who. He never met my uncle Earl, but did know my mom had 2 brothers. He identified my mom, saying, "There's Nana, and then pointed and said there's uncle Earl." I didn't say anything about it to him, he was too small. There are times, when Earl is mentioned, that my son seems to "connect" with it, and since he has gotten older, we have talked a little about it. He asked me if I believed in reincarnation. I told him that I think it is possible that we are here more than once...but I don't think we come back as monkeys, or dogs or cats.
My son will be 18 in February, is open-minded, and most of the time has good common sense. He believes in the afterlife. (He has had a couple of paranormal experiences, I'll save that for another time.) My question for Jeffrey Keane or anyone who has experience with this, do you think it's possible my son is a reincarnate of his great uncle? And, when do you think would be proper time for him to explore this? I think he is too young for past life regression? I don't want to mess with his head. Ya know? I'm just wondering since he has questioned me on this.
Pate, I know there is a school of thought regarding reincarnation that people who know each other in a former life often stay connected, and that your family and loved ones in your former life become your family and loved ones in your present life.
I've heard a flip side that claims we do not reincarnate as our relatives, and that it takes a minimum of 50 years for a soul to be reincarnated.
Just as my own personal feeling, I tend to go with the first theory. Now, whether your son is the reincarnation of your Uncle Earl, I couldn't tell you, but it sounds like they've got some eerie similarities.
As odd as it sounds, have you looked into the theory of ancestral memory? I believe I've had a few experiences with this myself, mostly in dreams that were later validated by other family members. I believe I may have posted about them a while back. Your son's physical challenge would not fall into the category, but the musical ability and mannerisms might. It might be something to look into.
I'm interested in what Jeffrey Keene and others might have to say about this!
I've heard a flip side that claims we do not reincarnate as our relatives, and that it takes a minimum of 50 years for a soul to be reincarnated.
Just as my own personal feeling, I tend to go with the first theory. Now, whether your son is the reincarnation of your Uncle Earl, I couldn't tell you, but it sounds like they've got some eerie similarities.
As odd as it sounds, have you looked into the theory of ancestral memory? I believe I've had a few experiences with this myself, mostly in dreams that were later validated by other family members. I believe I may have posted about them a while back. Your son's physical challenge would not fall into the category, but the musical ability and mannerisms might. It might be something to look into.
I'm interested in what Jeffrey Keene and others might have to say about this!
Dear SavannahSilkie,
I feel from the story you tell that there is a very high likelihood that your son was your uncle in a past life. First thing you should do is pick up a copy of Carol Bowman's book Return From Heaven. Great book. Stories of people being born back into the same family are not as rare as you might think. There are many such stories among the native peoples of Northern North America (Eskimos as we call them). Many times the child will bare marking that correspond to injuries sustained buy the deceased relative.
As far as a time period between incarnations, there is no set time or waiting period. You may be here once, never, hundreds or even thousands of times. In my case Gen. John Gordon died in 1904 and I was born in 1947 but, there was another lifetime between those two. That lifetime was as British soldier during WW2 with the SAS in North Africa. If your son is interested in finding out more about a possible past life he might take the route that I recommend to everyone as a first step. That being meditation. Find out what works best for him. Everyone is different and must find their own way. If that fails to bring anything forth you may want to think about regression (in my case, I was never hypnotized). I believe you have a copy of my book Someone Else's Yesterday? You can have your son read about the process I went through during my voyage into the world of reincarnation. It may give him some ideas on how to proceed. The Sci Fi Channel program will have a repeat showing the episode with my case in the future (episode 105 Confederate General). Keeping checking their website at;
www.scifi.com/schedulebot/today.html[/URL]
Type in Proof Positive and it will show the shows for the coming months. Hope this is a help to you and your son.
Best, Jeff
www.confederateyankee.net[/URL]
I feel from the story you tell that there is a very high likelihood that your son was your uncle in a past life. First thing you should do is pick up a copy of Carol Bowman's book Return From Heaven. Great book. Stories of people being born back into the same family are not as rare as you might think. There are many such stories among the native peoples of Northern North America (Eskimos as we call them). Many times the child will bare marking that correspond to injuries sustained buy the deceased relative.
As far as a time period between incarnations, there is no set time or waiting period. You may be here once, never, hundreds or even thousands of times. In my case Gen. John Gordon died in 1904 and I was born in 1947 but, there was another lifetime between those two. That lifetime was as British soldier during WW2 with the SAS in North Africa. If your son is interested in finding out more about a possible past life he might take the route that I recommend to everyone as a first step. That being meditation. Find out what works best for him. Everyone is different and must find their own way. If that fails to bring anything forth you may want to think about regression (in my case, I was never hypnotized). I believe you have a copy of my book Someone Else's Yesterday? You can have your son read about the process I went through during my voyage into the world of reincarnation. It may give him some ideas on how to proceed. The Sci Fi Channel program will have a repeat showing the episode with my case in the future (episode 105 Confederate General). Keeping checking their website at;
www.scifi.com/schedulebot/today.html[/URL]
Type in Proof Positive and it will show the shows for the coming months. Hope this is a help to you and your son.
Best, Jeff
www.confederateyankee.net[/URL]
Jeff:
Thank you so much. I do have your book and will pass it along to him. I'll also go get the other book. This is fascinating. So you think it'll be ok to let him start looking into it? He's pretty smart and "together" kid. When you go through the regression, are you aware of everything? I'd like to sit it on it, if someone regressed my son. I don't know if whoever did it would let me. I also don't know who to go to that is trustworthy. We will just start with reading and go from there. You were saying that Eskimos seemed to have this happen a lot. I wonder if the same is true with other Native Americans. The reason I ask, is my family on both sides is predominately Cherokee. There is also Irish on both sides. My son saw a little of the Proof Postive program, but he missed most of it, because he was working that evening. I'll keep an eye out for it, and this time if he isn't home, I'll record it for him. Thank you again for responding to my post, I was hoping you would, I respect your opinion on this.
Take care,
Pate![[Rainbow Smiley]](graemlins/color.gif)
[ November 10, 2004, 01:34 AM: Message edited by: SavannahSilkie ]
Thank you so much. I do have your book and will pass it along to him. I'll also go get the other book. This is fascinating. So you think it'll be ok to let him start looking into it? He's pretty smart and "together" kid. When you go through the regression, are you aware of everything? I'd like to sit it on it, if someone regressed my son. I don't know if whoever did it would let me. I also don't know who to go to that is trustworthy. We will just start with reading and go from there. You were saying that Eskimos seemed to have this happen a lot. I wonder if the same is true with other Native Americans. The reason I ask, is my family on both sides is predominately Cherokee. There is also Irish on both sides. My son saw a little of the Proof Postive program, but he missed most of it, because he was working that evening. I'll keep an eye out for it, and this time if he isn't home, I'll record it for him. Thank you again for responding to my post, I was hoping you would, I respect your opinion on this.
Take care,
Pate
[ November 10, 2004, 01:34 AM: Message edited by: SavannahSilkie ]
Hi Pate,
That is intersting, it may very well be that your son was your uncle in a former life. I understand why you would not want him to try past-life regression just yet but perhaps if he tries the meditation techniques Jeff has shared he may discover even more. I too tend to go with the first theory that Carrie mentioned. I know not all believe in reincarnation and it's often debated much like many subjects paranormal. I do however believe our souls reincarnate and it seems to me that we would stay linked with some of the same people through out. It would be wonderful to uncover our past journeys and reveal answers to personal things that trouble us today.
Thanks Jeff, stories like yours told have helped to bring new light to this subject. Thanks for sharing this with us Pate =)
That is intersting, it may very well be that your son was your uncle in a former life. I understand why you would not want him to try past-life regression just yet but perhaps if he tries the meditation techniques Jeff has shared he may discover even more. I too tend to go with the first theory that Carrie mentioned. I know not all believe in reincarnation and it's often debated much like many subjects paranormal. I do however believe our souls reincarnate and it seems to me that we would stay linked with some of the same people through out. It would be wonderful to uncover our past journeys and reveal answers to personal things that trouble us today.
Thanks Jeff, stories like yours told have helped to bring new light to this subject. Thanks for sharing this with us Pate =)
Thanks Carrie and Cat and Jeff: I will have him try the meditation techniques. I think I will try them also. I will definitely look into ancestral memory too. Looks like we're going to start a new journey here. It's really kind of exciting.
Hugs to Yall,
Pate
Hugs to Yall,
Pate
Hi Pate,
Carol Bowman has a wonderful website that you may enjoy poking around. Go to;
http://www.childpastlives.org/vBulletin/index.php?s=b6339c90cd041713b6dd1a057b23c0ac[/URL]
You may find many of your questions have already been answered there.
If you get to a point where you feel you need someone to do a regression you can go to the IARRT (International Association for Regression Research & Therapies) site at;
http://www.IARRT.org/[/URL]
They can put you on to someone in your area.
You wrote,
So you think it'll be ok to let him start looking into it? He's pretty smart and "together" kid.
ANWSER:Does he want to look in to it? There should be no problem. Just a few things to remember during your journeys, Trust Yourself, you are the expert on you. Dont try to force things to come to you. If youre meant to see them you will. Pay attention, not only during meditations but in your daily lives. Listen to the wee small voice within, write down dreams . Stay in the present. The past is a nice place to visit but you dont want to live there.
When you go through the regression, are you aware of everything? I'd like to sit it on it, if someone regressed my son. I don't know if whoever did it would let me. I also don't know who to go to that is trustworthy. We will just start with reading and go from there.
ANWSER:Each person is different and it depends on the level of hypnosis they go into along with the instructions given by the person conducting the regression. Such as, you will remember everything. As far as sitting in, you would have to check with the person you contact for a regression.
You were saying that Eskimos seemed to have this happen a lot. I wonder if the same is true with other Native Americans. The reason I ask, is my family on both sides is predominately Cherokee. There is also Irish on both sides.
ANWSER: We have a lot in common. My fathers father was born in Ireland. I am part Iroquois (My G/G/G/Grandmother was a full-blood Susquehanock).
Start with the books and then try meditation. That may be all you need. Well, this should give you enough to get you started. Good luck.
Best, Jeff
Carol Bowman has a wonderful website that you may enjoy poking around. Go to;
http://www.childpastlives.org/vBulletin/index.php?s=b6339c90cd041713b6dd1a057b23c0ac[/URL]
You may find many of your questions have already been answered there.
If you get to a point where you feel you need someone to do a regression you can go to the IARRT (International Association for Regression Research & Therapies) site at;
http://www.IARRT.org/[/URL]
They can put you on to someone in your area.
You wrote,
So you think it'll be ok to let him start looking into it? He's pretty smart and "together" kid.
ANWSER:Does he want to look in to it? There should be no problem. Just a few things to remember during your journeys, Trust Yourself, you are the expert on you. Dont try to force things to come to you. If youre meant to see them you will. Pay attention, not only during meditations but in your daily lives. Listen to the wee small voice within, write down dreams . Stay in the present. The past is a nice place to visit but you dont want to live there.
When you go through the regression, are you aware of everything? I'd like to sit it on it, if someone regressed my son. I don't know if whoever did it would let me. I also don't know who to go to that is trustworthy. We will just start with reading and go from there.
ANWSER:Each person is different and it depends on the level of hypnosis they go into along with the instructions given by the person conducting the regression. Such as, you will remember everything. As far as sitting in, you would have to check with the person you contact for a regression.
You were saying that Eskimos seemed to have this happen a lot. I wonder if the same is true with other Native Americans. The reason I ask, is my family on both sides is predominately Cherokee. There is also Irish on both sides.
ANWSER: We have a lot in common. My fathers father was born in Ireland. I am part Iroquois (My G/G/G/Grandmother was a full-blood Susquehanock).
Start with the books and then try meditation. That may be all you need. Well, this should give you enough to get you started. Good luck.
Best, Jeff
Hi Jeff:
I took a look at the website and added it to my favs, so I can go back and read more. It seems to be very informative. I got her book today, hoping to delve into it this weekend. My son is going to read your book first. He has always liked Civil War history, so I know he is really going to enjoy your story. Thanks so much for your help.
Hugs,
Pate
I took a look at the website and added it to my favs, so I can go back and read more. It seems to be very informative. I got her book today, hoping to delve into it this weekend. My son is going to read your book first. He has always liked Civil War history, so I know he is really going to enjoy your story. Thanks so much for your help.
Hugs,
Pate