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Rebirth : Acceptance At The Scientific Level
We have already noted in chapter 1 some very impressive evidence from sources of scientific research regarding ESP that strongly suggests the presence of some extra-physical principle in us that is responsible for such ESP capabilities.
Along with ESP, phenomenon of rebirth too has been extensively researched in recent times by parapsychology, the results of which have had far-reaching repercussions in the western world that had so far maintained an antagonistic posture towards it. In the West, even the traditional religious belief has been against its acceptance and yet, the evidence emerging from these scientific investigations is so strong that rebirth is rapidly gaining acceptance there.
Recollection of past life : some instances :
In India too, the parapsychology department at Jaipur University had conducted research in this field. For their study they could manage to collect more than five hundred cases in which recollection of past life had been reported. From the notes of Prof. Banerji, the director of this research project, a couple of examples are cited here as sample cases.
At Jatia village in Bihar, a two-year old boy used to insistently repeat " My mother is in Ceylon ..... I have a brother too living there who wears spectacles. I want to go there." The significance behind his so-called baby-talk became clear and it began to make sense when a Ceylonese gentleman
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