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THE POWER OF KARMA
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of it reach the evolving Ego. cometh to perfection."
A dramatic story which can hardly be explained otherwise than by admitting the probability that the memory of a past life was resuscitated by contact with particular surroundings, appeared in a Budapest journal of repute entitled Az Est.
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It appears that a young lawyer of Budapest had recently married, and set out with his bride on a honeymoon trip up the Danube.
"I have never been there yet," she explained; "but I have already been to France and Italy."
Everything went well until they reached Passau (Bavaria), where they changed steamers. As they proceeded up the river the young wife grew uneasy, muttering to herself: "How familiar the landscape is." Presently she surprised her husband by clutching his arm excitedly and exclaiming:
"I must have spent years in this neighbourhood. I know it! On the other side of that hill is a large meadow. A creek runs across it, and tall old lime-trees border the banks."
When this proved to be correct the husband began to wonder what was the matter, especially as his wife felt suddenly indisposed.