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William Hamilton of Ireland at the age of twelve, wrote a thesis on Light and received his Ph. D. without attending any school or college.
We often hear about child prodigies who have shown extraordinary talents in music, painting etc. The author of 'A Case For Reincarnation' has quoted one such example,
In 1971, the author Frank De Felita and his wife Dorothy were relaxing by the pool-side at their home in Los Angeles when they heard the strains of jazz music played on the piano coming from their house. When they went in to find out, they saw their six-year old son Raymond's fingers expertly moving on the keyboard; they were dumbfounded. At no time earlier, had he touched the piano ever. Fearing that her son was possessed, Dorothy was too scared to go near him. The boy said, "Papa, my fingers keep on playing by themselves." Later on the boy went to become one of the finest pianists in USA. After witnessing this incident, Frank De Felita, an author, became convinced about reincarnation and wrote a novel revolving around the theme of reincarnation. 34
Sant Gyaneshwar, who wrote 'Amrutanubhava composition replete with enlightening knowledge, yoga and devotion, and Gyaneshwari a first-rate critique on Geeta, while still in his teens; Shrimad Rajchandra who composed a concise version of Ramayana and Mahabharata in verse at the age of nine and gave demonstration of telepathic vision and other ESP powers at the age of ten and Shri Raman Maharshi who attained spiritual self-realisation during his school-days without undertaking any formal religious practice during this life are some of the leading luminaries of spiritual trail whose examples are worth quoting in this reference. The success and attainments that are hard to come by without prolonged endeavour, swirled at the feet of these spiritual prodigies without any exertion on their part in this life. How did this come about ?
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