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The study explains the scale of justice in a very broad way showing how a person appears to suffer in this life as a result of something he has done in a past life through this law of action and reaction known in the East as Karma .... many a person cannot see why he suffers one disaster after another in this life, yet reincarnation may reveal atrocities committed by him in lives gone by. Others, no matter what they seem to do, 'fall on their feet' as it were, and may it not be the reward for services rendered in lives gone by ? 38
The present life of an individual takes its shape after the Karmic image of his previous incarnation in terms of action and attitude adopted then. This has been well borne out from Cayce's life-readings.
the detailed projections made by Cayce, which were based, he had indicated, on their former earthexperience, have proved singularly true, even to the extent of predicting skills, traits, hobbies interests and professions.
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While studying the life-histories of previous births of subjects undergoing age-regression it has been observed that some deep rooted impressions from past-life may manifest in the very next life or may be carried forward to resurface after an intervening period of several births. 40
Successful practitioner of age-regression technique and staunch supporter of reincarnation theory, Dr. Helen Wambach in her book 'Life Before Life' says,
From my research data, I can say that links from past-lives are much stronger than even blood relations. 41
Such opinions are not restricted to western researchers
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