Science Discovers Eternal Wisdom

Author(s): Amarendravijay, J D Lodaya, Bhuvanchandra
Publisher: Jain Sahitya Academy

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Rebirth - difficult to explain away' :
Karl E. Muller, ex-president, International Spiritualist Federation, Zurich, Switzerland, states,
They (the groups) .... are all established by a total of some seven hundred cases, from different countries and with few exceptions, from the past 80 years .... In view of the diversity and variety of various groups it becomes very difficult to explain away reincarnation. There is strong evidence in favour of the simple fact of reincarnation, but it is clear that a number of secondary problems (such as change of sex, the 'intermission' . the time spent in the beyond counting from death till next birth etc.) arise.8
Age-regression experiments suggest that reincarnation is not an exception but that the overwhelming majority of mankind has a previous incarnation on earth.9
Irrefutable evidence from a novel source :
Apart from the study of cases of recollection of 'past life', a new technique of investigation is being applied in the research of rebirth phenomenon. This is called hypnotic ageregression. In USA where psychiatric practice has wide coverage, one of the psychoanalytic techniques used in uncovering subconscious complexes that may be at the root of various psycho-somatic illnesses is, hypnotic trance. In this technique, the patient is made to recollect his past and re-live the earlier events of his life under hypnotic trance. Normally we can recall only significant events from our distant past, but it is not possible to recall each and every occurrence of a particular day of say, ten years ago; under deep hypnosis, however, one can recall a particular day from one's past with such vivid details that it appears as if one is literally re-living that day in the present.
Formerly, the common practice was to ask the patient
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