Science Discovers Eternal Wisdom

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

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subconscious cannot stray from the truth when it moves from known reality into unknown past lifetime.13
The book "A Search For Bridey Murphyn4 is recommended to those interested in this subject. Written by an American banker in a gripping style of a novel, citing at length a case-study of age-regression experiment done by the author, the book describes in absorbing detail, the technique of hypnotic age-regression, It also describes the wealth of information unearthed by this method, the reason why such information provides irrefutable evidence in support of the rebirth phenomenon and how such accumulating evidence is resulting in ever-widening acceptance of reincarnation by intellectual elite of the American society.
In the mid-lifties, the book was a total sell-out reaching a million copies mark. Paramount Pictures had also produced a movie titled 'Bridey Murphy'.
Christianity does not believe in rebirth while the book presented evidence to the contrary, hence vested interests tried to kick up a cloud of controversy regarding its validity. But, impartial journalists after visiting century-old birth place of Murphy in far-off Ireland and cross-checking the evidence by carrying out on-the-spot investigation gave the verdict, Research is Bridey's best ally'.
Owing to widespread publicity received by Bernstein's book, in the thirties public attention was quickly drawn to Edgar Cayce's 'Life readings'. It was, therefore, quite natural that the American public mind, already impressed by Cayce's exceptional powers of diagnosis and treatment of diseases, was easily convinced of Cayce's reincarnation statements. Thus, Edgar Cayce's contribution towards acceptance of rebirth theory in USA is considerable; for couple of decades, he created quite a flutter in America.
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