Science Discovers Eternal Wisdom

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

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cells by chemical changes induced by sensory input during our intercourse with the world around. Even after complete disintegration through burial or cremation of the bodies that provided the physical basis for existence in the previous life, the fact that memories connected with the previous life can be aroused in above manner itself provides a valid proof that the base for these memories is not the body but an independent element that takes up a new physical form after discarding the old one.
Thus, the fact of recollection of previous births establishes three corollaries as under : 1. Body is not the base of knowledge.
An element independent of the body does exist within it and That element continues to exist even after total disintegration of its physical counterpart (body).
A psychiatrist from New York goes even further to state, "Prenatal psychology may shatter the last fetters with which scientific materialism has bound our minds."17
It would not be out of place to review here an unusual instance which, although it is quite different from common reincarnation phenomenon, throws new light on totally independent existence of the spirit with reference to the body. This incident is narrated by Dr. Banerji like this.
Few years ago, seven-year old Jasbir died at night in the village Rasalpur. His parents were inclined to delay his last rites till next morning. In the meanwhile, some signs of life were detected in Jasbir who progressively recovered almost to normalcy within couple of days; but he was, thereafter, quite a changed person. After his resuscitation from neardeath, he refused to accept meals cooked in his home and insistently maintained that he was a Brahmin, son of one Shankerlal Tyagi residing at Vehadi situated some 22 miles
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