Science Discovers Eternal Wisdom

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

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You could see the future ?
Yes.
| see, What makes you say that you could ? Give us an example.
Because ... before ... you were born ... you would pass ... just see things that were going to happen ... ... ... they could see ... people knew what was going to happen ... if you were there. 19
The readers should note that these descriptions are not taken out of some scriptural text but are reports of modern parapsychological research. It is indeed, very interesting to know that quite a few descriptions of life at astral level show remarkable resemblance to what has been mentioned in the scriptures regarding heavenly kingdom and celestial life. For example, there is no diurnal variation of day and night, there being a permanent state of illumination. Each celestial being possesses a certain degree of ESP so that he can "read” into the past or the future. They do not require actual food or sleep to satisfy their bodily needs which can be fulfilled by just mentalising them. They have knowledge of their life-span and come to know of its termination in advance. There is no embryonic or infantile period of growth as we have; with birth, one starts life as a full-fledged adult straightaway. How extraordinarily these points tally with the scriptural descriptions !
A further example of instant maturity attained on birth in the astral world is seen in this narration from Prof. Arvind Jani, Professor of Parapsychology, who has been working in USA on recollection of earlier incarnation or rebirth principle.
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