By Jake Whitman, Cynthia McFadden — 2015
It’s not unusual for little boys to have vivid imaginations, but Ryan’s stories were truly legendary.
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Would you be surprised to learn that reincarnation is not a Buddhist teaching? "Reincarnation" normally is understood to be the transmigration of a soul to another body after death. There is no such teaching in Buddhism--a fact that surprises many people, even some Buddhists
One morning last fall, while sipping my chai, I tapped the TOI app on my iPad, and the Times of India appeared. The top story was startling.
What happens after you die? That used to be just a religious question, but science is starting to weigh in. Sam Littlefair looks at the evidence that you’ve lived before.
"I have a lot of psychiatrists, but also psychologists and other therapists, who call or write to me and tell me that they've been doing this work secretly or privately for the past 10 or 15 years, don't tell anyone, and out come these beautiful case histories." - Brian Weiss
Before I published my books, some physicians and therapists were still finding mystical experiences and unexplained healing, what you might call ‘miracles’, but they didn’t talk about it. Now, it’s safer, because there are other books, not just mine.
Now, Dr. Weiss said: “Doctors are e-mailing me. They’re not so concerned with their reputations and careers. We can talk about this openly. And it’s not just psychiatrists, but surgeons and architects.”
A couple of Saturday nights ago, while everyone else in the Chicago area was dining at fashionable restaurants, stretching out in front of the tube at home for a rerun of ''The Golden Girls'' or chugging beer at Comiskey Park, more than 200 people, including this reporter, were seated in a large...
Do we only live once? It all depends on one’s perspective. If you think we’re nothing but chemicals with no soul, then yes, it is the end. If you believe in only one life and then it’s heaven or hell, then no. It’s especially not the end if you happen to believe in reincarnation.
In the current issue of Lion’s Roar magazine, we look at academic research on reincarnation at the University of Virginia. How does that research compare to the Buddhist views? We break it down.
Shirley MacLaine has been throttled many, many times. She learned this while getting hydrotherapy for her aching neck.