My son is almost 13 now and has no memory of this but when he was 3 and we would be driving down a hill near our home he would tell me a very detailed account of how he died in an accident on that road. He described a white pick-up truck and showed me where it went off the road. There is a ditch there and he would say how the truck was not found for several days. Later that same year we were driving past a bar at the top of the hill where he says he had his accident. My son said, " you can eat there too mommy" there is a very tiny sign that says sandwiches but my son did not read at that time. I asked him how he knew that and he replied, "I used to go there when I was big. At this time His favorite kind of music was 50's especially Buddy Holly. An unusual choice for most kids that age. I never persued it but I could just picture him leaving that bar and cruising down the hil in his pick-up with Buddy Holly blairing on the radio.
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Son's memory of death
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I experienced something like that with my son from the time he was able to talk (actually he showed recognition of things he should not have been aware of even before he could talk). He ABRUPTLY stopped "remembering" at about the age of two when I tried to "probe" a little when he started talking about his past life. A really odd experience.
He stopped about when shrinks say kids begin having "imaginary friends".
It's just not possible to explain it to people who have not lived it.
He stopped about when shrinks say kids begin having "imaginary friends".
It's just not possible to explain it to people who have not lived it.
My sister, who is 7 now, has always told me things that I know are part of a past life. We share a close bond (closer than any other family member) and I am sure that we have known each other before. When she and I were cooking on day (she was 3), she smiled and told me how easy cooking was "now a days." I smiled and asked her how so. She asked me, "dont you remember when we used to have to carry water and fire wood just to cook?" She is such a blessing to me.
Just the other month we were in the mountains near our home on a little picnic and she sighed like she was sad. When I asked her what was wrong, she said "the mountains used to be so much prettier before they put in all of these roads and power lines."
She has always said things like this to me and I have always encouraged her to tell me what she remembers or how she felt. It seems to make her happy that I believe her.
Just the other month we were in the mountains near our home on a little picnic and she sighed like she was sad. When I asked her what was wrong, she said "the mountains used to be so much prettier before they put in all of these roads and power lines."
She has always said things like this to me and I have always encouraged her to tell me what she remembers or how she felt. It seems to make her happy that I believe her.
stardansams
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Sons interests related to past life experience?
Hi: I was listening to a radio talk show this
morning and someone was relating things from
this website. Our local radio programming
did not carry the whole show or the call in
part but listening to the comments, I felt
they were talking about my son. The show went
on about how alot of children born in the last few decades have had experiences related
to being WWII fighter pilots. I felt compelled to look up this sight and share my
story.
My son, Ryan is now 18, but he has always been an exceptional boy. When he was quite
young he would always act like he was alot
older. He had issues with playing with kids
his own age, since he was always so mature.
Many of my friends said he was like a 20year
old midget, that he did not act like a child. I often worried because he chose not to have friends his own age. He was a self-taught reader and was identified as "gifted
and talented" in the first grade. We thought he was just a very intelligent young boy. But after listening to the program I now wonder....
Ryan was always interested in rockets and
flying...he took the 4-H aerospace project
and made many rockets, some were over 6 feet high and had to have special permission from the local airport and FAA to launch. He also was involved with the Shooting Sports program andwon many awards for marksmanship. My father was a police officer and a state marksman and I thought it was something that ran in the family, now I wonder....
Ryan was always a very private boy and would not speak of his dreams or thoughts.... but
certain things seemed to come so natural to him.
When he was 12 he started talking about being a fighter pilot. He said that he was going to be a fighter pilot when he grew up and that was what he would do.... this came
after watching Top Gun, so I indicated to him that that idea was more of a dream and that he would need to find a way to make it
come real.... he insisted that he would be a
fighter pilot.
About a week later he announced that he had
joined the Civil Air Patrol. This was the
Air Force Auxilliary. From that point on he
lived and breathed nothing but the Air Force. He took many of the tests needed on identifying aircraft and Leadership and Air Force protical, many times he would know the information and have to wait for the 3 month period to take the test for his promotions. He made Lt. very quickly and with ease. He was quite obsessed with the whole marching and drill thing and went to all of the encampment things and seemed to know and do the things quite easily. Almost like he had done them before.
When he turned 14 he got a job at the grocery and saved his money for flying lessons. He started taking lessons when he was 15 from a retired Air Force flight instructor. He had instructed glider pilots during WWII. He had a special relationship with this instructor even though they were
over60 years apart in age. It was like they shared something simular. Roy often said that Ryan was a natural flier and that he was born to fly and was one of the more gifted pilots he had known or instructed.
They often would do luch together or go on
flights for luch in other cities on their
own free time, outside of lessons.
Ryan spent most of his time at home on professional flight simulators flying them over and over. He went to EAA (Experimental Aeronatics Association) every year. Ryan solo'd a few days after his 16th birtday and received his independent pilot's license a week after his 17th birthday.
He graduated with honors from high school and received a congressional nomination to the Air Force Academy. The Air Force Academy is very selective over those coming into there Freshman class, and although Ryan is an eloquent speaker and reads well his language scores were the minimum needed to go to the Academy.
It was at this time that many of the Naval recruiters started contacting Ryan. They kept saying stuff like Annapolis puts out more aviators than the Air Force and that he would have a much better chance of piloting in the Navy. His chances of going to the Academy was not as good. He always would tell them that he did not want to go in the Navy, that he only wanted to fly in the Air Force.
When he was notified that he was not selected to attend the Air Force Academy, he still kept turining down the offer for Annapolis, even knowing that he would be
accepted. The naval recruiters were very impressed with him during the interviews.
I tried to speak to him and said that if he wanted to really do this, maybe he should
consider Annapolis. He told me that he couldn't. That he could not swim 15 miles and that he would drown if he crashed. He felt very strongly about this fear. Even though he was a good swimmer and often would go water skiing with the family, he said he could not be on a carrier.
It was also at this time that I noticed that Ryan only wanted the current jet simulator programs, by chance one of the programs had a program for flying WWII jets. He tried to fly these programs on a whim and whenever he came to flying on these, he would get very nervous and not finish the program, it seemed like he lost his nerve and his usual confident demeanor and would make a fatal mistake and crash.
This was uncharacteritic since he was already a good pilot for real and was a real master on the simulator. I really did not think much of it, then, but I now wonder if he was perhaps a naval aviator that drowned in a past life.
That certainly would explain his confidence and his determination and the ease in which he learned both the Air Force material and flight instruction.
He has received a full scholarship from the AirForce for ROTC, and even after 9/11 he never hesitated to sign a 6 year commitment to the Air Force. He was one of 20 students accepted to the Aerospace Engineering program at IA State. He has been qualified as a Pilot through the Air Force at this time and Ryan expects to be accepted to the Flight Program once he graduates.
So what do you think?
Hi: I was listening to a radio talk show this
morning and someone was relating things from
this website. Our local radio programming
did not carry the whole show or the call in
part but listening to the comments, I felt
they were talking about my son. The show went
on about how alot of children born in the last few decades have had experiences related
to being WWII fighter pilots. I felt compelled to look up this sight and share my
story.
My son, Ryan is now 18, but he has always been an exceptional boy. When he was quite
young he would always act like he was alot
older. He had issues with playing with kids
his own age, since he was always so mature.
Many of my friends said he was like a 20year
old midget, that he did not act like a child. I often worried because he chose not to have friends his own age. He was a self-taught reader and was identified as "gifted
and talented" in the first grade. We thought he was just a very intelligent young boy. But after listening to the program I now wonder....
Ryan was always interested in rockets and
flying...he took the 4-H aerospace project
and made many rockets, some were over 6 feet high and had to have special permission from the local airport and FAA to launch. He also was involved with the Shooting Sports program andwon many awards for marksmanship. My father was a police officer and a state marksman and I thought it was something that ran in the family, now I wonder....
Ryan was always a very private boy and would not speak of his dreams or thoughts.... but
certain things seemed to come so natural to him.
When he was 12 he started talking about being a fighter pilot. He said that he was going to be a fighter pilot when he grew up and that was what he would do.... this came
after watching Top Gun, so I indicated to him that that idea was more of a dream and that he would need to find a way to make it
come real.... he insisted that he would be a
fighter pilot.
About a week later he announced that he had
joined the Civil Air Patrol. This was the
Air Force Auxilliary. From that point on he
lived and breathed nothing but the Air Force. He took many of the tests needed on identifying aircraft and Leadership and Air Force protical, many times he would know the information and have to wait for the 3 month period to take the test for his promotions. He made Lt. very quickly and with ease. He was quite obsessed with the whole marching and drill thing and went to all of the encampment things and seemed to know and do the things quite easily. Almost like he had done them before.
When he turned 14 he got a job at the grocery and saved his money for flying lessons. He started taking lessons when he was 15 from a retired Air Force flight instructor. He had instructed glider pilots during WWII. He had a special relationship with this instructor even though they were
over60 years apart in age. It was like they shared something simular. Roy often said that Ryan was a natural flier and that he was born to fly and was one of the more gifted pilots he had known or instructed.
They often would do luch together or go on
flights for luch in other cities on their
own free time, outside of lessons.
Ryan spent most of his time at home on professional flight simulators flying them over and over. He went to EAA (Experimental Aeronatics Association) every year. Ryan solo'd a few days after his 16th birtday and received his independent pilot's license a week after his 17th birthday.
He graduated with honors from high school and received a congressional nomination to the Air Force Academy. The Air Force Academy is very selective over those coming into there Freshman class, and although Ryan is an eloquent speaker and reads well his language scores were the minimum needed to go to the Academy.
It was at this time that many of the Naval recruiters started contacting Ryan. They kept saying stuff like Annapolis puts out more aviators than the Air Force and that he would have a much better chance of piloting in the Navy. His chances of going to the Academy was not as good. He always would tell them that he did not want to go in the Navy, that he only wanted to fly in the Air Force.
When he was notified that he was not selected to attend the Air Force Academy, he still kept turining down the offer for Annapolis, even knowing that he would be
accepted. The naval recruiters were very impressed with him during the interviews.
I tried to speak to him and said that if he wanted to really do this, maybe he should
consider Annapolis. He told me that he couldn't. That he could not swim 15 miles and that he would drown if he crashed. He felt very strongly about this fear. Even though he was a good swimmer and often would go water skiing with the family, he said he could not be on a carrier.
It was also at this time that I noticed that Ryan only wanted the current jet simulator programs, by chance one of the programs had a program for flying WWII jets. He tried to fly these programs on a whim and whenever he came to flying on these, he would get very nervous and not finish the program, it seemed like he lost his nerve and his usual confident demeanor and would make a fatal mistake and crash.
This was uncharacteritic since he was already a good pilot for real and was a real master on the simulator. I really did not think much of it, then, but I now wonder if he was perhaps a naval aviator that drowned in a past life.
That certainly would explain his confidence and his determination and the ease in which he learned both the Air Force material and flight instruction.
He has received a full scholarship from the AirForce for ROTC, and even after 9/11 he never hesitated to sign a 6 year commitment to the Air Force. He was one of 20 students accepted to the Aerospace Engineering program at IA State. He has been qualified as a Pilot through the Air Force at this time and Ryan expects to be accepted to the Flight Program once he graduates.
So what do you think?
I am impressed. One of these threads is titled "Help" and I copied the characteristcs of a past life experience from Carol's book to that thread. That material focuses more on the young child, though. He is already a young man.
His driving passion is certainly an indication, I would think, as well as the phobia. the phobias are often the most "telling" because there is nothing in this life to explain it, and it usually has something to do with the actual death. And it seems he perhaps knew skills before he was taught them. All of this can indicate a past life memory.
If you would like, feel free to read the other threads, I think there are some about similiar boys, Mattsgma writes some intriguing stories about her grandson. We all enjoy having our posts read and getting ANY comments. It can be nice to see how many other people have similiar experiences.
Marg
His driving passion is certainly an indication, I would think, as well as the phobia. the phobias are often the most "telling" because there is nothing in this life to explain it, and it usually has something to do with the actual death. And it seems he perhaps knew skills before he was taught them. All of this can indicate a past life memory.
If you would like, feel free to read the other threads, I think there are some about similiar boys, Mattsgma writes some intriguing stories about her grandson. We all enjoy having our posts read and getting ANY comments. It can be nice to see how many other people have similiar experiences.
Marg
LaurensMom
New Member
Daughters memory
My daughter Lauren who will be 3 in November recently started talking about her brother who died. She speaks so lovingly of him and tells me that he loved her. Lauren also said he killed her daddy? When I asked his name she gave a name I couldn't understand, but each time I asked her answer was consistant. These converstaions have happened 3 times in the last few weeks. Once she told the exact same story to my husband while they were walking the dog, once to her older sister while they were playing, and just this morning to me while getting ready for school. I thought she was just making this up until my husband who is very into past life memory said that's what he thinks it is. Since she has not had a brother (in this life) I have to admit the idea is plausable to me. Is there a way to gently find out more from her? I do not want to do anything to emotionally burden her, Lauren is a very bright & happy child.
Any ideas?
My daughter Lauren who will be 3 in November recently started talking about her brother who died. She speaks so lovingly of him and tells me that he loved her. Lauren also said he killed her daddy? When I asked his name she gave a name I couldn't understand, but each time I asked her answer was consistant. These converstaions have happened 3 times in the last few weeks. Once she told the exact same story to my husband while they were walking the dog, once to her older sister while they were playing, and just this morning to me while getting ready for school. I thought she was just making this up until my husband who is very into past life memory said that's what he thinks it is. Since she has not had a brother (in this life) I have to admit the idea is plausable to me. Is there a way to gently find out more from her? I do not want to do anything to emotionally burden her, Lauren is a very bright & happy child.
Any ideas?
Well, my opinion, for what it's worth, is that you are never burdening her by talking and listening. The burden was there before she was born. You are just helping her carry it. Get a tape recorder and record the name that you don't understand. You may later kick yourself if you don't. Perhaps later other clues will help you to narrow things down and a translator can help out.
My past life has affected me my whole life until now, I won't go into the details, but it doesn't just go away if you ignor it. I just wish someone had paid more attention when I was younger. Go ahead, jump in! Ask more questions! Stay with it when she brings it up. The more you dig up now, the less it will burden her later, trust me! She will still be the sweet child you now love! You won't be hurting her! But these things tend to be like battery acid inside you, if you don't get it out in the open, it will eat you up inside. If she doesn't feel that you can handle it, she will be handling it all alone. It will be there, on some subconscious level, all her life, until something resolves it. And some part of her life will be just absent while it sits there. Think of an eclipse of the sun, whatever unresolved issues are in her psyche will have the power to eclipse her current life, block out joy from certain areas of her life. Work it out now!
Marg
My past life has affected me my whole life until now, I won't go into the details, but it doesn't just go away if you ignor it. I just wish someone had paid more attention when I was younger. Go ahead, jump in! Ask more questions! Stay with it when she brings it up. The more you dig up now, the less it will burden her later, trust me! She will still be the sweet child you now love! You won't be hurting her! But these things tend to be like battery acid inside you, if you don't get it out in the open, it will eat you up inside. If she doesn't feel that you can handle it, she will be handling it all alone. It will be there, on some subconscious level, all her life, until something resolves it. And some part of her life will be just absent while it sits there. Think of an eclipse of the sun, whatever unresolved issues are in her psyche will have the power to eclipse her current life, block out joy from certain areas of her life. Work it out now!
Marg
All Fired Up
A few months ago, my three year old son started talking about different situations that had occurred when "he was big". For a while I had dismissed this as his three year old imagination, but his stories have not stopped. Each time he talks about when "he was big," the story remains the same but more information is revealed. My son is almost four years old now and tells me that when he was big he lived in a big city. He has told me that when he was in the big city, he got "all fired up" and that the fire trucks came. When I asked him what it means to get "all fired up", he responded with "That means you die." We live in a small town and when he was younger, he was fearful of firemen. I don't know what to believe about this situation, but I want to validate my childs thoughts. Any ideas on how to respond to these types of situations?
A few months ago, my three year old son started talking about different situations that had occurred when "he was big". For a while I had dismissed this as his three year old imagination, but his stories have not stopped. Each time he talks about when "he was big," the story remains the same but more information is revealed. My son is almost four years old now and tells me that when he was big he lived in a big city. He has told me that when he was in the big city, he got "all fired up" and that the fire trucks came. When I asked him what it means to get "all fired up", he responded with "That means you die." We live in a small town and when he was younger, he was fearful of firemen. I don't know what to believe about this situation, but I want to validate my childs thoughts. Any ideas on how to respond to these types of situations?
Son remembers dying
When my son was very young, 6ish, I was talking to my son about his uniqueness because if his daddy and I had not married, he would not be here. He replied that was not right, because he remembered when he died before. I was dumbfounded. I am a Christian, but very open-minded,so I asked him questions to draw out more of his memories. All he remembered, was being on a battlefield with a helmet on, men were behind him, and tents, and it sounded like they were ambushed and he was shot. That's all he remembers. He said, "Mommy, I've always known I had died before." I was troubled, and didn't approach my pastor at our church, although I was feeling very strange about why Christians rejected any belief in reincarnation. Since that time, 10 years ago, I have tried to keep an open mind in Bible study and such. Anyone else have similar experiences with their children?
When my son was very young, 6ish, I was talking to my son about his uniqueness because if his daddy and I had not married, he would not be here. He replied that was not right, because he remembered when he died before. I was dumbfounded. I am a Christian, but very open-minded,so I asked him questions to draw out more of his memories. All he remembered, was being on a battlefield with a helmet on, men were behind him, and tents, and it sounded like they were ambushed and he was shot. That's all he remembers. He said, "Mommy, I've always known I had died before." I was troubled, and didn't approach my pastor at our church, although I was feeling very strange about why Christians rejected any belief in reincarnation. Since that time, 10 years ago, I have tried to keep an open mind in Bible study and such. Anyone else have similar experiences with their children?
Is This For Real?
A few weeks ago as I was putting my two kids into their car seats my 4 (soon to be 5) year-old said. "Mommy, you know my other Mommy and Daddy died" I replied that I am his Mommy and very much alive and his response was "No, my Mommy and Daddy before you guys". I tried to get more out of him but he went on playing with his dinosaurs. I sort of forgot about it until today when my Mom called to tell me that while they were playing together yesterday he started talking about how happy he is with us as his parents and that his other parents had died. She asked if he was thinking of my Dad who died last year and he replied that his other parents were in Heaven with Nono now. She explained that he grew in my tummy and I was his Mommy and he said he knew that but he had other parents before that happened.
Is this common? What kind of questions, if any, should I ask him about this? He's freaking me out a little.
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A few weeks ago as I was putting my two kids into their car seats my 4 (soon to be 5) year-old said. "Mommy, you know my other Mommy and Daddy died" I replied that I am his Mommy and very much alive and his response was "No, my Mommy and Daddy before you guys". I tried to get more out of him but he went on playing with his dinosaurs. I sort of forgot about it until today when my Mom called to tell me that while they were playing together yesterday he started talking about how happy he is with us as his parents and that his other parents had died. She asked if he was thinking of my Dad who died last year and he replied that his other parents were in Heaven with Nono now. She explained that he grew in my tummy and I was his Mommy and he said he knew that but he had other parents before that happened.
Is this common? What kind of questions, if any, should I ask him about this? He's freaking me out a little.
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It happens all the time. He is just telling you what is true. It is your mindset which has the untruth in it. Ask him what ever you want, but he likely will only remember at certain times, just waking up or going to sleep or after a bath. It is nice to document these things, because later in life he may enjoy reading what you wrote, quoting his own story about the past. But the story will come up again, no doubt.
I asked my daughter for names and the city / country! I wanted to do research! I wanted to know how long ago it happened. I asked if they had a TV or a telephone, a car, what foods she liked. I asked what did her Father do, and who were her friends, what was the Church they went to, etc.
I have someone working on the details of my research, but I have it down to the city and what decade (1890's) and even the Church graveyard where likely she was burried.
I would just love to have any information about what I told my parents when I was young, but, no one remembers.
Marg
I asked my daughter for names and the city / country! I wanted to do research! I wanted to know how long ago it happened. I asked if they had a TV or a telephone, a car, what foods she liked. I asked what did her Father do, and who were her friends, what was the Church they went to, etc.
I have someone working on the details of my research, but I have it down to the city and what decade (1890's) and even the Church graveyard where likely she was burried.
I would just love to have any information about what I told my parents when I was young, but, no one remembers.
Marg