When James Leininger, age 2, started babbling about being a fighter pilot in World War II, his family did not know what to make of it. James offered many specific details, and his father, Bruce, decided to research these just to disprove the whole notion that a World War II pilot has reincarnated as his son. What he found stunned him. There were too many details that were not in the public domain to make this a coincidental happenstance. Watch the video and decide for yourself.
The aim of this post is not to prove reincarnation. But the idea that consciousness is something more than an after-effect of the human brain is central to yoga (and most religious and spiritual traditions). The fact that at least some of us do reincarnate seems to provide confirmation on yogic ideas about consciousness.
If you dig deeper you will find that this is not an isolated case. Jim Tucker is the medical director and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He has researched more than 2500 cases of children who seem to remember past lives. Jim Tucker’s work indicates that some children do have past life memories that can be independently verified. He has also found it is usual for past life memories to dissipate after the age of six, with the child wanting to move on with current life rather than remain associated with a previous birth.
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The same story covered later on ABC News.
The story covered on Larry King Live, CNN