Boy remembers Past Life Being Shot in WWII
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Hi Xabir and all,Originally posted by An Eternal Now:That is very sad.... but you did survive the war right? It must be a very traumatic experience.
Violence and wars is really terrible and is something that Buddha is against. Buddhism teaches non-violence, non-hatred, peace... and unlike many religions it has never experienced religious wars in history. War is the perfect example of ignorance causing sufferings in the world, which is why my master says.. "If we are oftem mindful that ignorance does not arise, the world will be at peace." There are many stories of people converting to Buddhism after seeing the horrors of wars, a famous example being King Ashoka.
I will like to add this...
The pastlife flashbacks that we have are often in need of healing. Seeing the flashbacks do not mean that one is healed. If we ignore it, is usually our thinking mind ignoring... the memories are still there and must be healed.
It took me many years to heal my fear of war. When its healed, it will never bother us again and the life expereinces around will change to reflect that aka karma cleared.
If we are bothered by the flashbacks or still have fears related to the trauma, then it is not healed.
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Agreed.Originally posted by longchen:Hi Xabir and all,
I will like to add this...
The pastlife flashbacks that we have are often in need of healing. Seeing the flashbacks do not mean that one is healed. If we ignore it, is usually our thinking mind ignoring... the memories are still there and must be healed.
It took me many years to heal my fear of war. When its healed, it will never bother us again and the life expereinces around will change to reflect that aka karma cleared.
If we are bothered by the flashbacks or still have fears related to the trauma, then it is not healed.
Good luck.
There are many ways to do that. From my experience, the easiest one is to recite the Diamond Sutra. It has the effect of 'formless repentance' even for very deep and ancient karmas. If this works, healing can be done without regression. For itÂ’s not easy to regress, and past life memories could be quite distorted and misleading sometimes.
Of course, the best way is to have a deep enlightenment. As said in the Song of Enlightenment:
When awakened we find karmic hindrances fundamentally empty.
But when not awakened, we must repay all our debts.
So the trick is to keep our mind free from attachments all the time. Because once itÂ’s attached, we will be spotted on radar, so to speak, and karmic power will fight back without mercy. I had some terrible experience like this. I hoped that I have learned the lesson. -
Originally posted by namelessness:
Hi Namelessness,
Agreed.
There are many ways to do that. From my experience, the easiest one is to recite the Diamond Sutra. It has the effect of 'formless repentance' even for very deep and ancient karmas. If this works, healing can be done without regression. For itÂ’s not easy to regress, and past life memories could be quite distorted and misleading sometimes.
Of course, the best way is to have a deep enlightenment. As said in the Song of Enlightenment:
[b]When awakened we find karmic hindrances fundamentally empty.
But when not awakened, we must repay all our debts.
So the trick is to keep our mind free from attachments all the time. Because once itÂ’s attached, we will be spotted on radar, so to speak, and karmic power will fight back without mercy. I had some terrible experience like this. I hoped that I have learned the lesson.
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Thanks for the info. Perhaps I should take a look at Diamond Sutra.
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U're welcomed. I'm glad that you would give it a try. -
show start liao! anybody watching?Originally posted by zodi:irregardless of what/how you were in previous lives, you have THIS LIFE to improve your current & future lives! ba3 wo4 xian4 zai4! -
oops... forgotOriginally posted by zodi:On this topic (past lives)... anybody watches the talk show xin1 ling2 ji1 tang1 on scv every fri midnite?
very interesting if u're keen to find out more abt past lives (if you believe it exists) and how it affects our present lives...