Trutz Hardo - Children Who Have Lived Before: Reincarnation today

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First published in Germany in 2000
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under the title Reinkarnation Aktuell.

First published in the United Kingdom
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The publisher and author are grateful to Praegar Publishers, Westport, Connecticut, USA, for permission to quote extensively from their publication Where Reincarnation and Biology Intersect by Ian Stevenson, M.D.

Translated from the German by Bridget Jenkin and Ulla Schmid
Index compiled by Ann Griffiths

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Contents

Foreword

Elisabeth Kbler-Ross

At the end of my life I get to know that Professor Ian Stevenson proved reincarnation to be a fact. I am very delighted that at the end of the second millennium this truth is finally scientifically proven. For I am very much convinced that we will have a better world in the third millennium if mankind integrates reincarnation including the karmic law in its thinking and acting. Most probably I am not going to live that long to see this happening but I will follow up from another realm of existence whats happening on earth and I will be happy about the changes in mankinds thinking.

For me the belief in reincarnation and in the Law of Karma is for a long time already a matter of course. I am delighted to read in this book by Trutz Hardo that he presents the reader convincing evidence on reincarnation that will even give the toughest sceptic much to think about. I hope that finally many readers will learn about the truth of reincarnation and thus integrate this truth in their thinking and acting for their own benefit and for the benefit of all mankind.

About the Book

In this fascinating book, children from all around the world remember their past lives. Scientists such as Professor Ian Stevenson at the University of Virginia explain how many of these childrens stories have been subjected to scientific investigation, and their memories about their past lives invariably confirmed in every detail.

Supported by overwhelming evidence, the childrens stories in this book suggest that reincarnation is a reality for us all. We can no longer afford to ignore the possibility that we may have experienced past lives ourselves, and that we may be born again. From England, Europe, the USA, Lebanon, South Africa, Israel, India, Brazil, Sri Lanka or Turkey, the stories in Children Who Have Lived Before offer us insights into our global future as well as profound messages from the past.

About the Author

Trutz Hardo is a world expert on reincarnation and regression therapy. Based in Germany, he holds seminars in Europe, Australia and the U.S.A.

Introduction

In this book you will find 33 case histories from children who remember their past lives. In most of these cases these memories are confirmed by people who knew the person the child claims to have been, and who are still alive when the reborn child remembers the past life in question. The events surrounding the actual recognition of and reunion with past relations are often very moving. In most cases these children are accepted as being the reincarnation of a deceased family member, relative, neighbour or friend, purely on the grounds of their conclusive statements. Most cases of past-life memories occur in countries or among peoples or races that believe in reincarnation. This is closely connected with the fact that parents from these cultures tend to listen to what their children are saying, and help them make contact with the people from their past. Often it is through coincidences that these connections are made possible.

Professor Stevenson discovered many cases of children remembering their past lives. He found these mainly among the following nations and peoples: the Igbo in Nigeria, the Druses in Lebanon, the Allevites in Turkey, the Indians, the Burmese, the Thai, the Ceylonese, the Brazilians, the West Canadian Indians, and even in the so-called Western countries such as Europe and America. Of course, cases of past-life memories are not limited to those countries. There are cases all over the world, especially among races of shamanic tradition, that is to say races that have not been entirely brainwashed with any type of Christian or Islamic religion. I am referring to the numerous Indian tribes, Eskimos, and especially the Africans, most of which managed not to renounce their ancient traditional beliefs in reincarnation completely, despite islamisation and christianisation. There has been a definite upward trend in the belief in reincarnation in Western countries among those born in the last 40 years. This is due on one hand to the fact that books keep appearing that deal with the subject in a very convincing way; for another, that the generalised search for new values makes people flock to talks and seminars where the lecturers take the existence of reincarnation for granted, in most cases due to hands-on experience of their own gained through meditation or induced regression. Neo-Buddhism has gained a large following especially in the United States, and the effect of the widespread worship of the Dalai Lama, a living example of a man reborn, is becoming more and more noticeable even in the West. Yet all this spread of interest in reincarnation is mainly based on belief or, as many would claim, on an inner knowing. For the first time in the history of mankind, reincarnation has finally been scientifically proven through the research into this subject particularly the investigative efforts of Professor Ian Stevenson. Among other examples, this book presents you with a good number of cases researched by Stevenson which offer no other conclusive explanation than that of reincarnation.