BAPU SATYANARAYANA writes: When a couple are deeply in love, it is not uncommon to find them express the feeling, sometimes in jest, sometimes high on sentiment, that they would want to be together for seven lives.
The sceptics among us run down such romantic expressions, but would you believe that it may be true?
A psychiatrist working in a Miami hospital has come out with an astounding theory that the people who are related in the present birth will be related in successive births, but with a permutation and combination of relationships.
For example, a wife and husband can be related as mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the next life to perpetuate the strained relationship, or it could be as mother and a loving son if they have been caring and so on.
Mother, father, sister, brother or any relative—all will revolve round each other in different relationships.
Unbelievable as it may sound, the theory is floated by Brian Weiss in two books: Many lives, Many masters, and Same soul, Many bodies. It makes fascinating reading for he goes some way in lending credence to the Indian belief of rebirth and soul wandering.
Weiss stumbled upon the phenomenon when one Catherene working in his hospital sought his help. He “regressed” her to her previous lives instead of the normal procedure of hypnotizing her to zero.
The findings literally blows Weiss’ mind away and he feels incredulous despite his scientific temper and strong belief in logic and reason.
However, the weight of evidence is too much to ignore. He has to reconcile to the unbelievable situation of souls, masters, souls splitting, and the free will of souls to enter other bodies at the time of choosing!
From then on it becomes his normal practice to regress people to their previous lives as a routine procedure. The books are the result of a wealth of data he has compiled in regressing many to their previous lives.
A lady psychiatrist in NIMHANS, Bangalore too is said to be doing the same work. The long and short of it is that whether we like it or not we are stuck for not only the next birth but for ever!
This is precisely what Krishna has professed in Bhagwad Geetha. Westerners had laughed at this when they came to know of it. But now it seems they are rediscovering this again. It only goes to show how advanced spiritually Indians were and how forward thinking we were even in pre-historic times.
OMG ..I cant imagine my mom in law in any of the the permutation or combination again …Bapu sir , u r giving me the heebies jeebies :))))
OMG me too! My MIL is too horrid! Enadhru pooje madsidrey idhakke parihara siguttha?
Interesting. Must read the book first. If true some permutations may be welcome and some could be nightmarish
Bapuji, Let me add some more words of wisdom from Cayce (1901) about marriage and reincarnation —
No marriage is a start on a clean slate.
The right to self determination, a freedom of will is for both, man and woman. Man has a freedom of will as a dog on a leash has it. ( free to do within the radius of the leash). The partners of marriage are old acquaintances, forgot, who have met again, to work out some mutual karmic debt.
Marriage is the opportunity for two imperfect individuals to help eachother discharge their respective karmic duties, forge new qualities, and advance in spiritual understanding and strength.
Make your home as a shadow of a heavenly home,where there is unity of purpose in the companionship, it is the nearest pattern on earth of man’s relationship with his Maker.
Marriage is what you make it. There is an experience to be worked out! It is one of the most intimate and difficult of human relationship infinitely rewarding at its best, unspeakably oppressive at its worst.
It is in your hand to make it or mar it.
Let divinity residing in you enlighten your path!
Hemlata Moro.