Past lives

Charlatans of the past

It was in the 19th century that the study of Hindu doctrines revived the idea of reincarnation, obscured since antiquity by the censorship of the Church which made it a major heresy since the condemnation of Origen, the great Doctor of Origen, the great Doctor of Alexandria, unfortunate champion of the transmigration of souls. Only the romantic, romantic, artistic circles, so abundant in the 19th century, generously welcomed this foreign philosophy, while scientific materialism, imbued with its discoveries, rejected it as a new superstition three-quarters of a century later, the doctrine of transmigration imperceptibly permeated the entire Western world. Extended by numerous books, articles, conferences, forums and debates, relayed by the media, radio, television, this new idea (as old as time) spread among the public, gradually winning over all levels of society. In America, a renowned psychiatrist, Professor Ian Stevenson, published surveys, the fruit of twenty years of research, on people who claimed to “remember” their past lives. At the same time, the books by Doctor Moody, Elisabeth Kubler Ross, also a psychiatrist, and Doctor Kennerring, a cardiologist, dealing with the survival of the soul and the past lives lived by their patients, these books were a real hit. Because, thanks to the consoling mysticism of an Eternal Return, death itself was slowly changing its face. It was therefore no longer definitive extinction. With reincarnation in perspective, we could be reborn, reintegrate a new, young body, full of new abilities: once, twice, several times… We came to repair errors, relive or continue loves or hatreds, resume an interrupted work, a neglected talent, a thousand and one possibilities. It was a second chance! Looking back on his previous past perhaps explained the mediocrity of present life, this everyday life, flat and monotonous, without brilliance, with its procession of worries, stress and fears. It is in this interesting context that false therapists, but also real charlatans of the Divinatory Arts, concocted successful scams combining with the past. Of course it was not the banal “I am” that the client in need of life came to seek from them, but thanks to the promotion of flashy advertising, it was rather the extraordinary “I was” which would allow him to recondition his daily life through the unveiling of a previous memory carrying rich teaching. Unfortunately, in the falsely spiritual practice that these crooks call “research on Past Lives” there is nothing “rich” except the fees they obtain from it to the detriment of the naive people who come to consult them in good faith. These naive people cannot be satisfied with their lot, often small and modest, full of emotional and social frustrations. Consulting a clairvoyant to find out if their destiny will improve is not of interest to them. They have long since surpassed the banality of this approach, They aspire to something stronger. If in this life they are not “yours” or very little, they think that the discovery of their past will compensate for the narrowness of existence by the embellishment of a leading role that they experienced one day… in another life. What does the naive do when he discovers this tempting proposition in a magazine? “Discover your past lives” by thefamous medium J.. D.. We do not know if he is “famous” (because that is how he presents himself), but he claims to be a medium since he has made a specialty of this fruitful niche of deciphering “other lives that you have lived” A smart one, certainly, who can do this work by correspondence, he does not even need the person in the flesh. Several of his colleagues use more or less a semblance of hypnosis, to make it more credible. Him, no. A simple letter and presto! He sees the parade of the past. And who could fault him for what he puts forward as a certainty? “A good lie comes from afar” says the proverb. Can we come from further than centuries and centuries ago? No control. All rantings are permitted. The more vibrant the “discovered” personality, the happier the client will be, even and especially if they don’t remember it. His imagination will endlessly embroider on what he “was”. However, in the long run, confronted day after day with the ordinary of one’s present life, all this previous gibberish risks doing more harm than good.

Here is a sample of this outdated parody: “I am a waitress in a restaurant where the customers are almost all from the Middle East. I feel close to them. Their music touches me deep in my soul. For what ? »

The indescribable response immediately erupts. The “famous” medium searched the archives of the past - »Dear S… I am convinced that you have already lived in the Middle East. My “vision” shows me a man from the 12th century, very elegant. It seems to me that you were responsible for organizing ceremonies and refined evenings on behalf of a local potentate, a king or a vizier… You fulfilled this role to perfection. Through contact with musicians you learned to sing. Today this musical past comes back to you and you will acquire a certain importance (?) in a new job. You have favorable “karma” thanks to your good deeds carried out in your past lives. We remain confused by the platitude and silliness of these remarks. To think that these “consultations” are done on the receipt of a letter without any contact. There is truly a phenomenal extralucency there! And what absurdity on the part of this “famous” medium to speak of “karma” as if he thought he was the God Osiris weighing the soul! Who can know the quantity of good or bad actions that condition each life?

Another example “I am very shy emotionally. I lack self-confidence. I hide under an appearance of coldness. WHERE does this blockage come from? Superb response from the practitioner: “Focusing on your photo I saw you living on an island with no possibility of escaping (like Robinson Crusoe!). You had your little house, your garden, the sun, but you suffered a lot from loneliness. In your current life all its blockages will disappear, if you know how to forget the resentment and the violence that you still feel for this past. Try to change.” The nonsense in this ridiculous analysis is immediately obvious. The medium’s advice to “change” is like cautery on a wooden leg. We are appalled at the thought of all these naive people who receive such inconsistent directives, a risk-free trap that does not fall under the law!
Regression to past lives is not a fantasy. This exists but it is not within the reach of the first person, even if he or she is a “famous” medium. Fake therapistsaim more at commercial success than the spiritual teaching of the law of reincarnation and its corollary karma. This search for the sensational at all costs and the excess of simplification which characterize these fraudulent experiences, flout a spiritual law whose grandeur escapes the licensed traffickers of the human soul. Karma comes from a Sanskrit word which means - action - it is the law of cause and effect and it is our own good or bad actions which determine its application. In short, the famous immanent justice which accounts for the aphorism “you reap what you sow”. This means that, logically, karma bears fruit. In addition, unconsciously we create karma every day which is added to previous karma. From there, we see that our destiny is entirely forged by ourselves. The universal wheel turns and we turn with it. It is therefore useless, out of frivolous curiosity, to go fishing in bogus past lives of prestigious personalities. This makes no sense and this commercial cleaning up behind the scenes of the Beyond is more harmful than beneficial. Louise Falba

•article published in INAD- Consommateurs Special edition No. 1

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