April 17, 2025 • 20 mins
Can a child’s impossible memories, a musician’s sudden genius, and thousands of near‑death accounts all point to the same truth?
In this episode we examine the most persuasive evidence that reincarnation is more than myth—and what that means for the way we live now.
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• Why your body’s atoms completely recycle every 7–10 years yet your memories persist.
• How the brain may act like a radio receiver for consciousness.
• How head injuries can unlock new talents overnight.
• Academic research on children who recall verifiable past lives.
• How near‑death experiences fit into a larger story of consciousness.
• Why skeptics’ double‑blind demands may miss the point entirely.
If you’re curious about karma, life between lives, or the mechanics of awakening, this deep‑dive delivers grounded insight without the dogma.
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HypeMiC & FaceTime HD Camera (00:00):
At just two years old little James
(00:02):
Leininger started havingnightmares of being shot down in
an airplane.
He later named the exact type ofaircraft he flew, the ship he
served on, and even the name ofa fellow copilot.
This information was all laterverified through historical
records.
When she was just four yearsold, Shanti, Devi insisted she
had a husband and a child in atown she'd never been to.
(00:23):
She eventually led a group ofadults there and accurately
identified her past life,husband, their home, and even
private details of her previousdeath that the child should not
have known a five-year-old boyin Oklahoma remembered being a
Hollywood agent.
He was able to identify peoplein old photos and even recognize
his daughter from that pastlife.
His memories were eventuallymatched to a man who died
(00:45):
decades earlier, and nearlyevery detail that that little
boy described checkout to beverifiably true.
Across the world, countlesschildren have shared memories of
past lives that they should haveseemingly never known down to
names, addresses, and evendetails surrounding the person's
death.
Think about that.
If even one of these stories istrue, what does that mean about
(01:05):
consciousness, about death, andabout the possibility of living
more than one life?
If you're seeking answers andwant to have a better
understanding of the cycle oflife and death.
You're in the right place.
This video is gonna give you awhole new perspective on life
after death and the prospects ofbeing born into a new body.
If this topic fascinates you asmuch as it does me.
(01:26):
I dive deeper into past liferegression and many other
consciousness expanding topicsin my newsletter.
It's totally free, full of juicynuggets of wisdom and a great
way to stay connected to agrowing community of like-minded
truth seekers.
So make sure you follow the linkin the description and sign up
and don't forget to like thevideo and subscribe to the
channel.
Your support means a lot andleave a comment.
(01:47):
I love to hear people'sperspectives on these kinds of
topics.
The first thing that we need toaddress is the idea that our
consciousness is inextricablyattached to our bodies.
If that were true, then the ideaof reincarnation wouldn't make
sense, but is that really thecase?
Consider this.
Our bodies are in a constantstate of regeneration.
(02:07):
Every few days, we replace thelining of our gut.
Our skin cells renew every fewweeks, and our red blood cells
regenerate after about fourmonths, according to many
biologists, within seven to 10years, nearly every cell in our
body has been replaced.
Even the atoms that make up themolecules of our body like
carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen,are constantly being exchanged
(02:29):
with the outside world throughwhat we eat, through our
breathing and what we touch.
So in a very real sense, you'renot the same physical person you
were a decade ago.
Not a single atom remains fromthe body you had when you were a
child.
And yet we can all stillremember being a child.
We remember our favorite toys,our friends from grade school,
(02:49):
and our first kiss.
So if your consciousness, whichis your sense of self, your
memories and your personality,were purely a product of your
body, how could it possiblypersist when every physical
component of your body haschanged?
The fact that memory endures,despite that you're an entirely
different body, suggests thatconsciousness is not stored in
(03:10):
the body, but operates throughthe body like water flowing
through a changing riverbed,your awareness continues.
Even as the physical structuresare constantly changing.
And this brings up an importantquestion.
If your consciousness isn'tfixed to your current body.
Then is it really a stretch toimagine it could continue on
through another body?
(03:30):
Scientists have never been ableto pinpoint where memories are
stored in the brain.
For hundreds of years,researchers have dissected human
brains bit by bit, hoping tofind the mechanism of memory
storage.
Yet, there's still no conclusiveevidence that any one part of
that 3.5 pound mass of graymatter in between our ears
actually houses memory.
(03:51):
What the mystics masters andsages have known for millennia
is that consciousness is like afrequency and the brain acts as
a receiver.
Much like a radio picks up abroadcast signal when your radio
plays.
Here comes the Sun by theBeatles.
It's not creating that musicinternally.
There's no miniature PaulMcCartney or John Lennon inside
of your car dashboard composingtheir famous tune on the spot.
(04:14):
The radio.
Simply receives a specificenergetic signal or frequency,
and uses its speakers and otherphysical components to manifest
that signal into audible sound.
In the same manner the humanbrain receives a specific
energetic signal or frequency,AKA consciousness.
And uses its physicalcomponents, AKA, the body to
(04:35):
manifest that signal into yourpersonality, desires and
actions.
We can look at examples ofpeople who experience traumatic
brain injury to demonstrate thatdamaging a person's physical
receiver can impact the brain'sability to pick up its original
signal.
It's not uncommon for those whoexperience head injuries to
demonstrate significant shiftsin personality.
(04:56):
As a result of those incidents,people have also been reported
to mysteriously and miraculouslygain new skills and abilities as
a result of head trauma.
One well-documented example ofthat is a gentleman named Derek
Amato Who became a musicalsavant after hitting his head
during a driving accident.
He had had no formal trainingyet.
Shortly after the injury, he wasable to sit down at a piano and
(05:19):
play complex compositions,almost as if the ability had
always been there.
His case has been studied byneurologists and featured in
various medical journals anddocumentaries.
What's especially strange isthat his musical knowledge was
never learned.
It suddenly appeared after hisaccident without explanation.
This phenomena is known asacquired Savant Syndrome, and
(05:40):
it's been reported in dozens ofsimilar cases.
People suddenly gainingartistic, mathematical or
mechanical abilities after astroke, head trauma or even
lightning strikes.
These stories challenge the ideathat all knowledge must be
learned through experience.
They support the idea thatconsciousness, memory, and skill
may not originate from thebrain, but are accessed through
(06:03):
it, like a radio picking up asignal that's already out there.
It's like smacking your radioand then suddenly the song gets
louder or fades out.
The signal is always there, butwhat changes is the radio's
ability to pick up that specificfrequency.
When it comes to psychicphenomena like telepathy.
Those who have experienced itoften report that what they
(06:24):
perceive feels more like asharing of consciousness.
Those people also say that itcan be challenging to
distinguish where one person'sthoughts end and where another's
begin.
This is something that I'veexperienced myself.
It's the reason I personallydon't like sleeping next to
other people, not even mypartner.
I find that I can become farmore aware of that person's
(06:44):
thoughts and emotions than Iwant to be.
I'm naturally a very sensitiveperson and have been my whole
life.
And when the boundaries betweenmy experience and that of the
people around me start tooverlap too much, it can become
distracting and confusing.
That all makes perfect sense.
When looking at the radioanalogy, we've all heard how two
different songs can be played atthe same time on the same
(07:06):
station when reaching the outerlimits of the range of that
radio transmitter tower.
Our human consciousnessreceivers aren't biased or
selective in which frequenciesthey pick up.
The body simply plays thestation it's tuned into.
So if consciousness is a signal,then it would make sense that
the song doesn't stop when theradio receiver fails.
(07:26):
The frequency still exists, eventhough it's no longer being
played through the old radioanymore.
And when we die, ourconsciousness still exists, even
though it's not being expressedthrough the old body anymore.
At this point, there is so muchevidence for reincarnation that
it's hard to argue against it,and I get that there are people
out there who have certainreligious beliefs and adhere to
(07:48):
a specific interpretation ofreligious texts.
That's totally cool with me.
I respect everyone's model ofreality and objective.
Observable truth doesn't requireone's belief to be true.
Another source of compellingevidence comes from numerous
accounts of people who have hadnear death experiences.
(08:09):
These experiences often includeleaving the body, encountering
deceased, loved ones, enteringrealms of peace and light, and
sometimes even receivingknowledge about their soul's
journey past and future.
Researchers like Dr.
Raymond Moody, who coined theterm near death experience.
And Dr.
Bruce Grayson, a professor ofpsychiatry at the University of
Virginia, have spent decadesstudying and categorizing these
(08:32):
accounts.
Dr.
Grayson's book called Afterpresents peer reviewed research
showing that consciousnessappears to persist after
physical death.
And while NDEs are most oftendescribed as journeys beyond
this life, many experiencersalso report insights that tie
directly into the concept ofreincarnation.
Some describe a life review, notjust of their current life, but
(08:55):
of prior ones as well.
Others recount being shown theirnext incarnation or sensing that
they're taking part in a longerjourney across multiple
lifetimes.
Both doctors Moody and Graysonhave noted that these
experiences often includeelements that suggest a cyclical
model of the soul.
One where consciousness evolvesthrough many lives, learning and
(09:15):
maturing with each return into aphysical incarnation.
These aren't fringe theories orisolated anecdotes.
The consistency of theseexperiences across cultures,
belief systems, and even timeperiods, points to something
profound that death is not theend, but a transition between
lifetimes in an ongoing processof a soul's evolution.
(09:37):
Perhaps the most compellingevidence for reincarnation comes
from the field research of Dr.
Ian Stevenson and his successor,Dr.
Jim Tucker, both of whom workedat the University of Virginia's
Division of Perceptual studies,one of the only academic
institutions in the worlddedicated to the scientific
study of consciousness beyondthe brain.
Over the course of four decades,Dr.
(09:59):
Stevenson documented more than2,500 cases of children who
spontaneously recall detailsfrom previous lives, often with
verifiable names, locations, andeven the cause of death.
His work was so rigorous thathe's published in peer reviewed
journals and authored thepopular book"20 Cases Suggestive
of Reincarnation".
Which is still referenced todayin academic studies.
(10:22):
Dr.
Jim Tucker has continued thiswork into the modern day and has
published two books of his ownlife before Life and returned to
Life where he detailsextraordinary cases of children
whose memories match realhistorical individuals.
And in almost all those cases,there's no possible way the
child in question could havelearned the information through
(10:43):
normal means.
These aren't fringe conspiracytheories or random internet
stories.
This is academically reviewedresearch from credentialed
scientists using meticulousdocumentation and methods of
verification.
The stories I shared earlier ofJames Leininger, Shanti, Devi
and Ryan Hammonds are some ofthe most famous examples.
(11:03):
They've been independentlyresearched and cited by both
Stevenson and Tucker, and whenyou read these cases, it becomes
really difficult to dismiss themas coincidence or fabrication.
And while some memories of pastlives emerged spontaneously, as
in the case with most of thechildren, many people access
them through guided hypnosistechniques.
Past life regression sessionsoften reveal emotionally potent
(11:26):
scenes relationships or traumasfrom previous lives that feel
authentic and deeply real to theindividual being regressed.
In many cases, accessing andresolving these past life
traumas can lead to healing inthe present.
Hypnotherapist like Dr.
Brian Weiss, who's a Yaletrained psychiatrist, had
brought past life regressioninto the mainstream with books
(11:48):
like Many Lives, many masters,which recounts the breakthrough
journey of one patient who beganrecalling vivid past life scenes
during regression therapy.
Many lives, many Masters was areally eye-opening book for me,
and I highly recommend it.
Another well-known modality isQHHT, quantum Healing Hypnosis
Technique, which was developedby Dolores Cannon.
(12:09):
She conducted thousands ofsessions over her 40 year
career.
Her work documented not onlypast life memories, but also in
between life experiences andsoul level insights that deeply
resonate with people seekingunderstanding of their life's
purpose.
I've also experienced QHHTsessions, both of which were
extremely profound.
(12:29):
While skeptics might dismisshypnosis as imaginative
storytelling, the emotionalintensity often verifiable
historical details andpsychological breakthroughs
experienced by participantssuggest something much deeper is
happening.
Sure.
There are always going to bepeople who make up sensational
stories to get attention.
But in the majority of cases,especially with the children,
(12:52):
these are regular people who arejust looking for answers and
don't have a reason to lie forattention.
Anecdotal.
Evidence is evidence, and it'scertainly not reliable 100% of
the time, but there are nosources of data that are
reliable 100% of the time.
Even the most rigorousscientific studies have margins
of error.
Reincarnation.
(13:13):
Skeptics often talk aboutdouble-blind placebo controlled
experiments as the gold standardwhen it comes to collecting
unbiased, high qualityexperimental data.
Those same people often makethis faulty assumption.
That because double-blindplacebo controlled studies are
not used to gather the evidencefor reincarnation, it means that
the evidence is invalid orirrelevant.
(13:35):
And that assumption could not befurther from the truth.
It's impossible to create adouble-blind, placebo controlled
experiment that will work tocollect the kind of evidence we
encounter in instances wherepeople report remembering past
lives.
The double blind is simply notan adequate tool for that job.
If you take a closer look at theresults of double-blind placebo
controlled experiments, youmight be surprised that the
(13:58):
results are often veryunimpressive.
Trust me, I went to college foran undergrad in microbiology and
chemistry, and spent a couple ofyears working in labs doing
various forms of scientificresearch.
Which included analyzing penguinpoop from Antarctica and bovine
tuberculosis, among otherthings, the truth is
double-blind, placebo controlledexperiments are only as good as
(14:20):
the researchers conducting them.
As of 2024, there have been anaverage of 1,284 drugs recalled
every year by the FDA since2012.
Nearly a third of the drugsapproved by the FDA in that
timeframe were ultimatelyrecalled due to excessive
adverse events or a lack ofefficacy.
And guess what?
(14:41):
Each of those thousands ofrecall drugs had to undergo
numerous double-blind placebocontrolled studies in order to
get the FDA's approval forrelease to the public.
The, doubleblind has its place,but it's not the end all be all.
Besides, there's an enormousamount of solid, impactful
research across many fields ofstudy that don't rely on a
(15:01):
double-blind to gather data.
So we must ask ourselves, is itreally necessary for evidence to
be gathered via double-blindplacebo experiment to be real
and valid?
I think we all know the answerto that question.
when a skeptic says that there'sno scientific evidence for
reincarnation.
What they really mean is thatthere's no scientific evidence
(15:23):
that was gathered exactly theway that they would prefer it to
be gathered At its core denyingreincarnation comes down to
belief, not evidence.
It would be like me trying toargue against the existence of a
place that I've never been to.
And that conversation wouldprobably go something like this.
HypeMiC & FaceTime HD Cam (15:40):
Yeah, man.
So I'm getting all geared upfrom my big trip to Madagascar.
HypeMiC & FaceTime HD Came (15:44):
Bro, I hate to break it to you, but
Madagascar isn't a real place.
It was just made up in a Disneymovie.
Madagascar is as real as FengGully or Shrek.
What exactly makes you think that
Madagascar doesn't exist?
HypeMiC & FaceTime HD Camer (16:00):
You expect me to believe in a place
that I've never been to.
Not only that, I don't even knowanybody who's been to
Madagascar.
I just don't see any evidencefor it.
HypeMiC & FaceTime HD Came (16:10):
Have you tried looking it up online?
Yeah.
It's a Disney movie, but it'salso a real place.
And you realize you can buy aplane ticket and go there,
right?
HypeMiC & FaceTime HD Camer (16:22):
Oh, okay.
And now I'm supposed to trusteverything I see on the
internet.
I am not falling for that.
I've done my fair share oftraveling and I've never once
seen a flight going to or comingfrom Madagascar.
HypeMiC & FaceTime HD Cam (16:35):
Yeah.
Okay.
So there probably aren't manydomestic one-way flights to
Madagascar, but that doesn'tmean it isn't a real place.
You would probably have to takea week off work and spend a
couple grand on flights.
But you could definitely getthere and find out for yourself.
Those pictures could be from literally
anywhere, and your evidence isprobably just made up by people
(16:58):
who are trying to get attention.
You expect me to invest my timeand energy to try to find a
place that I don't even believeexists, even if it was a real
place.
I have no desire or reason to gothere, bro.
You loco.
What else are you gonna try totell me that aliens exist?
Just to be clear, I am not aMadagascar denier, but what you
(17:21):
just saw demonstrates the logicused to negate the existence of
reincarnation.
If the Madagascar denier put inthe time and effort to play in
the trip, buy the plane tickets,get their passport, take time
off work, get to the differentflights, they could actually go
there and experience it forthemselves if they had a desire
to do it.
In the same way, if areincarnation denier were to put
(17:45):
in the time and effort to lookinto the well-established
research, if they were to readthe numerous books and multitude
of verified case studies aroundchildren, all those children who
remember things that theyshouldn't know, then maybe they
would look at thingsdifferently.
It's very easy to find aqualified hypnotherapist or QHHT
practitioner who will conduct apast life regression session
(18:07):
with someone if they reallywanted to know.
So as of today, reincarnationdoes remain a topic that's up
for debate and.
That's not for lack of evidence,but for lack of effort put forth
by the skeptics.
I am not saying that we shouldtake every story or potential
piece of evidence at face value.
It's important to espouse ahealthy degree of skepticism
(18:28):
when looking into phenomena thatconventional science hasn't
fully accepted.
But there's a fine line betweenskepticism and
closed-mindedness.
At what point do we take a stepback, look at the mountain of
data from the myriad ofdifferent sources, and consider
the broader implications.
When will we acknowledge thatthe lack of replicable
experiments might just beevidence of a deficiency in our
(18:49):
current scientific understandingand not proof that reincarnation
is a hoax?
I get, how reincarnation mightbe a tough pill for some people
to swallow, because believing inreincarnation has some pretty
profound implications To believein reincarnation means that
certain popular religiousbeliefs have to be discarded,
and many religious teachingsmust be brought into question.
(19:12):
To question one's own faith andentire worldview can be really
challenging, especially if thatperson doesn't have a direct
experience to contradict theircurrent perspective, which is
the case for every reincarnationdenier I've ever met.
It also means that theconsequences of our actions in
this life will remain with us.
Karma and the law of balance arereal.
(19:34):
What we do will come back to usin this life or the next.
If reincarnation is real, thendeath is like getting out of an
old vehicle, and just becausethe car is parked doesn't mean
that you're outstanding.
Speeding.
Tickets go away.
And if our consciousness reallydoes survive death and we
reincarnate.
The next question is, what thehell have I been doing in my
(19:54):
past lives?
That is where things get reallyinteresting.
If you wanna hear a crazy storyfrom one of my past lives, click
this video right here.
At just two years old little James
(00:02):
Leininger started havingnightmares of being shot down in
an airplane.
He later named the exact type ofaircraft he flew, the ship he
served on, and even the name ofa fellow copilot.
This information was all laterverified through historical
records.
When she was just four yearsold, Shanti, Devi insisted she
had a husband and a child in atown she'd never been to.
(00:23):
She eventually led a group ofadults there and accurately
identified her past life,husband, their home, and even
private details of her previousdeath that the child should not
have known a five-year-old boyin Oklahoma remembered being a
Hollywood agent.
He was able to identify peoplein old photos and even recognize
his daughter from that pastlife.
His memories were eventuallymatched to a man who died
(00:45):
decades earlier, and nearlyevery detail that that little
boy described checkout to beverifiably true.
Across the world, countlesschildren have shared memories of
past lives that they should haveseemingly never known down to
names, addresses, and evendetails surrounding the person's
death.
Think about that.
If even one of these stories istrue, what does that mean about
(01:05):
consciousness, about death, andabout the possibility of living
more than one life?
If you're seeking answers andwant to have a better
understanding of the cycle oflife and death.
You're in the right place.
This video is gonna give you awhole new perspective on life
after death and the prospects ofbeing born into a new body.
If this topic fascinates you asmuch as it does me.
(01:26):
I dive deeper into past liferegression and many other
consciousness expanding topicsin my newsletter.
It's totally free, full of juicynuggets of wisdom and a great
way to stay connected to agrowing community of like-minded
truth seekers.
So make sure you follow the linkin the description and sign up
and don't forget to like thevideo and subscribe to the
channel.
Your support means a lot andleave a comment.
(01:47):
I love to hear people'sperspectives on these kinds of
topics.
The first thing that we need toaddress is the idea that our
consciousness is inextricablyattached to our bodies.
If that were true, then the ideaof reincarnation wouldn't make
sense, but is that really thecase?
Consider this.
Our bodies are in a constantstate of regeneration.
(02:07):
Every few days, we replace thelining of our gut.
Our skin cells renew every fewweeks, and our red blood cells
regenerate after about fourmonths, according to many
biologists, within seven to 10years, nearly every cell in our
body has been replaced.
Even the atoms that make up themolecules of our body like
carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen,are constantly being exchanged
(02:29):
with the outside world throughwhat we eat, through our
breathing and what we touch.
So in a very real sense, you'renot the same physical person you
were a decade ago.
Not a single atom remains fromthe body you had when you were a
child.
And yet we can all stillremember being a child.
We remember our favorite toys,our friends from grade school,
(02:49):
and our first kiss.
So if your consciousness, whichis your sense of self, your
memories and your personality,were purely a product of your
body, how could it possiblypersist when every physical
component of your body haschanged?
The fact that memory endures,despite that you're an entirely
different body, suggests thatconsciousness is not stored in
(03:10):
the body, but operates throughthe body like water flowing
through a changing riverbed,your awareness continues.
Even as the physical structuresare constantly changing.
And this brings up an importantquestion.
If your consciousness isn'tfixed to your current body.
Then is it really a stretch toimagine it could continue on
through another body?
(03:30):
Scientists have never been ableto pinpoint where memories are
stored in the brain.
For hundreds of years,researchers have dissected human
brains bit by bit, hoping tofind the mechanism of memory
storage.
Yet, there's still no conclusiveevidence that any one part of
that 3.5 pound mass of graymatter in between our ears
actually houses memory.
(03:51):
What the mystics masters andsages have known for millennia
is that consciousness is like afrequency and the brain acts as
a receiver.
Much like a radio picks up abroadcast signal when your radio
plays.
Here comes the Sun by theBeatles.
It's not creating that musicinternally.
There's no miniature PaulMcCartney or John Lennon inside
of your car dashboard composingtheir famous tune on the spot.
(04:14):
The radio.
Simply receives a specificenergetic signal or frequency,
and uses its speakers and otherphysical components to manifest
that signal into audible sound.
In the same manner the humanbrain receives a specific
energetic signal or frequency,AKA consciousness.
And uses its physicalcomponents, AKA, the body to
(04:35):
manifest that signal into yourpersonality, desires and
actions.
We can look at examples ofpeople who experience traumatic
brain injury to demonstrate thatdamaging a person's physical
receiver can impact the brain'sability to pick up its original
signal.
It's not uncommon for those whoexperience head injuries to
demonstrate significant shiftsin personality.
(04:56):
As a result of those incidents,people have also been reported
to mysteriously and miraculouslygain new skills and abilities as
a result of head trauma.
One well-documented example ofthat is a gentleman named Derek
Amato Who became a musicalsavant after hitting his head
during a driving accident.
He had had no formal trainingyet.
Shortly after the injury, he wasable to sit down at a piano and
(05:19):
play complex compositions,almost as if the ability had
always been there.
His case has been studied byneurologists and featured in
various medical journals anddocumentaries.
What's especially strange isthat his musical knowledge was
never learned.
It suddenly appeared after hisaccident without explanation.
This phenomena is known asacquired Savant Syndrome, and
(05:40):
it's been reported in dozens ofsimilar cases.
People suddenly gainingartistic, mathematical or
mechanical abilities after astroke, head trauma or even
lightning strikes.
These stories challenge the ideathat all knowledge must be
learned through experience.
They support the idea thatconsciousness, memory, and skill
may not originate from thebrain, but are accessed through
(06:03):
it, like a radio picking up asignal that's already out there.
It's like smacking your radioand then suddenly the song gets
louder or fades out.
The signal is always there, butwhat changes is the radio's
ability to pick up that specificfrequency.
When it comes to psychicphenomena like telepathy.
Those who have experienced itoften report that what they
(06:24):
perceive feels more like asharing of consciousness.
Those people also say that itcan be challenging to
distinguish where one person'sthoughts end and where another's
begin.
This is something that I'veexperienced myself.
It's the reason I personallydon't like sleeping next to
other people, not even mypartner.
I find that I can become farmore aware of that person's
(06:44):
thoughts and emotions than Iwant to be.
I'm naturally a very sensitiveperson and have been my whole
life.
And when the boundaries betweenmy experience and that of the
people around me start tooverlap too much, it can become
distracting and confusing.
That all makes perfect sense.
When looking at the radioanalogy, we've all heard how two
different songs can be played atthe same time on the same
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station when reaching the outerlimits of the range of that
radio transmitter tower.
Our human consciousnessreceivers aren't biased or
selective in which frequenciesthey pick up.
The body simply plays thestation it's tuned into.
So if consciousness is a signal,then it would make sense that
the song doesn't stop when theradio receiver fails.
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The frequency still exists, eventhough it's no longer being
played through the old radioanymore.
And when we die, ourconsciousness still exists, even
though it's not being expressedthrough the old body anymore.
At this point, there is so muchevidence for reincarnation that
it's hard to argue against it,and I get that there are people
out there who have certainreligious beliefs and adhere to
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a specific interpretation ofreligious texts.
That's totally cool with me.
I respect everyone's model ofreality and objective.
Observable truth doesn't requireone's belief to be true.
Another source of compellingevidence comes from numerous
accounts of people who have hadnear death experiences.
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These experiences often includeleaving the body, encountering
deceased, loved ones, enteringrealms of peace and light, and
sometimes even receivingknowledge about their soul's
journey past and future.
Researchers like Dr.
Raymond Moody, who coined theterm near death experience.
And Dr.
Bruce Grayson, a professor ofpsychiatry at the University of
Virginia, have spent decadesstudying and categorizing these
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accounts.
Dr.
Grayson's book called Afterpresents peer reviewed research
showing that consciousnessappears to persist after
physical death.
And while NDEs are most oftendescribed as journeys beyond
this life, many experiencersalso report insights that tie
directly into the concept ofreincarnation.
Some describe a life review, notjust of their current life, but
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of prior ones as well.
Others recount being shown theirnext incarnation or sensing that
they're taking part in a longerjourney across multiple
lifetimes.
Both doctors Moody and Graysonhave noted that these
experiences often includeelements that suggest a cyclical
model of the soul.
One where consciousness evolvesthrough many lives, learning and
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maturing with each return into aphysical incarnation.
These aren't fringe theories orisolated anecdotes.
The consistency of theseexperiences across cultures,
belief systems, and even timeperiods, points to something
profound that death is not theend, but a transition between
lifetimes in an ongoing processof a soul's evolution.
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Perhaps the most compellingevidence for reincarnation comes
from the field research of Dr.
Ian Stevenson and his successor,Dr.
Jim Tucker, both of whom workedat the University of Virginia's
Division of Perceptual studies,one of the only academic
institutions in the worlddedicated to the scientific
study of consciousness beyondthe brain.
Over the course of four decades,Dr.
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Stevenson documented more than2,500 cases of children who
spontaneously recall detailsfrom previous lives, often with
verifiable names, locations, andeven the cause of death.
His work was so rigorous thathe's published in peer reviewed
journals and authored thepopular book"20 Cases Suggestive
of Reincarnation".
Which is still referenced todayin academic studies.
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Dr.
Jim Tucker has continued thiswork into the modern day and has
published two books of his ownlife before Life and returned to
Life where he detailsextraordinary cases of children
whose memories match realhistorical individuals.
And in almost all those cases,there's no possible way the
child in question could havelearned the information through
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normal means.
These aren't fringe conspiracytheories or random internet
stories.
This is academically reviewedresearch from credentialed
scientists using meticulousdocumentation and methods of
verification.
The stories I shared earlier ofJames Leininger, Shanti, Devi
and Ryan Hammonds are some ofthe most famous examples.
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They've been independentlyresearched and cited by both
Stevenson and Tucker, and whenyou read these cases, it becomes
really difficult to dismiss themas coincidence or fabrication.
And while some memories of pastlives emerged spontaneously, as
in the case with most of thechildren, many people access
them through guided hypnosistechniques.
Past life regression sessionsoften reveal emotionally potent
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scenes relationships or traumasfrom previous lives that feel
authentic and deeply real to theindividual being regressed.
In many cases, accessing andresolving these past life
traumas can lead to healing inthe present.
Hypnotherapist like Dr.
Brian Weiss, who's a Yaletrained psychiatrist, had
brought past life regressioninto the mainstream with books
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like Many Lives, many masters,which recounts the breakthrough
journey of one patient who beganrecalling vivid past life scenes
during regression therapy.
Many lives, many Masters was areally eye-opening book for me,
and I highly recommend it.
Another well-known modality isQHHT, quantum Healing Hypnosis
Technique, which was developedby Dolores Cannon.
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She conducted thousands ofsessions over her 40 year
career.
Her work documented not onlypast life memories, but also in
between life experiences andsoul level insights that deeply
resonate with people seekingunderstanding of their life's
purpose.
I've also experienced QHHTsessions, both of which were
extremely profound.
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While skeptics might dismisshypnosis as imaginative
storytelling, the emotionalintensity often verifiable
historical details andpsychological breakthroughs
experienced by participantssuggest something much deeper is
happening.
Sure.
There are always going to bepeople who make up sensational
stories to get attention.
But in the majority of cases,especially with the children,
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these are regular people who arejust looking for answers and
don't have a reason to lie forattention.
Anecdotal.
Evidence is evidence, and it'scertainly not reliable 100% of
the time, but there are nosources of data that are
reliable 100% of the time.
Even the most rigorousscientific studies have margins
of error.
Reincarnation.
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Skeptics often talk aboutdouble-blind placebo controlled
experiments as the gold standardwhen it comes to collecting
unbiased, high qualityexperimental data.
Those same people often makethis faulty assumption.
That because double-blindplacebo controlled studies are
not used to gather the evidencefor reincarnation, it means that
the evidence is invalid orirrelevant.
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And that assumption could not befurther from the truth.
It's impossible to create adouble-blind, placebo controlled
experiment that will work tocollect the kind of evidence we
encounter in instances wherepeople report remembering past
lives.
The double blind is simply notan adequate tool for that job.
If you take a closer look at theresults of double-blind placebo
controlled experiments, youmight be surprised that the
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results are often veryunimpressive.
Trust me, I went to college foran undergrad in microbiology and
chemistry, and spent a couple ofyears working in labs doing
various forms of scientificresearch.
Which included analyzing penguinpoop from Antarctica and bovine
tuberculosis, among otherthings, the truth is
double-blind, placebo controlledexperiments are only as good as
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the researchers conducting them.
As of 2024, there have been anaverage of 1,284 drugs recalled
every year by the FDA since2012.
Nearly a third of the drugsapproved by the FDA in that
timeframe were ultimatelyrecalled due to excessive
adverse events or a lack ofefficacy.
And guess what?
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Each of those thousands ofrecall drugs had to undergo
numerous double-blind placebocontrolled studies in order to
get the FDA's approval forrelease to the public.
The, doubleblind has its place,but it's not the end all be all.
Besides, there's an enormousamount of solid, impactful
research across many fields ofstudy that don't rely on a
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double-blind to gather data.
So we must ask ourselves, is itreally necessary for evidence to
be gathered via double-blindplacebo experiment to be real
and valid?
I think we all know the answerto that question.
when a skeptic says that there'sno scientific evidence for
reincarnation.
What they really mean is thatthere's no scientific evidence
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that was gathered exactly theway that they would prefer it to
be gathered At its core denyingreincarnation comes down to
belief, not evidence.
It would be like me trying toargue against the existence of a
place that I've never been to.
And that conversation wouldprobably go something like this.
HypeMiC & FaceTime HD Cam (15:40):
Yeah, man.
So I'm getting all geared upfrom my big trip to Madagascar.
HypeMiC & FaceTime HD Came (15:44):
Bro, I hate to break it to you, but
Madagascar isn't a real place.
It was just made up in a Disneymovie.
Madagascar is as real as FengGully or Shrek.
What exactly makes you think that
Madagascar doesn't exist?
HypeMiC & FaceTime HD Camer (16:00):
You expect me to believe in a place
that I've never been to.
Not only that, I don't even knowanybody who's been to
Madagascar.
I just don't see any evidencefor it.
HypeMiC & FaceTime HD Came (16:10):
Have you tried looking it up online?
Yeah.
It's a Disney movie, but it'salso a real place.
And you realize you can buy aplane ticket and go there,
right?
HypeMiC & FaceTime HD Camer (16:22):
Oh, okay.
And now I'm supposed to trusteverything I see on the
internet.
I am not falling for that.
I've done my fair share oftraveling and I've never once
seen a flight going to or comingfrom Madagascar.
HypeMiC & FaceTime HD Cam (16:35):
Yeah.
Okay.
So there probably aren't manydomestic one-way flights to
Madagascar, but that doesn'tmean it isn't a real place.
You would probably have to takea week off work and spend a
couple grand on flights.
But you could definitely getthere and find out for yourself.
Those pictures could be from literally
anywhere, and your evidence isprobably just made up by people
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who are trying to get attention.
You expect me to invest my timeand energy to try to find a
place that I don't even believeexists, even if it was a real
place.
I have no desire or reason to gothere, bro.
You loco.
What else are you gonna try totell me that aliens exist?
Just to be clear, I am not aMadagascar denier, but what you
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just saw demonstrates the logicused to negate the existence of
reincarnation.
If the Madagascar denier put inthe time and effort to play in
the trip, buy the plane tickets,get their passport, take time
off work, get to the differentflights, they could actually go
there and experience it forthemselves if they had a desire
to do it.
In the same way, if areincarnation denier were to put
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in the time and effort to lookinto the well-established
research, if they were to readthe numerous books and multitude
of verified case studies aroundchildren, all those children who
remember things that theyshouldn't know, then maybe they
would look at thingsdifferently.
It's very easy to find aqualified hypnotherapist or QHHT
practitioner who will conduct apast life regression session
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with someone if they reallywanted to know.
So as of today, reincarnationdoes remain a topic that's up
for debate and.
That's not for lack of evidence,but for lack of effort put forth
by the skeptics.
I am not saying that we shouldtake every story or potential
piece of evidence at face value.
It's important to espouse ahealthy degree of skepticism
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when looking into phenomena thatconventional science hasn't
fully accepted.
But there's a fine line betweenskepticism and
closed-mindedness.
At what point do we take a stepback, look at the mountain of
data from the myriad ofdifferent sources, and consider
the broader implications.
When will we acknowledge thatthe lack of replicable
experiments might just beevidence of a deficiency in our
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current scientific understandingand not proof that reincarnation
is a hoax?
I get, how reincarnation mightbe a tough pill for some people
to swallow, because believing inreincarnation has some pretty
profound implications To believein reincarnation means that
certain popular religiousbeliefs have to be discarded,
and many religious teachingsmust be brought into question.
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To question one's own faith andentire worldview can be really
challenging, especially if thatperson doesn't have a direct
experience to contradict theircurrent perspective, which is
the case for every reincarnationdenier I've ever met.
It also means that theconsequences of our actions in
this life will remain with us.
Karma and the law of balance arereal.
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What we do will come back to usin this life or the next.
If reincarnation is real, thendeath is like getting out of an
old vehicle, and just becausethe car is parked doesn't mean
that you're outstanding.
Speeding.
Tickets go away.
And if our consciousness reallydoes survive death and we
reincarnate.
The next question is, what thehell have I been doing in my
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past lives?
That is where things get reallyinteresting.
If you wanna hear a crazy storyfrom one of my past lives, click
this video right here.
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