Past lives (Introduction)

by dhw, Wednesday, November 06, 2013, 19:48 (4035 days ago) @ David Turell

DAVID: Wow. Supports my idea of species consciousness:-http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/bering-in-mind/2013/11/02/ian-stevensons-case-for-t...-dhw: Many thanks for this amazing article. 
DAVID: Don't thank me. I'm constantly looking for new approaches and findings.-That is why I thank you. Your search provides a constant source of education and wonderment for the rest of us.-Dhw: I can see very clearly how it all ties in with the concept of individual identities surviving the death of individual bodies, but perhaps, David, you could elaborate on how you think it supports the idea of species consciousness.-DAVID: The concept of species consciousness from Sheldrake's work implies that at some electromagentic quantum level floating around in our reality some of us can pick up the signals and even act upon them unconsciously. The cross word experiment to point: Published in London, solving in x time by subjects. Published later in Liverpool and solved in less time!!! That is just one example of what he produced Across generations the memories are preserved for the babies in human species conscousness. Could there be another mechanism. Certainly. Monarch butterflies come to mind. Migration maintained thru 4-6 generations with metamophosis thrown in. How is that done? Genome memory probably, unless we invoke butterfly species consciousness, and must keep our minds open to that interpretation.-Thank you again, but I understand the concept, and you have offered us these examples before (along with the blue tits), except for the new one of memories preserved for babies. That is what I don't understand. We are dealing here with reincarnation of individuals, with isolated experiences peculiar to those individuals. They have no value in themselves, and are often distressing. In the "brief guide", I tell a similar story drawn from my wife's family ... a child died, and another was born soon after and later recalled scenes from the dead child's life. This has nothing to do with any sort of mass communication: it's memory passed from one to one. And unlike your bluetits and your Monarchs, the memories appear to fade. What has that to do with species consciousness? I wish more research was being done on NDEs, transplant memories, reincarnation memories, and your species consciousness, but you may be right: we just need to find connections.