Monthly General Meeting
Saturday, April 11, 2009, 7:30 pm at the First Universalist Church at Hampden Avenue and Colorado Boulevard in Denver. The church is on the notheast corner. Enter parking lot from Ash Street. We're meeting in the round (north) building. Meeting fee $3 for both members and guests. Come early and stay late to socialize.
Reincarnation
Survival of Consciousness through Many Lifetimes
Allen Ernst
Mensan Allen Ernst, new to Denver, will share the insights he has gained from many years of study of reincarnation, which included a two-week intensive seminar with psychiatrist Ian Stevenson, MD. Stevenson’s work in this area was ground breaking, and during his lifetime he compiled some 2500 case studies offering very compelling evidence of the survival of consciousness. Allen will be introducing us to the work of Jim Tucker, also a psychiatrist from the University of Virginia and the author of Life Before Life, who is currently the foremost researcher in this field. Tucker has examined and quantified Stevenson’s data, and derives some inferences about the nature of the operation of Karma. Allen will be talking about Tucker’s suggested new model for understanding Karma as well as five types of proof for reincarnation: déjà vu, hypnotic regression, spontaneous recall, birthmark correlation and The Past-Life Experiment. Allen participated in this experiment, and will give us the inside information about what happened.
Allen has a B.A. from the University of Colorado and a Master’s from the University of South Alabama, both in Psychology. He is now working in the mental health field and publishing research on dietary factors and fibromyalgia.
For those of us who are feeling caught in the ever-accelerating pace of change, Allen shares this vignette which illustrates the concept of time in India, which is so different from the way most of us in the West experience time:
An old Buddhist monk is lying under a tree of many, many dark green, small leaves – far too many to count. The tiny leaves rustle and move in the breeze. The monk is thinking of Karma and the progression of the Soul through lifetimes. Suddenly, he wonders how many lives he will need before his soul is refined and pure, so he asks the Spirit: “Oh Great Buddha, how many lives must I lead before I can join your spirit?” The leaves rustle, and the answer comes back: “As many lives as there are leaves on this tree. The monk smiles in contentment: Ah, he thinks, so soon, so soon!
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