Rebirth - A Theorem & its Corollary

Hi,

This is something, a thought that has been going on in my mind for a very long time & I decided to give it shape or rather put it in words & mail across to get reactions to the same.

I am sure most of you remember high school geometry where we had Theorems & Corollary’s of the Theorems. For those who don’t, I will give you a small example just to refresh your memories. For example, we have the Pythagoras Theorem which states that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. There was also a corollary based on the proof of the theorem that the remaining to sides of this triangle form a right-angle & that it lies opposite to the hypotenuse.

Keeping with this principle, I propose a theorem stating that – Rebirth is a fact & not fiction & a corollary to this theorem saying that – Brain is not the only seat of memory.

Now for the corollary to be proved as true, first it has to be proved that rebirth if a fact.

Theorem - Rebirth is a fact & not fiction.

Traditional science pooh-poohs the whole idea of rebirth as old world nonsense and believes only what can be proved scientifically. Fortunately, science has evolved and modern science, especially the parapsychology branch, has been trying to find answers to questions that weren’t even considered serious enough to warrant a search for an answer, let alone find one.

However, for establishing the concept of Rebirth as fact here, proof is necessary. Now the question that would most definitely rise in your mind is how in heaven’s name will I ever prove it? Well the answer to that is, I won’t. That is, somebody else has already gone to great lengths to document cases across the globe. Probably the best known collection of scientific data that appears to provide scientific proof that reincarnation is real is the life's work of Dr. Ian Stevenson. Dr. Stevenson has devoted the last forty years to the scientific documentation of past life memories of children from all over the world. He has over 3000 cases in his files. Many people, including skeptics and scholars, agree that these cases offer the best evidence yet for reincarnation. (For those who are still skeptical, please visit this link http://reluctant-messenger.com/reincarnation-proof.htm . This would go a long way in allaying your fears where a ‘western’ scientist has provided scientific & documentary evidence of rebirth).

Hence, due to lack of time & first hand knowledge and considering the authenticity & detailing of Dr. Stevenson’s work, I hereby surmise & submit as proof that rebirth is a fact & not fiction.

Now for the corollary.

Corollary to the Rebirth Theorem – Brain is not the only seat of memory.

What re-birth really means is having memory of an earlier life. Now everyone knows the story of Gautam Buddha wherein on attaining Nirvana, he remembered all his past lives. Here, we are dealing with lesser mortals & even rarer incidents of remembering our past lives.

Now, if the brain were the only seat of memory as is generally believed, then it is impossible for people to have any remembrance of a past life. For on death, every part of your body including your brain is destroyed & on birth, a new brain is created from scratch. So how is that any person can any memory of his/her past life.

Here I would like to enter into the unscientific grounds & propose that maybe it is recorded in the soul of an individual. If the scriptures are to be believed, the soul is a small particle that is situated in the heart region of individual. So, is it possible for something as miniscule as that to record so much in detail. Well let’s take modern day pen drives for example. Not only are they getting smaller in size with each passing day, they are also improving on the memory side. As it is today, we have pen drives that have around 40GB as memory. And that is a lot of memory. So imagine the kind of technology God can create. For him, this is no big deal.

So, taking the computer memory parallel further, if we equate the soul to a pen drive, the human body to a computer & the hard drive as the brain, then, we can say that certain data, if not all, can be saved into this pen drive/soul & password protected such that you cannot access these files without the proper password when plugged-in to another computer/body. However, for whatever reasons, some of us tend to remember this ‘password’ & can access these files. And thus, we have memories of a previous life or evidence of rebirth.

As to why this happens & why only a select few are fortunate enough (are they really?) to remember is something that I have no answer for. But for now, thus it is proved that for rebirth to be a fact, brain cannot be the only seat of memory.

I rest my case. Any takers?