5. Why do Scientologists believe in past lives?
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This article is from the New Readers Scientology FAQ, by rkeller@netaxs.com (Rod Keller) with numerous contributions by others.
5. Why do Scientologists believe in past lives?
Answer By: Rogue Agent <rogue@denali.ccs.neu.edu>
Scientologists do something called auditing, where they think back to
past events in their lives and remember the experience. Sometimes when
they do this they find the memory is of a past life. Skeptics question
whether these memories are of real or imagined events.
Answer By: Mark Adams <adams@psilink.com>
Since Scientologists conceive of themselves as spiritual beings who
'animate' a body, their life need not be limited by the lifetime of a
body. Much literature has explored the possibility that people may have
memories of existences prior to their present life. Outside of
Scientology, cases have been documented where a persons memories under
hypnosis have been independently verified and documented.
So the concept of living as different human beings is not unique to
Scientology. And I know of no rules requiring a being to inhabit a human
body. One could be an Antelope, Zebra, Tree or Rock if one chose so.
Some, upon being liberated from their body may just hang around.
This is very much different from the strict definitions of
reincarnation, which to my understanding, leave little control in the
individuals hands as to what he returns as.
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