The consensus appears to be that genetic memory could play a role of some
kind, but it's not sufficient to explain past-life memories. Because, it's
obvious that in order for a person to transmit a past-life memory
genetically, that person has to procreate. But you can't transmit memories
of dying, because, you don't get the *chance* to procreate afterwards,
right?
Also, for many of the past lives that have been verified, it has been
obvious that there is no genetic blood line.
There are some additional things to consider. Carol Bowman has written a
book which describes cases in which people appear to have reincarnated back
into their own (extended) family. So this confuses the issue where genetic
transmission is concerned.
Years ago I remember reading about a study in psychology class, where they
taught some kind of worm to "run" a simple maze. Then they ground up the
trained worms and fed them to untrained worms--you guessed it, the untrained
worms fed on ground up trained worms, ran the maze better than untrained
worms fed a regular diet.
So *some* kind of memory apparently can be transmitted biologically, at
least in worms.
Here's my personal theory--everything in the physical body is a reflection
of the "blueprint" of the non-physical or spiritual world. Therefore, I
would not be surprised if both were true. There is non-physical memory of
past lives in the *mind*, and there is also the physical replica of it in
the *body*, perhaps at a cellular level.
Now that brings us to cellular memory, another angle. Some people say that
memory is not just contained in the *brain*, but in every cell in the body.
So the stomach "remembers", the lungs "remember", etc. It is true that
massage can trigger past-life memories around events that affected that
particular part of the body in the past life. But, of course, this doesn't
prove cellular memory.
So, bottom-line, I don't think it's a matter of "either-or"...
Steve S.
"Howard Olson" <howardolson at ausi.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know about the issue of reincarnation versus genetic memory?
> It seems possible that there could be a connection....
>> H