{"id":117050,"date":"2021-08-12T17:04:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T00:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=117050"},"modified":"2021-08-12T17:04:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T00:04:40","slug":"plan-your-rebirth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/08\/12\/plan-your-rebirth\/","title":{"rendered":"PLAN YOUR REBIRTH"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

Without accepting a\nreligion, but simply developing a realisation of the importance of compassion\nand love, with more concern and respect for others, a kind of spiritual\ndevelopment is possible for those persons who are outside of religion<\/em><\/strong>\u201d-\nDalai Lama.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Kalu, who lives in Hertfordshire, UK, was intrigued by Nadi Astrology after two readings, once as a teenager and for the second time, when he was 52 years old. He comes out with some fascinating stories based on his personal experiences and considers himself a scientist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 He was teaching science and\nmathematics in the UK colleges at various levels. Upon retirement, he delved\ninto rebirth, meditation, Buddhism, Hinduism, and other religions. Such\nexploration drove him into research and his book \u2013 Plan your next rebirth.\u2019 He\nbelieves the idea of rebirth will also persist in the future due to the\nexceptional data emerging from digital Media. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He knows all ancestors believed in\nreincarnation, irrespective of their religions. In the modern world, around 69\nper cent believe in an afterlife. Some may have a preference to be born in a\nseparate part of the world, but the idea of choosing the next life\u2019s parents\nsounds dubious possibility. It is a known fact that some communities have\npractised this idea for a long time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What the author wants is for\nreaders to think logically and scientifically. Many Buddhists aspire to reach\nNirvana. It is a state where there is neither suffering nor desire! Any person\nwho attains this state will never be born again, according to Buddhism and\nHinduism. The author believes some are inclined not to aspire to reach Nirvana\nif one feels that he has not led a virtuous life, and as a result he might not\nbe allowed into Nirvana. Nevertheless, one may feel he needs more time and\nopportunity to correct himself by being reborn as a human being. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, it will be a case of\nvoluntarily joining a swim in the ocean of Samsara (being continually reborn),\nwhere one will be able to correct himself and engage in more humanitarian deeds\nin the form of service to humans and animals. The author emphasises that it is\na rare opportunity to be born as a human being and states that during the\nevolution process, the \u2018soul\u2019 constitutes two aspects: Nama (part of the being)\nand Rupa (physical body). The purpose of publishing a book on a complex nature\nhas resulted from the author himself deliberating upon his next birth!\nReligion, he says, is inherited from birth (as a birthright!). He was\ninfluenced by reading the book titled The Tibetan Art of preventing from before\nconception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 The book examines the\nBuddhist, Hindu and Abrahamic religions and compares each religion\u2019s\nsimilarities and differences. The author confirms that every religion accepts\nan afterlife. Buddhists and Hindus believe in a continuous cycle of death and\nrebirth, which ends in Nirvana or Moksha, respectively. In the chapter devoted\nto Karma, the author considers Karma as a driving force for the human being to\ntravel through the cycle of rebirth. Good deeds always give noble consequences\n– even in the present life or in future births. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Non-Buddhists often question why\nsomeone who is engaged in evil deeds has good luck, while others who engage in\nmeritorious deeds end up being losers.\u201d The answer to this question lies in the\naccumulation of Karma during past lives. If bad Karma is in excess, a person\nwho performs meritorious deeds would still have to face misfortunes to negate\nthe bad Karma in his past life! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nadi Astrology <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a form of fascinating\nastrology where Indian saints or Rishis in Southern India had scribed many\nindividuals\u2019 past, present and future on Palm Leaves around 2000 to 3000 years\nago, under Devas (Deities). Books written on Ola leaves Nadi were stored by\nKing Serfoji of Tanjore in South India. The scripts are also available in\nBambalapitiya. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The author\u2019s readings have been a\nmemorable experience. The author advises every reader of his book to experience\nit and gives the Bambalapitiya house address in the book. When someone visits\nthe Bambalapitiya abode, the volunteer places his right thumb impression\n(ladies left thumb) and registers their date of birth on a piece of\npaper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is the only requirement\nneeded. After enrolling all who are present, an official will call out, one by\none, according to one\u2019s date of birth. Later, a date is fixed for the reading.\nOn the day of the assignment, the recipient will have to select the appropriate\nleaf out of the bundle of ola leaves. The father\u2019s name and mother\u2019s name will\nbe read out from the ola leaf and verified. The reader will then ask several\nquestions to ascertain the accuracy of the right person before the reading\ncommences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The recipients must answer \u2018yes\u2019\nor \u2018no\u2019 basis and nothing more. If the father\u2019s and mother\u2019s names are wrong,\nthat ola leaf gets discarded and the reader picks up a new leaf. The process of\nelimination goes on until the reader comes up with the right ola leaf. The\nprocess can last up to 30 minutes. The person who gets the reading does not\nhave to elaborate on any answer. There are 12 to 13 chapters, but chapter one\nis compulsory to identify the recipient. At the end of the reading, each one\ngets a recorded tape for future reference. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mediums <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The author describes Kanthi, a\n40-year woman operating from a Devale in Dambulla, Sri Lanka (her address is\nmentioned in the book). Anyone visiting her Devale gets called into her shrine\nroom. In front of her is an \u2018Anjanam Anduna\u2019 with an oil lamp. She stares at\nthe screen for a moment and starts shaking her head frantically. Her normal\nvoice changes and addresses the recipient in a changed tone: Whatever you want\nfrom me, just keep it in your mind, but do not tell me\u201d, She would say. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then she focuses on the\nrecipient\u2019s mind and utters some words in a peculiar language. It is supposed\nto be her Deva\u2019s speech, but she translates it into Sinhala. The author\nenquired after his neighbour\u2019s young daughter Zoe, who suddenly was down with\nCRPS \u2013 Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. She said to Peter Kalu: You are asking\nabout a pretty foreign girl!\u201d Then Kanthi\u2019s medium (deva) had divulged to Peter\nKalu, They have already found a suitable doctor for treatment for the girl,\nand there is no need for me to do anything. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take this Talisman and give it to\nher.\u201d Peter Kalu explains in the book how Zoe\u2019s right leg became motionless\nsuddenly, and later, her entire leg became dysfunctional. Doctors in Harley\nStreet, London, and the Royal Hospitals in Bath, reiterated that there was no\ntreatment for her condition\u201d and gave up treating the girl. When Peter Kalu\nreturned to Maidenhead, after his holiday in Sri Lanka and contacted Zoe\u2019s\nfamily, they told him that they found a practitioner in Dublin, who would treat\nher using a machine called Calamare. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They were taking Zoe the following\nmorning to Dublin. It coincided with what Kanthi said in Sri Lanka. Peter Kalu\nwas flabbergasted. Zoe wore the Talisman given by Kanthi until she completely\nrecovered. Since then, she has got married and has a child. There was no sign\nof CRPS for six years until the author recorded this incident in his\nbook. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Change of Karma <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another school of thought is that\na persona may remove his Karma if he sincerely regrets it, yet what is\nimpossible to delete is accumulated from past lives. Therefore, the author\u2019s\nadvice for readers of his book is to change one\u2019s life by eschewing negative\ntraits. These are greed, hatred, violence, anger, envy, conceit, dishonesty,\npride, stubbornness; one needs to be generous and help others, especially those\nborn less fortunate. The author\u2019s view is that there is only one way to lead a\nsensible life – practise vipassana meditation, which is very popular among\nBuddhists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reincarnation <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Virginia University-based Dr.\nIan Stevenson worked for 50 years on reincarnation with Professor Carlson until\nCarlson\u2019s death in 2007. In the USA, the word \u2018reincarnation\u2019 is taboo yet\naccepted globally in Buddhist and Hindu communities. The book also discusses\nmany rebirths both in Europe and Eastern countries. There is a special request\nfrom the author to readers to have a Google search on Purnima Ekanayake on\nreincarnation. She was a male incense stick vendor in her previous life, now\nreincarnated as a woman. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, the author states that\nhumans have evolved since they appeared on Earth with their thinking ability to\nthink. Humans are more developed than any other animal, which is why some\npeople can comprehend more than others. According to Buddhist cosmology, there\nare thirty-one planes of existence. Buddhists and Hindus believe deities occupy\ntwenty realms, ten realms by Devas and one domain by humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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