If there is no such thing as reincarnation, why do we have de-ja-voo?

Answer 1

I agree that de-ja-vu is future memory. I believe that it is true that our subconscious mind can see into the future and sometimes releases this info to us so that when the event actually happens we experience de-ja-vu. However, I believe that the reason the subconscious mind has this memory is because prior to our current incarnation we choose the life we will be born into in order to accomplish certain spiritual goals that we have decided to work on in this incarnation.

I do believe in reincarnation also. And I believe Jesus did also. Most of it was removed from the Bible at the Nicea council when the teachings of Origen were declared heretical. but some of the scriptures still remain.

And the disciples asked him, saying, "Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
But he answered them and said, "Elijah indeed is to come and will restore all things. But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know him, but did to him whatever they wished. So also shall the Son of Man suffer at their hand."
Then the disciples understood that he had spoken of John the Baptist." (Matt. 17:10-13)

This is the one ... there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist ... And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come. He who has ears, let him hear. (Matt. 11:11-15

When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of Man is?"

They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets." (Matt. 16:13-14)

And as he was passing by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who has sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind?"

Jesus answered, "Neither has this man sinned, nor his parents, but the works of God were to be made manifest in him.'" (John 9:1-3)

You were born entirely in sins, and are you teaching us? (John 9:34 NAS)


This shows that even the Pharisees believed is possible to sin before you are born and this implies pre-existence and reincarnation.

The following Bible verse also supports pre-existence.

Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. (Psalm 51:5)


Unless pre-existence and reincarnation are true, the above Bible verse is completely absurd.

"And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it." (Gen. 28:12)

This vision of a passageway from earth to heaven appears in many near-death experiences and has been described as a tunnel, a cylinder, a funnel, a tube, a vortex, and other descriptions. In near-death experiences, it is the souls of humans that can be seen ascending and descending through this passageway.

He who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will he leave it." (Rev. 3:12)

This is a clear statement affirming the pre-existence of the soul and its corresponding concept - reincarnation. The assumption here is that people who do not overcome the world will have to leave this heavenly temple and return to earth

Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you. For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did."" (Matt. 21:32)

In this passage Jesus described two different groups of people entering heaven at different times. This statement is a clear refutation of the resurrection of souls at the end of time. Resurrection assumes that everyone will enter heaven at the same time. Reincarnation assumes that everyone enters heaven at the moment of death. For this reason, the only way for these tax collectors and prostitutes can enter heaven before the Pharisees is through the process of reincarnation.

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death.” (1 John 3:14

I tell you a truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again." (John 3:3)

Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused to be released, so that they might gain a better resurrection." (Heb. 11:32-35)

The above passage describes women receiving their dead through reincarnation which is the only method this can happen. Bodily resurrection can only happen through a miracle or at the end of time on Judgment Day according to the Persian concept of resurrection. But because this passage refers to an event in the past, then this cannot be a reference to a future "Judgment Day" when corpses crawl out of graves. The passage also mentions people refusing to die so they can live longer to do good works and obtain more favorable conditions in the next life.

Another Old Testament verse describes this cycle of nature:

"Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises. The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course. All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again ... What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun." (Eccl. 1:4-9)

Though they dig down to the depths of the grave, from there my hand will take them. Though they climb up to the heavens, from there I will bring them down." (Amos 9:2)

Answer 2

Deja vu does not prove or dicredit reincarnation.

The brain event that causes the experience of a deja vu is in something called by neurologists a simple partial seizure. In general terms a seizure is anytime that a group or circuit of neurons begin to fire uncontrolably, and in synchrony with each other. Such activity can be limited to a very small part of the brain, or it can hit the whole brain, and anything in between can happen.

There is a part of the brain called the hippocampus that plays a vital role in the storage of memories.

If a person has a seizure limited to the hippocampus/hippocampal gyrus region it can trigger the persons physiology to experience an abnormally exaggerated response of familiarity to what is in fact only normally familiar. The hippocampus doesn't merely store and retrieve memories, it is responsible for orchestrating an appropriate emotional response to them. It tells us how familiar something is. Usually it does this so perfectly we don't even realize it is something that needs doing. When the hippocampus is under the influence of a surge of uncontrolled neuronal firing the result is a sense of hyperfamiliarity that gets erroneously projected onto the environment, or onto what we are thinking about; whatever is in our attention.

Answer 3

De-ja-voo is not quite a rememberance of past lives. Instead, it has more to do with the idea that the human mind is able to see events in the future, even though we may not remember it until it happens. I've had several very strong experiences of de-ja-voo lately, and that "pre-knowledge" seems to have happened in every case. Usually, de-ja-voo is very specific to the situation.

Answer 4

to me de-ja-voo, shows me i am on the right track. I used to have it on occasion however once i met my soul mate, he and i both have it all the time. Dreams and sight into the future is tricky cause we can do some small thing and change the future for ourselves. De-ja-voo has nothing to do with our past lives, to tap into them you do a past life regression and learn about who you have been before now.

Answer 5

how does reincarnation explain de-ja-voo? unless your previous life is the same life your living now

Answer 6

Reincarnation and deja vo are merely beliefs... belief which is the key of maintaining a civilization. Whatever happen after we die is not certain. This deja vo, reincarnation, heaven and hell are taught for a reason..... what we need to know is the purpose why we are here. All of us are here for a reason and whatever happens it happens for a reason

Answer 7

If I walk into a room and think that I've been in that exact situation before and know what is coming next, how is a previous life going to explain that I know what is happening right now?

Answer 8

That has nothing to do with reincarnation. Besides reincarnataion means you would have been someone else in a different time period - not that you are reliving your life over and over. Dejavu has to do with brain chemistry.

Answer 9

No, it;s because we see things similar to other life memories we had, possibly memories we have trouble calling up but they might be from early childhood or something we have trouble placing

In as much as it is appointed for men to die once and then come judgement Hebrew 9:27

Answer 10

A change in the Matrix?

*waits to get pelted with raisinets and half filled coke bottles for the cliche answer*