Reincarnation: What evokes deja-vu in you?

[Corvis Canis Latrans]

So I'm curious, what things seem familiar to you even though you never lived them?

At the moment, I've been looking at home designs and interior photos from across this past century.

Nothing invokes that deja-vu feeling more strongly than 1950s home interiors:

http://neat-stuff-blog.blogspot.com/2008/02/1950s-interiors.html

What about you? Care to post any images or sites that just give that feeling of familiarity and connection? Or revulsion, as they say.

Example of revulsion: Vietnam, though Saigon has emotionally positive overtones, Ho Chi Minh city is bad. American soldiers in Vietnam, not negative, but when I've done my own research into the era of the Vietnam War, there does seem to be a certain skin tone and body type that sets off a definite fear response in me. I have had dreams that I was a 12 year old boy from Saigon, and those dreams involve something bad bursting up from the ground (landmine or perhaps poison? I don't know, the dreams were never that specific, but he was an innocent jokester type and it killed him).

Interesting in typing this out there's probably a contradiction in dates, unless 1950s was the end of one life and Saigon boy was born during the war (unless reincarnation is nonlinear in relation to historical time periods).

[WereWitch]

I always feel a sensation of "home" when I look at pictures of Ireland. I love looking at the country, so green and lush. Pictures like this just make me feel so happy and uplifted.

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/images/photos/photo_lg_ireland.jpg

[Toki Wartooth]

Places/times that have given me inexplicable nostalgia:
- Japan, when there were still samurai and daimyos
- Victorian England
- Julio-Claudian Rome, including a couple of decades before and maybe after
- 1930s U.S., particularly the northeast...around MA and MD, I feel

Places/times/whatever that inexplicable do not sit well with me:
- France...French...almost anything (though I have a strange fascination for Robespierre; I also crush on Voltaire)
- Much of U.S. history, many U.S. places :lol: (minus the northeastern region)

ETA: Wiki: Pergamon Museum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pergamon_Museum)
Pergamon Museum (http://www.smb.museum/smb/standorte/index.php?lang=en&p=2&objID=27&n=15)
I felt very "at home" here; it was ridiculous. I want totally spazzy by taking 23947279 photographs everywhere, all the time. A lot of it's Greek, but still. I found some Roman, anyway, and I went berserk. I loved it there. <3

[ninurta2008]

So I'm curious, what things seem familiar to you even though you never lived them?

At the moment, I've been looking at home designs and interior photos from across this past century.

Nothing invokes that deja-vu feeling more strongly than 1950s home interiors:

http://neat-stuff-blog.blogspot.com/2008/02/1950s-interiors.html

What about you? Care to post any images or sites that just give that feeling of familiarity and connection? Or revulsion, as they say.

Example of revulsion: Vietnam, though Saigon has emotionally positive overtones, Ho Chi Minh city is bad. American soldiers in Vietnam, not negative, but when I've done my own research into the era of the Vietnam War, there does seem to be a certain skin tone and body type that sets off a definite fear response in me. I have had dreams that I was a 12 year old boy from Saigon, and those dreams involve something bad bursting up from the ground (landmine or perhaps poison? I don't know, the dreams were never that specific, but he was an innocent jokester type and it killed him).

Interesting in typing this out there's probably a contradiction in dates, unless 1950s was the end of one life and Saigon boy was born during the war (unless reincarnation is nonlinear in relation to historical time periods).
Seeing that time isn't linear, that isn't a problem unless the times overlap.

For me, the slums of India looked familiar to home, but more so Pakistan. Why? maybe i was there in another life.

I just know I was really poor (I didn't have a tv, I didn't even have furniture). Then again, I also didnt remember seeing lights like i have now, so it might've just been a remote area back more in time.

Though it doesn't seem like home, I remember north korea (or at least some place really similar), because of the architecture. I remember running and people beside me were running. Then again it could've been china, the Tianenmen square protests did occur months before I was born. I don't know where, all I know is that I got in trouble for rebelling. Though I have awful good karma, because this life is better than that one (and I have more money), and that one was better than the one prior (well at least I think it was the one before).

Though I could just be confused, I realized where my memory of a tsunami came from, this life. I was an infant and was at the ocean, no tsunami, just water that seemed huge.

[ninurta2008]

As for deja vu, thats lead me to believe I lived this life before. That's one of the things that attracted me to the babylonian world view, they saw it as eternal and cyclical.

though they didnt believe in reincarnation, I do. I dont really believe in karma though.

[Glowy]

Not so much a place, but like an entire situation has happened. I will know what the person will say next, a hand gesture etc. I am always so shocked that I don't say what they are going to say before hand. I always get a chill up the back of my neck before it happends. This is something that only happends maybe once or twice a year

[TeamTwig]

Though I've never been there (in this life anyway) I'm drawn to Egypt. I am also very drawn to 1920's chicago and new york. Brown/Greystone construction draws me as well. Coastal New England pulls at me too - and has always been "home" to me. When I go back to MA to visit my parents, it's hard for me to leave.

[Sollie]

Not so much a place, but like an entire situation has happened. I will know what the person will say next, a hand gesture etc. I am always so shocked that I don't say what they are going to say before hand. I always get a chill up the back of my neck before it happends. This is something that only happends maybe once or twice a year
This happens to me a whole lot.

As far as reincarnation goes, I will post more on that later lol.

[Siwan]

- Egypt (http://www.jaunted.com/files/admin/egypt5.jpg)
I've actually visited this life during regression. Dies by the nile, oh the irony.
- Japan (http://www.yesicanusechopsticks.com/nikko/Main-Nikko-Shrine.jpg)
I remember when I was around 10-13 I used to refuse for my mother to cut my hair. It used to be down to my butt and I was determind to get it to me knees. My mum went as far as getting my cousin to hold me down. I supposedly shouted 'stop making me ugly you obaa'. I actually meant to say Ogre (I was fairytale mad at the time.) This was all really distinctive.

It wasn't until this year I found out japanese woman during the Heian era had floor-length hair as a mark of beauty for court ladies. Oh and obaa actually means old woman. XD
- Victorian England (http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/8/7/2/5/highres_6694597.jpeg)
I actually have a hatred for victorian history but it just feels so real. I reckon I was a work house person or a chimney sweeper and died young.

[meowmeow]

Premonitions invoke alot of deja' vu feelings for me, it's kinda hard to seperate them sometimes..

But anytime I see a mountain forest, my heart screams with glee. :)

[ninurta2008]

Premonitions do that for me too, so much so that I believe i may have lived this life before. Weird huh?I get deja vu alongside premonitions alot.

[Élistariel]

I haven't thought about this in years! I wrote most of it down.
Eh, since this isn't directly about reincarnation I'll leave out what I know of my past lives. (unless someone wants to know then just ask)

I don't really have deja vu so much anymore. Probably because my days are boring and I have no job and never go anywhere...

I do feel a connection with all things Celtic. I remember a past life in... well I can't really say Ireland, England, etc since it was so long ago. That general area. That's one I remember a bit more about.
Funny thing is I remembered my hair color and what my dress looked like. Then a while later this Irish Barbie comes out and what do you know the darned thing looked a good deal like I did. Weird. :weirdsmil

I am repelled by most things Hindu. I don't hate them. In fact I think Indian dress is gorgeous, and the culture fascinating. I just have a DEEP feeling that it's not for me. I'm simply not supposed to do or be part of anything Hindu. I couldn't tell you why though.

I think I feel a deeper connection for Celtic because of my ancestry. I am celtic, at least in part. I have zero Hindi / Indian ancestry. At the same time I don't, for example have any Japanese ancestry. I don't feel repelled by things Japanese.
It's like I can go and visit the Japanese pantheon and hang out a bit, but I'm not allowed over at the Hindu dieties house. Again don't ask me why, just a feeling.

Oh! I almost forgot one of my more recent ones. In one life I drowned on a boat or ship. I just remember I got stuck in my cabin. I also remember that my spirit stayed around my body longer than it should have. Let's just say Elistariel doesn't like fish. They give me the heebie jeebies.

[Corvis Canis Latrans]

Premonitions do that for me too, so much so that I believe i may have lived this life before. Weird huh?I get deja vu alongside premonitions alot.

I've always wondered if it is possible that we do live parts of (or entire) lives over again.

I occasionally have very vivid "dreams" that I'm visiting with an alternative version of myself in a reality where either I or people I know made different decisions which affected the course of my life in significant ways.

Also had deja-vu feelings for certain things. Usually minor or trivial things, typically mundane, but occasionally odd....

[Siwan]

I think I feel a deeper connection for Celtic because of my ancestry. I am celtic, at least in part. I have zero Hindi / Indian ancestry. At the same time I don't, for example have any Japanese ancestry. I don't feel repelled by things Japanese.
It's like I can go and visit the Japanese pantheon and hang out a bit, but I'm not allowed over at the Hindu dieties house. Again don't ask me why, just a feeling.


I have a feeling the Egyptian gods would take one look at me and start laughing. Whenever I see images I feel awfully embarrassed. XD

[XxBluexHeartxX]

i don't think my deja vu is
reincarnation since i get deja vu while
on the computer XD

[Shawn Blackwolf]

"What evokes deja-vu in you?"

I could swear I have been asked this before...:smileroll

[Infinite Grey]

Now and the future. Déjà vu and Jamais vu are interesting quirks of the memory (and possibly related to some disorders) but for some, disappointingly mundane. :weirdsmil

--edit--

I should point out that this is personal opinion - as Déjà vu neigh on impossible to recreate in lab settings, it really remains officially a bit of a mystery. But with some educated a speculation, some very reputable hypotheses can be formed.

[ninurta2008]

Now and the future. Déjà vu and Jamais vu are interesting quirks of the memory (and possibly related to some disorders) but for some, disappointingly mundane. :weirdsmil
What is jamais vu?

[Corvis Canis Latrans]

What is jamais vu?

It's sort of the opposite of deja-vu, when you go into a familiar place, say a room in your home, and for whatever reason there's this feeling of complete unfamiliarity.

[Infinite Grey]

What is jamais vu?


It's sort of the opposite of deja-vu, when you go into a familiar place, say a room in your home, and for whatever reason there's this feeling of complete unfamiliarity.

Thats about the size of it. I tend to have moments of it when I first wake up after a night of over indulgence http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/hangover.gif

[Convallaria]

It isn't deja-vu so much as a certainty that deep down I'm familiar with something.

For example I get a deep feeling of being at home when I see images of Canada during WWI up until WWII... I have no familiarity with WWII. Films that take place in the late 1800s up until the early 40's resonate with me.

[David19]

I don't mean to be offensive to people here, but, you may want to take a look at this article:

http://www.skepdic.com/dejavu.html

Deja vu is not "proof" of reincarnation, and is more likely a neurochemical reaction in your brain.

[Corvis Canis Latrans]

I don't mean to be offensive to people here, but, you may want to take a look at this article:

http://www.skepdic.com/dejavu.html

Deja vu is not "proof" of reincarnation, and is more likely a neurochemical reaction in your brain.

Not offended at all. Those sorts of things are fascinating.

I don't doubt there's a neurochemical component, any and I'm not altogether sure I believe in reincarnation, but the only way to feel anything at least begins with a neurochemical reaction in the brain, whether or not it's caused by external stimuli or a potential past life memory...the presence of a neurochemical reaction is required no matter what the trigger, so it neither proves nor contradicts. :)

[ninurta2008]

I don't mean to be offensive to people here, but, you may want to take a look at this article:

http://www.skepdic.com/dejavu.html

Deja vu is not "proof" of reincarnation, and is more likely a neurochemical reaction in your brain.
I read an article like that, I do see that as possible. I am always open to answers, actually I want them.

[David19]

Not offended at all. Those sorts of things are fascinating.

I don't doubt there's a neurochemical component, any and I'm not altogether sure I believe in reincarnation, but the only way to feel anything at least begins with a neurochemical reaction in the brain, whether or not it's caused by external stimuli or a potential past life memory...the presence of a neurochemical reaction is required no matter what the trigger, so it neither proves nor contradicts. :)


I read an article like that, I do see that as possible. I am always open to answers, actually I want them.

Glad you both enjoyed the article :).

[CatsAreGods]

I don't mean to be offensive to people here, but, you may want to take a look at this article:

http://www.skepdic.com/dejavu.html

Deja vu is not "proof" of reincarnation, and is more likely a neurochemical reaction in your brain.

Hmm...I read that article, and (even more than usual for "skeptic" sites) it was quite full of disclaimers such as "it is possible"and "may be caused by" and the most insulting "It is worth noting that the déjà vu feeling is common among psychiatric patients". In short, mainstream science (at least as represented by this article) know little more than anyone else about deja vu. And considering that thought itself is just a neurochemical reaction in your brain, describing deja vu thus does not really impugn it in any way.

[Chicory_Witch]

I've found this style of silverware that I get freaky feelings from called Meadowbrook or Heather. I own a single spoon and a spoon-bracelet in this style from 1936.

http://s.ecrater.com/stores/69470/4b426bc596382_69470n.jpg (http://www.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=6520929#)