..I truly believe we are inter-connected with our past. I do feel if we have visited a place, that it can become a part of our subconscious, but there's a reason for it. For myself, I'd like to believe a hidden message or meaning. I always equate it to going 'back' to search deeper until we pass. Some may never know this information, but after reading Casey's book on the Akashic files, explaining that life files are stored for us, made me think a bit more on the topic of our past lives. Is there more to this then meets the eye?

..Portals, in fiction, is a magical or technological doorway that connects two distant locations. Portals are a common concept in sci-fi and fantasy fiction. Either you must step through the frames of an object (a mirror, a gateway etc.) which serves as a portal or, when they stand alone, the portal will commonly appear in the form of a vortex of energy. Energy is linked to any ghost or spirit thus leading you down the path of orb phenoma and all the others following suit. All to confuse you of course! A less common portal form is what is called the Portkey, and is simply used when it is touched, whisking the person off to the place the Portkey was linked to. I wonder where it's link was hooked up to in order to create that effect?

..But, does a Vortex remain open or can it close? I'd imagine they are mobile and move about as anything in the Universe can't stay still or remain the same. Life is in constant motion as we are on the back of it's short ride, until we have to get off for the next crew to take a spin and continue on.

..Perhaps answering the question, it is said that a portal will link to a different spot in the same world (in which case it might be an alternative for teleportation); a parallel world (inter-dimensional portal); the past or the future (time portal); and other planes of existence, like heaven, hell or other afterworlds. Now, what if you don't believe in an after world or another world other then the one you currently reside in? That's ok because this is based on past experiences, theories and science and so, nonetheless very informative information. I find it exciting to learn about the what ifs and could it really be thought process. There is nothing wrong with a little bit of imagination and belief into the unknown! Portals are similar to the cosmological concept of a wormhole. Very neat indeed! This branches into out of body experiences in which we leave our body still connected by a thin, thin cord that will link us back to our body when done traveling.

..On reincarnation, literally meaning "to be made flesh again", is a belief that some essential part of a living being (in some ways only human beings) survives death to be reborn into a new body. This is referred to as the Spirit or Soul, the 'Higher or True Self', 'Divine Spark', 'I' or the 'Ego' (not to confuse you with the ego definition by psychology terms.) According to these beliefs, a new soul begins again for each life in the physical world, but some part of the being remains constantly present throughout these successive lives. Is it possible that our past portals are our doorways to reincarnations?

..The belief in reincarnation is an ancient phenomenon. However, we have adapted it into our society as there are many good reads on the subject itself. The majority who believe come from, Indian religious traditions, such as Hinduism (including Yoga, Vaishnavism, and Shaivism), Jainism, Sikhism, Ancient Greek philosophers and many modern Pagans. Some New Age movements, along with followers of Spiritism, practitioners of certain African traditions, and students of esoteric philosophies such as Kabbalah, Sufism and Gnostic and Esoteric Christianity, also believe. I am out of breath just naming the list. The concept of Rebirth (reincarnation) comes from the Buddhist. New Age movements feel there is no "self" (or eternal soul) to reincarnate. As you can see, every culture has it's way in describing their thoughts and beliefs on this one topic.

..During recent decades, there is a minority of people in the West have developed a belief in reincarnation. It shows from the entertainment industry to contemporary books, as well as popular songs, regularly mentioning reincarnation, coming back or I have been here before. Some researchers, such as Professor Ian Stevenson (pictured RIGHT) and Dr. Hans Holzer Ph.D (pictured LEFT), have explored the issue of reincarnation and published suggestive evidence. Some skeptics are critical of their work and others say that more reincarnation research is needed.

..Like reincarnation, there is pre-incarnation, which is the belief of reborn in a new body. Oppose the reborn with former personality, pre-incarnation is the reborn with future life's new soul. Futurist visionaries are the examples of pre-incarnational thought. I feel this could be my actual generation of Thirty somethings. The belief in reincarnation was probably commonplace among the Vikings, since the annotator of the Poetic Edda wrote that people used to believe in it, but that it was in his (Christian) time considered "old wife's folly."

..In a fairly typical case, I quote a true story to show one example. "A boy in Beirut spoke of being a 25-year-old mechanic, thrown to his death from a speeding car on a beach road. According to multiple witnesses, the boy provided the name of the driver, the exact location of the crash, the names of the mechanic's sisters and parents and cousins, and the people he went hunting with - all of which turned out to match the life of a man who had died several years before the boy was born, and who had no apparent connection to the boy's family."- Professor Stevenson.

..It was felt that this strict method ruled out all possible "normal" explanations for the child’s memories. However, it should be noted that a significant majority of Professor Stevenson's reported cases of reincarnation originate in Eastern societies, where dominant religions often permit the concept of reincarnation. Following this type of criticism, Stevenson published a book on European cases suggestive of reincarnation.The most obvious objection to reincarnation is that there is no evidence of a physical process by which a personality could survive death, and travel to another body, and researchers such as Professor Stevenson and Dr. Hans Holzer from Life Beyond: Compelling Evidence for Past Lives and Existence After Death, recognize this. Another fundamental objection is that most people simply do not remember previous lives, although it could be argued that only some, but not all, people reincarnate.

..Again, we are left to our own devices whether or not you or I believe in reincarnation. If you experience it you do, if you believe simply based on past and present, then you do and if you don't believe in anything these questions remain unanswered. Having some sort of belief in anything that is not tangible, is based on feelings, emotions, and digging deep within yourself, is a good thing. Do we not have too many negatives in this world not to believe in something, regardless of prior experience or there lack of?

..Some skeptics explain that claims of evidence for reincarnation originate from selective thinking and the psychological phenomena of false memories, that often result from one's own belief system and basic fears, and thus cannot be counted as empirical evidence. So, the need for more reincarnation research will always be at hand, as with any one stormy topic under the paranormal umbrella. Always be well - Alexandra Holzer.

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