Reincarnation Research

The Power of Souls: Twins are Murdered and then Reincarnate as Twins Again-Planning Lifetimes and The Past Life Cases of the Tripathi Twins and Ramoo and Rajoo

How derived: Past Life Memories in Childhood

Researchers: Ian Stevenson, MD, Erlander Harraldsson, PhD and L.P. Mehrota, PhD

From: Cases of the Reincarnation Type, Volume I, India, by Ian Stevenson, MD (pages 337-360)

The Lives of Bhimsen and Pitamah

The Tripathi twins, Bhimsen and Pitamah, were born in the village of Uncha Larpur in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, in 1935. Their father was Pandit Kali Shanker, a farmer, and their mother was named Ram Devi. The twins had an older brother whose name was Chandra. The family were Brahmins, the highest caste or social class of Indian culture. The twins very close to one another and went everywhere together.

Bhimsen was the more intelligent twin, who advanced in school up to the sixth grade. As he could read and write, in adulthood, he worked part-time as the secretary of the village of Uncha Larpur. Bhimsen was considered the more aggressive of the boys.

In contrast, Pitamah was considered more simple. He never went to school.

Though both twins were good-natured, they were known to be strong, brave and would not run from a fight when provoked. They kept a licensed gun in the home of their mother, Ram Devi, which was hung on a peg on a wall.

Like their father, Bhimsen and Pitamah became farmers, along with their older brother, Chandra. When their father died, his will specified that his land be divided equally between his three sons.

Bhimsen married first and had 3 children. Pitamah married a year later and had one child.

The Murders of Bhimsen and Pitamah

In 1964, when the twins were about 40 years old, a land dispute erupted between them and men named Jagannath and Raja Ram, who lived in the neighboring town of Kurri, which was a 1 kilometer or about a half mile away from Uncha Larpur.

Jagannath had built an earthen dike on land that the twins considered their own. In retaliation, the twins knocked down the dike and then dammed up a stream that irrigated land owned by Jagannath and Raja Ram.

Jagannath and Raja Ram planned revenge on the twins. They pretended that they forgave Bhimsen and Pitamah for destroying their dike and blocking the stream that irrigated their land. Under the pretense of wanting to settle a separate financial matter, Jagannath and Raja Ram invited the twins to the home of Jagannath, in the nearby town of Kurri.

When Bhimsen and Pitamah arrived, their hosts were affectionate and gave the twins milk to drink. Suddenly, a number of men came into the room and attacked the twins. First, they threw a corrosive liquid, likely acid, into the eyes of the twins to blind them.

They then subdued the twins by tying them up with ropes. While the twins were on the floor, the men pressed down on their chests and stomachs with wooden poles. Poles placed across the twin’s necks were used to strangulate them.

The Bodies of Bhimsen and Pitamah are Thrown into a Well

The attackers then threw the twins, Bhimsen and Pitamah, still bound with ropes, into a well. The twins were last seen on April 28, 1964.

Four days later, on May 2, 1964, the decomposed bodies of the twins were discovered in the well. The police who pulled the bodies out of the well determined that the twins were killed by strangulation. By the time an autopsy was done, the bodies, exposed to the heat of India, were too far decomposed for a cause of death to be determined by the coroner.

The twins, Bhimsen and Pitamah, were thought to have been killed on or about on April 28, 1964. Jagannath was about 45 years of age when of the the twins were murdered.

The Murderers are Aquitted for Lack of Testimony and Evidence, then Brag About Their Deeds

Police arrested 9 known enemies of Bhimsen and Pitamah, who stood trial for the murder of the twins. Because these 9 defendants were likely involved in the murders, none would testify against each other. As such, without willing witnesses or other evidence, the 9 defendants were acquitted and went free.

Encouraged and emboldened by their acquittal, the participants of the murders of Bhimsen and Pitamah started to talk about their crime. They admitted that they had thrown a corrosive liquid into the eyes of the twins. They also revealed that they then used wooden poles to pin the bodies of the twins onto the floor. Wooden poles were then used to press on the throats of Bhimsen and Pitamah to suffocate them. The murderers then bragged about throwing the bodies of the twins into a well.

Bhimsen and Pitamah Reincarnate as Another Set of Twins-Ramoo and Rajoo

4 months later after Bhimsen and Pitamah were killed, in August 1964, another set of twins were born in the village of Sham Nagara, which is 16 kilometers or about 10 miles from Uncha Larpur, the past life home of Bhimsen and Pitahmah. There was a primitive road that ran between the villages of Uncha Larpur and Sham Nagara, that could only be traversed in good weather.

Sham Nagara had a population of only about 100. The twins’ father was Pan Ram Swaroop and their mother was named Kapuri.

Announcing Dreams involving Two Children

Kapuri had 2 dreams prior to the birth of her twin sons, in which 2 children were involved. Though Kapuri did not place much importance in these dreams, they may have been predicting that she would have twins.

Ramoo and Rajoo Want to Go to Their Past Life Home, Uncha Larpur

Their parents named their twins Ramoo and Rajoo. When they were 2 years old, they began to speak in an organized manner.

In the first indication that they remembered past lives, Ramoo and Rajoo ran off to the main highway in their town. When they were brought back to their house, their parents asked why they ran off. The twins answered that they were trying to get back to their home. The twins expressed a strong desire to go to Uncha Larpur before they said anything about their past lives.

Past Life Memories are Stimulated by the Twin’s Recognition of an Acquaintance from Uncha Larpur

At 3 years of age, the twins, Rajoo and Ramoo saw a man from the village of Uncha Larpur whose name was Shiv Narain. The young twins touched his feet in a sign of respect. The twins’ uncle chastised them for this act on an unknown stranger. They replied that they recognized this man from their past lives in Uncha Larpur.

The recognition of this man stimulated past life memories in the twins. In discussing their past incarnations, Rajoo and Ramoo often spoke together. When one started to make a statement, the other twin would finish the sentence. As such, it was often difficult to distinguish which twin said what.

Past Life Statements

Ramoo and Rajoo made the following statements regarding their remembered past lives as Bhimsen and Pitamah:

Rajoo and Ramoo said that in their past lives their names had been Bhimsen and Pitamah. More specifically, Ramoo said his name was Bhimsen, while Rajoo said that his name had been Pitamah.

Though Pitamah | Rajoo was considered the less intelligent twin in both lifetimes, Rajoo was the one who offered the most details of the twins’ past lives.

The twins said that in their past incarnations they had a brother named Chandra and that they lived in the village of Uncha Larpur.

The twins said that they had studied up to the sixth grade under a teacher named Thakur Tilak Singh, in village of Marhana. These statements were true for Ramoo, who was Bhimsen in a past life.

The twins said one of them had married a girl from Bahawalpur and the other had married a woman from Atrauli. Bhimsen | Ramoo had indeed married a woman from Bahawalpur, while Pitamah | Rajoo had married a girl from Atrauli.

The twins said that one of them had son named Netra Kishore, which was true for Bhimsen | Ramoo.

The twins said that one of them had a son named Drona, short for Dronacharya, which was true for true for Pitamah | Rajoo.

The twins said that they owned 60 bighas of land (there are about 7 bighas to an acre), which was essentially correct for the amount of land Bhimson and Pitamah had owned.

They said that one of them wore a ring, which was true of Bhimsen | Ramoo.

The twins said that they owned a licensed gun. Further, Rajoo said that the gun was placed on a peg on a wall in the room of their past life mother, Ram Devi. Rajoo added that a belt with bullet cartridges was also kept hanging on the wall near the gun. These statements were accurate, as the gun and cartridge belt owned by Bhimsen and Pitamah were indeed kept in the room of their mother, Ram Devi.

Rajoo and Ramoo Remember their Past Life Murders

Rajoo was the first twin who spoke about their past life murders, stating that a village leader in Kurri named Jagannath, with his friend Raja Ram, killed the twins in their past lives.

Rajoo said that in their past lives, they dismantled an irrigation trough that watered the fields owned by Jagannath and Raja Ram.

Rajoo said that Jagannath was angry at first about the destruction of the irrigation trough, but later became friendly. When the twins were invited to the home of Jagannath in Kurri. Rajoo said when they arrived, Jagannath sent the women of the house away. Rajoo said Jagannath was initially affectionate to the twins and gave Bhimsen and Pitamah milk to drink.

When they twins started to drink the milk, they were surrounded by a group of men who grabbed them. Rajoo added that the men threw acid into their eyes to blind them. The attacking men and then tied the twins up with ropes.

Rajoo said that his past life brother, Bhimsen, got loose from the ropes and escaped from the house, but returned when Bhimsen realized that his brother, Pitimah | Rajoo, was still in the house and was being killed. Rajoo added that another assailant was named Hori Lal.

These statements regarding the murders of the twins were accurate, based on what the murderers themselves told others after their trial ended in acquittal. Recall that there were 9 men who stood trial for the murder of the twins, including Jagannath, Raja Ram and Hori Lal.

Rajoo added that they, the past life twins, were then placed into sacks and were subsequently thrown into a well. Ian Stevenson noted that when the bodies were found in the well, they were not in sacks. Stevenson thought it was plausible that sacks were used to hide the bodies while they were being transported from Jagannath’s home in Kurri to the site of the well.

Most sacks in the area, used for transporting crops, have the name of the owner printed on them. In disposing the bodies of Bhimsen and Pitamah, it would be necessary to remove the sacks to avoid incrimination.

The twins continued to talk about their past lives at least up to 9 years of age.

The Twin’s Parents Repress Ramoo and Rajoo’s Past Life Memories

The parents of Ramoo and Rajoo made no attempts to verify their twins’ past life memories and never took them to Uncha Larpur, as there is a superstition in northern India that predicted grave misfortune to children who remember past lives. One such consequence included that these children would die young. As such, parents would repress children’s past life memories by gentle suppression or even by physical punishment, such as beating the child.

The parents of Ramoo and Rajoo thought it was appropriate to beat the twins whenever they started talking about their previous lives. When this did not work, they switched to the lesser demand that the children not talk about their past incarnations outside of the family. In addition, the twins’ parents and told them to deny remembering past lives if strangers asked. They made an exception for Ian Stevenson’s interviews

Another reason that the parents of Ramoo and Rajoo suppressed their sons’ past life memories was concern that the murderers of the past life twins could intervene and harm Ramoo and Rajoo to suppress testimony regarding the killings.

Ramoo and Rajoo Spontaneously Recognize their Past Life Mother and Brother

Verification of the twins’ past life memories only occurred when those who knew Bhimsen and Pitamah heard about the past life recall of Ramoo and Rajoo. For example, Ram Devi, the past life mother, came to see the reincarnated brothers in Sham Nagara. Ramoo and Rajoo recognized her on sight and both the twins and Ram Devi wept when they met.

The older brother of Bhimsen and Pitamah, Chandra, also came to see Ramoo and Rajoo, who the twins also recognized on sight. In fact, Chandra was a primary source of verifications of the reincarnated twins’ past life memories.

Ramoo and Rajoo Confront their Past Life Murderers

Just as their parents feared, a number of the alleged murderers came to Sham Nagara to meet Ramoo and Rajoo, who the twins did recognize. Stevenson speculated that the murderers must have been lured by a combination of curiosity and anxiety. Stevenson was not able to get information on how this meeting between Ramoo and Rajoo and their past life murderers went, but Stevenson noted it could not have been pleasant.

Past Life Behaviors and Abilities

Ramoo was considered the more intelligent twin. In contrast, Rajoo was assessed to be simple. This corresponds to the natures of the past life twins, as Bhimsen | Ramoo was more intelligent and went to school, where he learned to read and write. Pitabah | Rajoo, on the other hand, never went to school. It is interesting that that the twin who was considered less intelligent, Rajoo, was on the one who first accessed past life memories.

Ramoo and Rajoo were constantly together, just as were Bhimsen and Pitamah, and they showed much affection for each other. One would not eat unless the other was also present to share the meal. If one twin went somewhere by himself, the other would call him to come back.

Ramoo and Rajoo also had the tendency to confront a situation aggressively, much like Bhimsen and Pitamah did. As an example, when a low-caste person, who knew Bhimsen and Pitamah, traveled from Uncha Larpur to Sham Nagara meet these reincarnated twins, this low-caste person taunted the twins regarding their defeat in a past life brawl or dispute. Ramoo and Rajoo then became furious and rushed towards their antagonist and exclaimed: “God has made a small, but we can still devour you.”

Another incident in which the young twins showed bravado occurred when a villager from Uncha Larpur came to Sham Nagara to meet the brothers. Ramoo and Rajoo recognized this person, who they apparently had a past life quarrel with.

Ramoo ran up to this person and shouted: “Why have you come here?” The visitor replied with an insulting remark and Ramoo then picked up a brick to throw at the visitor, but someone intervened and prevented Ramoo from launching this weapon. Recall that Bhimsen | Ramoo was the more aggressive of the past life twins, demonstrating a parallel in temperament.

Ramoo and Rajoo Meet their Past Life Sons and Act in a Paternal Manner

When the reincarnated young twins met their past life sons, they took on a paternal attitude.

Their past life children were addressed by the reincarnated twins as “sons.” They also said that Bhimsen’s son should occasionally pay a visit to the native village of Bhimsen’s wife.

When the past life sons told the reincarnated twins that their past life house had decayed and had become decrepit, the twins instructed their past life sons to rebuild the house with proper care.

Past Life Birthmarks

Ramoo and Rajoo had pigmented or dark streaks, about 2 millimeters wide, that ran horizontally across their lower chests and abdomens. Ramoo had 5 such marks, while Rajoo had 2 marks. Their mother, Kapuri, said that these dark, horizontal streaks were present from birth.

Ian Stevenson speculated that these birthmarks could have been due to the ropes used to tie up Bhimsen and Pitimah. Alternately, the birthmarks could have resulted from the poles used to press the Bhimsen and Pitimah against the floor and suffocate the twins.

Ian Stevenson, MD Determines the Families in these Reincarnation Cases Had No Prior Contact

Stevenson noted though the village of the past life twins, Uncha Larpur, and that of the reborn twins, Sham Nagara, were only 10 miles apart, he found that there was no social connection or any interactions between the two families before Ramoo and Rajoo spontaneously started talking about their past lives.

Chandra, the older brother of Bhimsen and Pitamah, told Stevenson that he and his family had never been to Sham Nagara prior to the emergence of the past life memories of Ramoo and Rajoo, and that they had no friends or family members in Sham Nagara.

In sum, Ian Stevenson concluded that Ramoo and Rajoo had no way to know about Bhimsen and Pitamah through normal means.

Principles of Reincarnation and Understanding Past Lives

Planning Lifetimes and Relationships Renewed through Reincarnation: The twins Bhimsen and Pitamah reincarnated as the twins Ramoo and Rajoo. These cases demonstrate the extraordinary ability of souls to plan lifetimes to be reincarnated with loved ones.

Birthmarks Associated with Past Lives: Ian Stevenson hypothesized that the horizontal pigmented lines that Ramoo and Rajoo were born with on their chests and abdomens reflected marks made by ropes used to tie up Bhimsen and Pitamah, or the poles used to pin them to the ground.

Spirit Beings in Reincarnation Cases: The mother of Ramoo and Rajoo, Kapuri, had dreams before they were born in which two children were involved, possibly foreshadowing the birth of her twins. It appears that from the spirit world, Bhimsen and Pitamah where announcing that they would be reborn as the children of Kapuri.

Split Incarnation or Parallel Lives: Ramoo and Rajoo were born only 4 months after Bhimsen and Pitamah were murdered. If souls are involved in the process of conception, which I believe is true, then the souls of Bhimsen | Ramoo and Pitamah | Rajoo were animating two bodies at a time.

Reincarnation and Planning Lifetimes: A Couple Who Were Born on the Same Day, Married and Died on the Same Day are Reborn as Twin Boys

How Derived: Past Life Memories in Childhood

Researcher: Harold Fielding

From: The Soul of a People, by Harold Fielding

Article by: Walter Semkiw, MD

Nyein and Gywin are Born and Die on the Same Day

In the year 1849, a boy and a girl were born on the same day in neighboring houses in a small rural village in Burma called Oksitgon. Burma is now known as Myanmar. The boy’s name was Maung San Nyein and the girl’s name was Ma Gywin. For simplicity, we will refer to the boy as Nyein and the girl as Gywin.

Nyein and Gywin played together, grew up together and came to love one another. When they became adults, Nyein and Gywin married and worked as farmers.

Nyein and Gywin, knew a couple in the village of Oksitgon named Maung Kan and his wife.

As they entered life together on the same day, the lovers, Nyein and Gywin, man and wife, died on the same day.

Relationships Renewed through Reincarnation: Nyein and Gywin are Reborn as Twin Boys

At the time, Britain was waging a war with Burma in an attempt to reestablish England as a colonial power ruling over Burma. Britain won this war on November 28, 1885.

While still living in Oksitgon, in 1886, Maung Kan’s wife gave birth to twin boys. The couple named their sons Maung Gye and Maung Nge. For simplicity, we will refer to them as Gye and Nge.

Shortly after their twin sons were born, Maung Kan and his wife left Oksitgon and moved to the village of Kabyu in Burma, which is where their twin boys grew up.

When Gye and Nge developed the ability to speak, their parents heard their sons referring to each other as Nyein and Gywin. Gye was referred to by the twins by the male name Nyein, while Nge was referred to by the female name Gywin.

Their parents recalled that these names matched the names of the couple that they had known in Oksitgon.

Gye and Nge Recognize their Past Life Home and Clothing

Considering the possibility that their twin boys were remembering past lives as the couple Nyein and Gywin, they took their sons from Kabyu to Oksitgon to see if their boys would recognize places from these hypothesized past incarnations.

Indeed, Gye and Nge recognized roads in Oksitgon that lead to houses of people that they had known in their past lives as Nyein and Gywin. They recognized their past life home and inside this house, they recognized clothes that they had worn in their previous lives.

Nge Correctly Recalls a Past Life Debt

When the young twins ran into a woman in Oksitgon named Ma Thet, Nge, who recalled being the past life wife, Gywin, spontaneously remembered borrowing money, specifically 2 rupees, from Ma Thet, that was never paid back. Ma Thet confirmed that she did loan 2 rupees to Gywin that was never repaid.

Gye and Nge have Physiques Corresponding to their Past Lives

When the twin boys were 6 years of age, Harold Fielding, who documented this case in his book, The Soul of a People, met them. Fielding noticed that the physique of each twin matched who they were in their past lives. Gye, who remembered being the husband, Nyein, was larger than his twin. In contrast, Nge was smaller, reflecting the build of the wife, Gywin.

Principles of Reincarnation-Understanding Past Lives

Planning Lifetimes and Relationships Renewed through Reincarnation: The married couple, Nyein and Gywin, reincarnated as the twins Gye and Nge. Ian Stevenson, MD of the University of Virginia compiled 31 sets of twins who in childhood, spontaneously remembered their past lives. Stevenson found that in 100 percent of these cases, the twins had significant past life relationships. To learn more, please go to:

Ian Stevenson, MD Twin Study

Change of Gender: Gywin was female, but reincarnated as Nge, a male.

Physical Resemblance in Reincarnation Cases: Though there was no documentation regarding facial features in these cases, it was noted that the physiques of Nyein and Gywin were reflected in builds of Gye and Nge.

Same Family Reincarnation Cases of Sisters Who were Reborn as Twins: The Past Life Cases of Joanna Pollock | Gillian Pollock and Jacqueline Pollack | Jennifer Pollack

How Derived: Past Life Memories in Childhood

Researcher: Ian Stevenson, MD

From: Reincarnation and Biology, by Ian Stevenson, MD, pages 2041-2058

Article by: Walter Semkiw, MD

The Lives of Joanna and Jacqueline Pollock

John and Florence Pollock owned and managed a small grocery business and a milk delivery service in England. John Pollock was born in 1920 in Bristol, England and his family attended the Church of England. In adulthood, he, along with Florence, joined the Roman Catholic Church. They had two daughters who were tragically killed in childhood.

Their first daughter, Joanna, was born on March 25, 1946, while the family was still living in the city of Bristol. The family then moved to the town of Whickham where they had a large detached house that had gardens and orchards. When Joanna was 4 years old, the family moved to the village of Hexham, where their second daughter Jacqueline was born on April 13, 1951.

As both parents worked, the girls were raised by Florence’s mother, who lived with the family. While delivering milk, Florence would wear a particular smock to protect her cloths from getting wet.

Joanna and Jacqueline were very close to one another and always did things together. Joanne, who was 5 years older than Jacqueline, tended to “mother” her younger sister, who accepted Joanne’s guidance and leadership.

Jacqueline Incurs a Scar on Her Right Forehead

When Jacqueline was 3 years old, she fell and hit her forehead on the rim of a bucket, which resulted in a laceration that required 3 stitches. A scar resulted which was located on her right forehead near the root of her nose. This scar would become more pronounced in cold weather.

Joanna loved to write and produce little plays for which she would wear costumes to enact her dramas. Both Joanna and Jacqueline enjoyed combing the hair of others, especially the hair of their father. The girls also loved to play on the swings located in a park in Hexam.

The Sisters are Killed on a Sidewalk by a Deranged Driver

On the morning of the May 5, 1957, the girls were walking from their home to their church in Hexam in order to attend Sunday School. Suddenly, a woman deliberately drove her car onto the sidewalk that the girls were walking on. There was a wall along the sidewalk which prevented a means to escape away from the street. The car struck the sisters and killed them instantly. Joanna was 11 and Jacqueline was 6 years old when they died.

It was later learned that in a custody dispute with her husband, the driver who killed the girls had her own children forcibly taken from her. Apparently, this woman felt that if she could not possess her children, no one else should have any children. She was later confined to a psychiatric hospital.

After the deaths of her daughters, Florence quit delivering milk and her smock was stored away. Similarly, the girls’ toys and dolls were placed in a box for storage.

Sisters Reincarnate as Identical Twin Girls

Florence became pregnant again in the beginning of 1958. With the pregnancy, despite his Christian background, John was certain that Florence would have twins and that their deceased daughters would be reborn to them. Florence’s doctor insisted that she would have one child, not twins. Florence did not believe in reincarnation and dismissed her husband’s belief that Joanne and Jacqueline would reincarnate within their family.

Nonetheless, on October 4, 1958, a year and a half after their daughters were killed, Florence did indeed have identical twin girls, who were named Gilliam and Jennifer. They were born in Hexam. Both girls had a flat, dark mole on the left flank, just above the hip, which could be explained by their identical genetic makeup.

Past Life Birthmark: Jennifer has a Birthmark at the Same Site as Jacqueline’s Forehead Scar

Jennifer also had a birthmark on her right forehead at the root of her nose, the same spot where Jacqueline incurred a scar when her head struck the bucket. Gilliam did not have a scar on her head. As such, the birthmark on Jennifer’s forehead could not be explained by genetics. Like with Jacqueline, Jennifer’s scar became more visible in cold weather. Due to this birthmark on her head, it was speculated that Jennifer may be the reincarnation of Jacqueline.

When the twins were 9 months old, the family moved from Hexam to a town called Whitley Bay. This is where the twins grew up.

Gilliam Recognizes Jacqueline’s Past Life Birthmark

The girls started to speak coherently when they were three years old. At about this age, Gillian spontaneously pointed to the birthmark on Jennifer’s forehead and said:

“That is the mark Jennifer got when she fell on the bucket.” In her contemporary life, Jennifer had not had any injury that would explain the scar. Jacqueline, on the other hand, had fallen on a bucket and incurred a head wound that required stitches and resulted in a scar in the same anatomical place.

Gilliam and Jennifer Identify and Claim their Past Life Dolls

When the twins were 3 or 4 years old, John and Florence took out the box of toys that had belonged to their deceased daughters. The toys were taken out and were lying around. Spontaneously, Gillian claimed a doll that had belonged to Joanna and Jennifer claimed a doll that belonged to Jacqueline. The dolls were markedly different.

Further, the twins said that Santa Clause had given the dolls to them and indeed, the dolls had been given to Joanna and Jacqueline as Christmas presents.

This furthered the speculation that Gilliam was the reincarnation of the older deceased sister, Joanna, and that Jennifer was the reincarnation of the younger sister, Jennifer.

Gilliam Recognizes her Past Life Toy Laundry Wringer

Another item that was removed from the box was a toy, miniature laundry wringer. Before the advent of electrically driven clothes dryers, wringers were used to squeeze water from washed clothes. The toy wringer had belonged to the older sister, Joanna.

When Gillian saw the toy she immediately burst forward and claimed it as hers. She said: “Look! There is my toy wringer.” She added that this toy wringer was also was a Christmas present, which was true for the life of Joanna.

Past Life Memories: The Twins Remember the Swings at a Park In Hexam and their Fatal Past Life Accident

John Pollack stated that when the twins were 4 years old, they spoke about the swings in the park at Hexam. Recall that the family moved from Hexam to Whitely Bay when they were only 9 months old, so they would have no memory of swings at Hexam by normal means.

Florence said that she had heard Gillian and Jennifer more than once talking to each other about the fatal accident of Joanna and Jacqueline. Florence noted that when they spoke about the fatal accident, it seemed it they were speaking in present time. John noted that when they spoke about the fatal accident, it seemed as they were reliving it.

John reported another incident in which Gillian and Jennifer were in an enclosed or dead-end alley near their house, that had an automobile parked in it. When the driver of the car got in and started the engine to back out of the alley, Gillian and Jennifer immediately clung tightly to each other and cringed at one side of the alley. John observed that they seem terrified. The conjecture was that the incident reminded Joanna | Gilliam and Jacqueline | Jennifer of their fatal accident, in which they had no means of escape.

Past Life Behaviors

The twins seemed to mirror the behavior of the deceased sisters. For example, Gillian and Jennifer were extremely close, like Joanna and Jacqueline, and if one of them was given a disciplinary spank, the other one would cry.

The twins tended to look toward their maternal grandmother for guidance and care, just as Joanna and Jacqueline had done, which was inappropriate at the time since Florence was no longer working and had more time to spend with her young girls than she did with her deceased ones.

The twins enjoyed combing the hair of other people, especially their father’s, much like Joanna and Jacqueline. Gillian tended to mother Jennifer and Jennifer accepted Gillian’s leadership, much as was the relationship between Joanna and Jacqueline

Florence noted that her deceased daughters, Joanna and Jaqueline, were careless about crossing streets. In contrast, Gillian and Jennifer were very cautious in these situations. They would stop and hold their mother’s hands while crossing the road. Florence thought the twins had a much stronger fear of approaching vehicles than other children of their age.

Gillian also showed an early interest in acting and like to utilize costumes, much like Joanna.

Geographic Memory: The Twins know the Location of a Past Life Park and Swings

When the twins were 4 years old, the family took a trip from Whitely Bay to their former town of Hexam. As they were walking along the road which led to the park, even before the park was in sight, Gillian and Jennifer said that they wanted to go across the road to go to the park and play on the swings. John and Florence were surprised at this statement of the twins, as they could not have known about the park with swings as they had never been there before. The twins were 9 months old when the family moved from Hexan, so they had no opportunity to play in the park. It seemed that the twins were recalling events from the lives of the deceased girls.

Past Life Memories: Jennifer Recognizes the Smock Florence wore Prior to the Death of the Sisters

When the twins were 4 and a half years old, their father, John Pollock, was getting ready to do some painting of their house. John took out of storage the smock that Florence had used in their milk delivery business and put it on, to protect his clothes from being soiled with paint. Jennifer, the younger twin, seeing him with the smock on, said: “Why are you wearing mom’s coat?”

When Gillian, the older twin, did not seem to recognize the smock, Jennifer became annoyed with her sister. Gillian’s unrecognition of the smock can be explained as in Gilliam’s past life as Joanna, she would have been in school when her mother came home from work and took off the smock. As such, Joanna would rarely see her mother’s smock.

In contrast, Jacqueline, as the younger daughter, was still at home and was being cared for by her maternal grandmother when Florence came home from work wearing her smock.

When John heard Jennifer saying that the smock belonged to her mother, he asked her how she knew this. Jennifer said that her mother had worn the smock when delivering milk, which was true.

Past Life Memories: The Twins Recall Having Lunch at School in Hexam

When the twins were six years old, they complained about the food that Florence had prepared for them for lunch. Florence then retorted that if they did not like the food at home, they could have lunch at their school.

The twins replied: “Well, we have done that before.” When Florence asked where they had lunch at school, the twins replied in Hexam. Florence challenged them by saying that they had never gone to school in Hexam, as the twins had grown up in Whitley Bay. Still, the twins insisted that they had lunch at the school at Hexam, which would have been accurate for the deceased sisters.

In Adulthood, Gilliam Describes her Past Life Home in Whickham

In 1981, when Gillian was 23 years old, she described to her father, John, of an inner vision she had in which she described playing in a sandpit in the garden of the large detached house. She gave a detailed description of the house and its gardens, lawns and orchards. This description accurately described a house that the family had occupied in Whickham. Recall that the family had left this house in Whickham when the deceased daughter Joanne was 4 years old.

Gillian believed she had lived in this house when she was a young child, but her father tried to explain to her that she had never lived in the Whickham house in her current lifetime. Though logically, Gilliam should have understood this as a past life memory from her lifetime as Joanne, it was difficult for her to comprehend this.

The Pollocks leave the Roman Catholic Church due to Parishioners’ Hostility Towards Reincarnation

When the twin’s past life cases were featured in local newspapers and magazines in the 1960s, John and Florence Pollack received nasty letters from the parishioners of their church, who rejected the concept of reincarnation. As a result, John and Florence left the Roman Catholic Church.

Though Florence, at the time of the birth of her twins herself rejected the premise that John forwarded that their babies were the reincarnations of their deceased daughters, based on the statements the twins had made, she accepted that the twins were the reincarnations of Joanna and Jacqueline.

Principles of Reincarnation-Evidence of Past Lives

Relationships Renewed through Reincarnation: The sisters Joanna and Jacqueline reincarnated to their parents as identical twins Gillian and Jennifer Pollock.

Ian Stevenson, MD of the University of Virginia compiled 31 reincarnation cases involving twins. In 100 percent of these cases, the twins had significant past life relationships, dramatically showing that souls plan lifetimes to be reunited with those we love. To learn more, please go to:

Ian Stevenson, MD Reincarnation Twin Study

Past Life Birthmark: Jennifer had a birthmark on ther right forehead near the root of her nose which was located in the same anatomic spot where Jacqueline had a birthmark incurred when she fell onto a bucket. This birthmark of both Jennifer and Jacqueline became more pronounced in cold weather

Past Life Talents and Behaviors: Joanna and Gillian both enjoyed writing and producing plays, utilizing costumes for their childhood dramas. Joanna’s maternal behavior towards her younger sister Jacqueline was replicated in the relationship between Gillian and Jennifer.

Geographic Memory: Though the family moved from Hexam to Whitely Bay when the twins were only 9 months old, when the family returned to Hexam for a visit, the twins had knowledge of the location of the park and swings where they had played in their previous lives.

Ian Stevenson, MD Twin Study-Soul Plans & Past Life Relationships Renewed through Reincarnation

The twin study published by Ian Stevenson, MD provides evidence that souls plan lifetimes to be reunited with loved ones.

Article by Walter Semkiw, MD from Born Again

A study that dramatically demonstrates that we reincarnate with love ones from past incarnations involves a set of 31 twins that Ian Stevenson researched, in which enough information was given by the twins to factually validate their past incarnations.

He found that in all these cases, involving 62 individuals, the twins had some type of intimate relationship in their prior incarnations.

The most common type of past life relationship was that of siblings, which represented 11/31 or 35% of cases. One set of twins were also twins in their prior incarnations.

In 9/31 or 29% of twin cases, the twins were friends, acquaintances or business associates. Other family relationships, such as being cousins, made up 6/31 or 19% of twin cases. In 5/31 or 16% of twin cases, the twins were married in the past incarnation. This information is summarized in the table provided below: (1)

Past Life Relationships of Twins:

Siblings-35%

Friends, business associates-29%

Other family relationships-19%

Spouses-16%

Souls Plan Lifetimes

Past Life Relationships — Burmese Sisters Reincarnate as Twins

These twin studies, as well as other same family reincarnation cases, show that souls can plan incarnations from the spirit world and even choose parents for upcoming incarnations.

One set of twins in this study also shows how facial features can remain consistent from lifetime to lifetime. This involves the reincarnation cases of Daw Aye Phyu | Ma Nyunt Nyunt San and Daw Sapai | Ma San San Nyunt, whose images are provided to the right. Additional twin reincarnation cases with significant past life relationshipa are provided below:

The Power of Souls: The Tripathi Twins are Murdered, then Reincarnate as Twins Again

Sri Lankan Rebels Johnny and Robert are Killed and Reincarnate as Twin Girls

Same Family Reincarnation Cases in which Sisters are Reborn as Identical Twin Girls: The Pollack Reincarnation Cases

Grandparents Reincarnate as their Own Daughter’s Fraternal Twin Girls: Cases that Involve Gender Change, Muslim Reincarnation and Change of Religion

Nyein and Gywin, Born on the Same Day in Burma, Who Married and Died on the Same Day, Reincarnate as Twin Boys

Two Japanese Soldiers in Burma Reincarnated as Burmese Twin Girls, San and Yin, Demonstrating How War is Self Defeating

Soul Planning Results in Destined Relationships

Reincarnation cases also show that souls can plan lifetimes to be brought together even when they are not born into the same family. These are described in the section Relationships Renewed through Reincarnation.

How do we connect with the people we have planned to be with? The answer, I believe, is destiny. In analyzing past life cases, it appears that we all have a predetermined destiny or life plan, which brings us to the people we are supposed to spend time with. To better understand how destiny works, I use the analogy of a journey.

Think of your life as an extended vacation that you plan in advance. You decide who you want and need to see, where you want to go and what activities you would like to participate in. You coordinate your itinerary with the people you are to rendezvous with. You, your karmic friends and loved ones all agree to the plan before you are born.

Once you come into life, destiny ensures that you meet up with your karmic soul group. The settings for karmic affiliations can be our families, as noted in the twin studies, as well as our work life and recreational pursuits. These settings are stages on which we play out the karmic dramas of our lives. This casts a new light on Shakespeare’s phrase, “All of life is but a stage.”

We meet up with different karmic groups at different points in life. When we get the urge to take a new job, travel to a new city or take up a new recreational pursuit, many times this is a part of our destiny being played out. New venues bring us to karmic or soul groups we need to be with. When we meet up with our past life friends, though we may not be aware of what the past life relationship was, we have a sense of familarity or attraction.

Reincarnation and Love at First Sight: A Likely Past Life Relationship

The phenomenon of “love at first sight” is one example of how emotions can bring together individuals who have made a plan or contract to be together even before they were born.

Reincarnation and Free Will

If it is true that we have a destiny or life plan, one must question whether we have free will. My belief is that though we all have a predetermined itinerary that we are committed to honor; we have free will in what we do along the way. Indeed, growth and human evolution could not occur without free will. Some people may have a more structured itinerary that limits diversionary treks, while others may have a less structured game plan. Either way, we have free will along our destined paths.

Déjà Vu and Reincarnation

Karmic groups provide insights regarding déjà vu experiences. If we meet up with people we have known in past lives, it is not surprising that we may have a spark of recognition when we meet. Since people have consistent patterns of behavior, we may recognize these traits and idiosyncratic reactions when situations recur. Finally, déjà vu may occur if we recognize an event that is part of our itinerary. We may become aware of a road mark along our predetermined path.

Relationships Renewed through Reincarnation

Reincarnation Research Home Page

Child Reincarnation Stories of Daw Aye Phyu | Ma Nyunt Nyunt San and Daw Sapai | Ma San San Nyunt:

The story of two Burmese sisters Phyu and Saipai who reincarnated as twin sisters San and Nyunt. A proof of reincarnation emphasized by the exceptionally significant physical resemblance of the persons in both lifetime.

How Cases Derived: Past Life Memories in Childhood

Researcher: Ian Stevenson, MD

From: Reincarnation and Biology: A Contribution to the Etiology of Birthmarks and Birth Defects, by Ian Stevenson, MD

Article by: Walter Semkiw, MD from Born Again: Reincarnation Cases Involving Evidence of Past Lives with Xenoglossy Cases Researched by Ian Stevenson

Past Life Stories of Sisters Phyu and Saipai & the Twins San and Nyunt: Sisters Reincarnate as Twins

This set of cases involves two Burmese sisters who reincarnated as twin sisters, in which images demonstrate physical resemblances from one lifetime to another. As their names can be confusing for those who are not Burmese, I will abbreviate them for use in this narrative, utilizing the last word in their sequence of their names. As such, the names that will be used are defined below:

Daw Aye Phyu, the dominant past life sister, will be referred to as Phyu.

Daw Sapai, the younger and married past life sister, will be referred to as Sapai.

Ma Nyunt Nyunt San, the dominant twin, who has been identified as the reincarnation of Daw Aye Phyu, will be referred to as San.

Ma San San Nyunt, who has been identified as the reincarnation of Sapai, will be referred to as Nyunt.

The Lives and of Daw Aye Phyu and Daw Sapai

Daw Aye Phyu was the older sister and was born in 1869 or 1870, in the Burmese village of Seikcho, which had a population of about 500 people. She expected respect from those younger than her and would not allow anyone to talk back to her, which made her appear as a dominant individual. Phyu never married. She died in 1962 at the age of 92.

Her sister, Daw Sapai was born around 1881. She eventually married and lived in the same compound in Seikcho as Phyu, though in a different house. Sapai had a son named U Htun Su who liked to drink and gamble, which his mother did not approve of. Sapai had a grand-daughter named Ma Nge, who she called by the pet name of “Min Nge.” Sapai died in 1961 at the age of 80.

Both sisters were pious Buddhists and were engaged in compassionate acts, such as building shelters for pilgrims and founding a small monastery. They were very close to one another.

They had a distant male relative, U Bo Kay, a policeman, who regarded the elderly sisters as his aunts. During their final illnesses U Bo Kay cared for them, brought physicians to tend to them and bought medicines for them.

Sisters are Reincarnated as Twins

About two years after Phyu and Sapai died twin sisters were born in 1964 to U Bo Kay and his wife, Dwa Thein Yin, who we will refer to Yin. They were named Ma Nyunt Nyunt San and Ma San San Nyunt. Nyunt was born 20 minutes before San. The twins were born in the city of Yanaung, which had a population of 5000 and was about 4 km from Seikcho. Ian Stevenson believed that the twins were fraternal or dizygotic, as they had different facial features, though testing was not performed to confirm this.

Nyunt says She is from the Kokka Tree

When the twins were about two years old, their mother, Yin, ask them in jest,

“How is it that you both came to trouble me?” (11) Nyunt responded that she came from the kokka tree, which in translation means the acacia tree. This puzzled Yin, as there were no kokka trees in their area.

When the twins were three or four years old, someone mentioned the name of the U Htun Su, Sapai’s son. Nyunt then said testily that he should not be allowed to come to Yanaung because he “is a gambler” and “spend up all my property.” (12) Yin, realizing that Nyunt seem to be remembering the lifetime of Daw Sapai, asked her husband whether there are kokka trees in Seikcho. He confirmed that there were.

The Twins Remember their Past Life Names

About this time, the twins themselves said that they came from Seikcho. They said that they had put up water stands for travelers. Recall that Phyu and Sapai had put up shelters for travelers, which could’ve also included water stands.

In 1978, at the age of 5, the twins gave the names of the two sisters, Daw Aye Phyu and Daw Sapai, whose lives they seemed to be remembering. Yin, their mother, then showed the twins a photograph of the sisters. San said that Phyu was her and Nyunt said that the photograph of Saipai was of her. Yin said that subsequently the twins often talked about their previous lives to each other and they seem to be very attached to one another.

Past Life Behavior: Phyu | San have the Same Traits Relative to Sapai | Nyunt

It was noted that of the twins, San was more dominant, darker in complexion and lighter in build than Nyunt. These traits correspond to those of the past life sisters, as Phyu was also dominant, darker in complexion and lighter in build than Sapai. One difference is that in the past lifetimes, Phyu was the older sister, while in their contemporary lifetimes, San, the reincarnation of Phyu, was born 20 minutes after Nyunt.

The Twins visit their Past Life Homes

The twins were eventually taken to Seikcho with their parents and each twin went to their respective past life home. San saw that her past life home was being remodeled and complained, “My house is being demolished” (13) Inside the houses, when they saw photographs of Phyu and Sapai, they said they wanted to keep them.

Nyunt meets her Prodigal Past Life Son and Past Life Granddaughter

During their visit to their past life homes, Sapai’s son, U Htun Su, witnessed the proceedings, including Nyunt identifying herself as Saipai, his deceased mother. Nyunt then said to U Htun Su, “I don’t want to see you.” (14) In November 1980, Ian Stevenson asked Nyunt, when she was six years old, how she felt about U Htun Su. She replied, “I regard him as my son.” She then added that he gambled money. Stevenson asked if she had forgiven him. She replied, “I have gotten over my dislike of him.” In contrast, U Htun Su felt that both twins were unfriendly to him. (15)

In Seikcho, Nyunt made a significant recognition when she saw her past life granddaughter Min Ng approaching. Nyunt then made the statement:

“Min Nge is coming.” (16) Subsequently, the twins showed a strong interest in repeatedly being taken to Seikcho and later in childhood, they often went there on their own. When scolded, they even threaten to leave home and “return” to Seikcho. Nyunt would even pack her possessions to take with her to Seikcho, but the twins were prevented from moving.

Understanding Past Lives & Principles of Reincarnation

Physical Resemblance: There is a marked resemblance between and Daw Aye Phyu and her reincarnation, Ma Nyunt Nyunt San, as well as between Daw Sapai and her reincarnation, Ma San San Nyunt. Though there was thought to be a distant familial relationship between the sisters and the twins, which could account for physical resemblance, it is significant that the twins matched their past life personas specifically in both physical appearance and personality.

Relationships Renewed through Reincarnation: The elderly sisters, who were very close, reincarnated as twin sisters. Ian Stevenson noted that it appeared that the reason for their reincarnation as twins was affection. As noted before, Ian Stevenson’s research involving 31 sets of twins showed that in all cases, the twins had significant past life relationships. The most common type of past life relationship was of siblings, which was observed in this set of cases.

Planning of Lifetimes: The sisters not only reincarnated as twins, they were born to the wife of U Bo Kay, who considered the elderly sisters as his aunts and took good care of them during their final illnesses. As such, it appears that from the spirit world, the sisters chose to incarnate into the family of an individual who loved them,

Footnotes

11. Stevenson, Ian: Reincarnation and Biology, A Contribution to the Etiology of Birthmarks and Birth Defects, Volume 2, Praeger, 1997, page 2020
12. Ibid, p. 2020
13. Ibid, p. 2023
14. Ibid, p. 2023
15. Ibid, p. 2023
16. Ibid, p. 2021