M.J. Rose

According to a December 2009 study by the Pew Research Center, 22% of Christians in the U.S. believe in reincarnation, a revelation the Christian community didn’t welcome. Instead of exploring why a significant percentage of Christians believe in reincarnation, I think it’s interesting why the other 78% don’t believe in it.

For some it’s a matter of memory. Or more specifically a lack of memory. If we all lived previous lives, skeptics ask, we’d have conscious memories of those lives, wouldn’t we?

But when presented with people who do have memories of past lives, the same skeptics suggest those memories are pleas for attention or lies fabricated for financial gain.

Josh Ryder first started having memories of his past life in ancient Rome after he was nearly killed by a bomb explosion while on assignment in Italy. A photojournalist from New York City, when Ryder woke up in his hospital bed, he had overwhelmingly vivid memories of a past life in ancient Rome. His regressions became so powerful and disturbing they invaded his present life to the point of distraction. He was certain there was something he’d not completed in a previous life that he had to finish in this one. His career suffered and his marriage fell apart. Ryder’s past life was destroying his present reality.

That’s the story of the lead character in “The Reincarnationist.” My novel, which is just where most people believe reincarnation belongs. But memories of past lives don’t just live between the covers of thrillers, and it’s not only fictional characters whose lives today are being invaded by memories of past lives.

Read an excerpt of “The Reincarnationist”

Dr. Jim Tucker, assistant professor in the Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia has spent his entire career studying children who have past life and prenatal memories. He has filing cabinets filled with the stories of these children and his fact-checking of their stories has led him to believe that their past life memories are exactly that – fact-based memories of a previous existence.

Even though there are many who don’t believe in reincarnation, most of us are fascinated by it. My own fascination with the subject led me to write a suspense novel with a reincarnation theme, and it’s the public’s fascination that led Fox to create an emotional dramatic TV series called “Past Life” which was inspired by my book.

If you are one of the many who are fascinated (even secretly) by reincarnation click here to download a free excerpt of “The Reincarnationist” and read Josh Ryder’s reincarnation story. I also invite you to watch a documentary about a small boy in Scotland who had vivid past life memories and Dr. Tucker’s investigation of that in the videos below.

• Find out more about the “Past Life” TV series premiering on FOX February 9, 2009
• Read about the “many world” theory about why there is no such thing as death
• More research about reincarnation

Children with Past Life Memories – Part 1

Download a free excerpt of “The Reincarnationist”

Children with Past Life Memories – Part 2

Children with Past Life Memories – Part 3

Find out more about “Past Life” TV series premiere on FOX February 9th

Children with Past Life Memories – Part 4

Children with Past Life Memories – Part 5

Read Josh Ryder’s reincarnation story

Biocentrism is is one of the most compelling new philosophies of existence that I’ve encountered and I’ve spent a lot of time imagining how it could work and what it all must mean.

A recent article in the Huffington Post gives a great explanation of the biocentric theory that death does not exist…

Many of us fear death. We believe in death because we have been told we will die. We associate with the body, and we know that bodies die. But a new scientific theory suggests death is not the end.

One well-known aspect of quantum physics is that certain observations cannot be predicted absolutely. Instead, there is a range of possible observations each with a different probability. One mainstream explanation, the “many-worlds” interpretation, states that each of these possible observations corresponds to a different universe (the ‘multiverse’). A new scientific theory – called biocentrism – refines these ideas. There are an infinite number of universes, and everything that could possibly happen occurs in some universe. Death does not exist in any real sense in these scenarios…

Photojournalist, Josh Ryder is someone who understands biocentrism in a very real way because it isn’t a metaphysical theory for him, but rather, it’s his conscious reality. Ryder doesn’t just remember his past life in ancient Rome, he experiences the sights and sounds and feelings of that previous life in real-time as he moves through his 21st century existence. Living simultaneously in two worlds, Ryder has the metaphysically unique perspective that allows him to connect the dots that are separated by sixteen centuries of time in order to solve a present-day crime with past-life clues and evidence.

Read an excerpt of “The Reincarnationist”

But Josh Ryder isn’t someone we can talk to about it. He’s the biocentric lead character in “The Reincarnationist,” the first in my series of fictional thrillers centered around the theme of reincarnation. (“The Reincarnationist” is also the inspiration behind the new Fox crime drama, “Past Life,” which is also centered around reincarnation.)

I think if you read the book you’ll see how Ryder’s “many worlds” experiences bring the theory of biocentrism to life. Click here to get a 100-page free sampler with excerpts from “The Reincarnationist” as well as two other books in the Reincarnationist series. Then have some fun experiencing biocentrism for yourself.

More…

• Find out more about the Fox “Past Life” TV series premiering February 9^th after American Idol.
• Read the full Huffington Post article about biocentrism
• Learn more about reincarnation

M.J. Rose is the international bestselling author of 11 novels, and a self-taught expert in reincarnation.